Gottfried von Neifen
Gottfried von Neifen in the representation of the Codex Manesse (around 1300)
Gottfried von Neifen was a German-speaking minstrel who was born near Urach and is mentioned in documents from the period from 1230 to around 1255. Gottfried von Neifen came from the Swabian noble family of the Lords of Neuffen . His ancestral seat was Hohenneuffen Castle . He belonged to Heinrich's (VII.) Circle and his poetry was influenced by Walther von der Vogelweide and Neidhart von Reuental . His works, which show a clear distance from the high phase of minstrel, in which the unrewarded service to the mistress was praised, captivate with all irony through linguistic mastery. Melodies from his pen have not survived.
Works
- Who was the wondrous me the svessen meigen? (Full text)
- Schouwet ûf den anger (full text)
- Saelic saelig sî diu wunne (full text)
literature
- Konrad Burdach: Gottfried von Neifen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 401-403.
- Hugo Kuhn : Gottfried v. Neif (f) en (Neuffen). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 671 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen : Gottfried von Nifen. In: ders .: Minnesinger. German song poets of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. 3rd part. Barth, Leipzig 1838, pp. 80–83 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Moriz Haupt (Ed.): The songs of Gottfried von Neifen . Weidmann, Leipzig 1851 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Adelbert von Keller: Gottfried von Neifen. In: Württembergischer Bildersaal. First volume. Schaber, Stuttgart 1859, pp. 11–15 (digitized version)
- Gottfried von Neifen. In: Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Hrsg.): Kindlers Literatur Lexikon . 3rd, completely revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-476-04000-8 , Volume 12, pp. 477-478 (biogram, work article on The lyrical work of Max Schiendorfer).
Web links
Wikisource: Gottfried von Neifen - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Gottfried von Neifen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Historical Lexicon of Bavaria: Neuffen, Herren von (Sarah Hadry)
- Complete digital edition of Poetry in Poetry of the German Middle Ages (LDM), Gottfried von Neifen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gottfried von Neifen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-speaking minstrel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1230 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Urach |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1255 |