Ulrich von Türheim
Illustration — Ulrich von Türheim in a depiction in a Rennewart-Manuscript (1387) Ulrich von Türheim (c. 1195 – c. 1250) was a German nobleman and a writer from the Augsburg area active during the first half of the 13th century.
Ulrich von Türheim
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- Died
- 1250
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Known for
- Rennewart · Tristan · Cliges
- Languages
- Middle High German
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Illustration — Ulrich von Türheim in a depiction in a Rennewart-Manuscript (1387) Ulrich von Türheim (c. 1195 – c. 1250) was a German nobleman and a writer from the Augsburg area active during the first half of the 13th century.
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Ulrich von Türheim (died 1250) was a poet and writer, of German nationality. The poet was born in Augsburg.
Among the works are Cliges, Rennewart and Tristan. Languages used include Middle High German.
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Ulrich's surname may relate to Unterthürheim. He witnessed documents between 1236 and 1244. He was attached to the court of Kings Henry (VII) and Conrad IV of Germany. He dedicated his Tristan to Conrad of Winterstetten, the royal cupbearer. In Rennewart, he mourns the deaths of Henry (VII), Conrad IV and the counts of Neuffen. Rudolf von Ems in his poem Alexander calls him "the wise Türheimer" (wisen Turhaimare).
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Three of his works have survived: • a conclusion to the version of the Tristan legend left unfinished by Gottfried von Strassburg • Rennewart, a continuation of Willehalm, left unfinished by Wolfram von Eschenbach • fragments of a version of Cligès based on that of Chrétien de Troyes It is not known whether this last work was a separate work or also a continuation, in this case of a now lost Cligès by Konrad Fleck. The relative chronology of these works is disputed, though Rennewart is generally regarded as the last.
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Ulrich von Türheim was born at Augsburg.
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• Ulrich von Türheim, Tristan, edited by Thomas Kerth (Altdeutsche Textbibliothek 89), Tübingen 1979. • Ulrich von Türheim, Rennewart, edited by Alfred Hübner (Deutsche Texte des Mittelalters 3), Berlin 1938, ²1964. • A. Bachmann, "Bruchstücke eines mittelhochdeutschen Cligès", Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum 32 (1888) 123ff. • A. Vizkelety, "Neue Fragmente des mittelhochdeutschen Cligès", Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie 88 (1969) 409ff.
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- 1.NDB 26 608 Ulrich von Türheim Norbert H. Ott 118625330
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- Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters : Verfasserlexikon, Second Edition edited by Kurt Ruh, Berlin 1977-, volume 10.
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