Heinrich Rosla
Heinrich Rosla probably came from Nienburg (Saale) and was probably a monk in the Walkenried monastery . At the end of the 13th century he wrote a Latin epic in 477 hexameters about the razing of Herlingsberg Castle (Harliburg) in the Herlingsberg War in 1291. At the end of this poem he introduces himself as having the same name as Duke Heinrich I , to whom he dedicates the work, as a native of Nienborg , with surname ("cognomine") Rosla .
The first printing of the poem was done by Johann Heinrich Meibom in 1652. In the foreword he states that his father Heinrich Meibom received the manuscript from Heinrich Petreus and, since it was untitled, called the work Herlingsberga . He praises the poetic power and the unusual education of the author for his time. The real dictionary of German literary history judges, however, that the “ Homeric coloring” does not go with the “little stuff”.
Heinrich Rosla wrote in his Herlingsberga about the Harz Mountains, among other things : "There are bigger mountains, but none that surpasses both forest and game."
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Rosla, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 239.
Web links
- Works by and about Heinrich Rosla in the German Digital Library
- Rosla, Henricus in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meibom relates the location to Nienburg / Weser ( preface, first page ).
- ↑ Closing verses
- ↑ Preface, first page
- ↑ Preface, second page
- ↑ Volume 1, 1958, reprint Berlin / New York 2001, p. 389
- ↑ Verses 121-123 ; Ms. Günther: The Harz . Bielefeld and Leipzig 1919, p. 1.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosla, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosla, Henricus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German monk and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th century or 14th century |