Minnesang in Herlheim
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Minstrelsy in Herlheim
Denkmal Route Volkach am Main - Mainschleife
Den Namen des berühmtesten aller Minnesänger Walther von der Vogelweide kennt nahezu jeder. Auch viele seiner Lieder und Verse sind überliefert. Sein Lebensweg jedoch liegt weitgehend im Dunkeln. Zahlreiche Theorien ranken sich um den Dichter und eine davon behauptet, er habe um 1170 auf der Stollburg bei Handthal das Licht der Welt erblickt. Etwa 60 Jahre später sei er dann in Herlheim, unweit seines Geburtsorts, verstorben. Beigesetzt wurde er schließlich am Würzburger Neumünster, wo sich sein angebliches Grab bis heute finden lässt.
Seit 2012 erinnert in Herlheim der „Minnesangweg" an die Zeit der mittelalterlichen Sänger und Dichter,
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Documentary mention of Herlheim occurred at least as early as 741. Herlheim was a Frankish royal holding with a church, administrative headquarters and nine farmsteads - a settlement that was stately for the time. In the Middle Ages, the village, now the seat of an ancient parish, maintained its regional primacy. In the lifetime of Walther von der Vogelweide - at the turn of the 12th to the 13th century - Herlheim was therefore much more than a simple farming village - it was a regional center.
Almost everyone knows the name of the most famous of all minstrels - Walther von der Vogelweide, as well as many of his songs and verses. But his life, however, is largely obscure. Numerous theories surround the poet - one of them claims that he saw the light of day around 1170 at the Stollburg near Handthal. About 60 years later he died in Herlheim, not far from where he was born. He was finally buried at the Würzburg Neumünster, where his alleged grave can still be found today.
Since 2012, the "Minstrel's Way" in Herlheim commemorates the time of medieval singers
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 49° 55.393′ N, 10° 17.182′ E. Marker is in Herlheim, Bayern (Bavaria), in Schweinfurt. It is at the intersection of Herlindenstrasse and Badestrasse on Herlindenstrasse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Herlindenstrasse 6, Herlheim BY 97509, Germany. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in German Franconia. Globally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, Central Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Holy Roman Empire and also the former West Germany.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ehemaliges Rathaus / Former City Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Brünnstadt World Wars I and II Memorial (approx. 2.4 kilometers away); Das Badhaus / The Bathhouse (approx. 3 kilometers away); Storchenbrünnlein / Little Stork Spring
Also see . . . Walther von der Vogelweide (Wikipedia). "Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230) was a Minnesänger, who composed and performed love-songs and political songs ("Sprüche") in Middle High German. Walther has been described as greatest German lyrical poet before Goethe; his hundred or so love-songs are widely regarded as the pinnacle of Minnesang, the medieval German love lyric, and his innovations breathed new life into the tradition of courtly love. He is also the first political poet writing in German, with a considerable body of encomium, satire, invective, and moralising." (Submitted on July 21, 2018.)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 264 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 21, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
