Herger (poet)

Herger (around 1170) is one of the High Medieval, Middle High German song poets .

In German and edition studies , however, it is controversial whether there ever was a poet named Herger. The three names " Spervogel " / "Herger" / " Der Junge Spervogel " often appear next to each other. Three manuscripts (Die Kleine Heidelberger Liederhandschrift A, the Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift C and the Jenaer Liederhandschrift J) contain over 90 verse verses to which the names “Spervogel” and “Young Spervogel” are assigned. The name "Herger" comes from one of the Spervogel stanzas (II, 2) as a literary figure, comparable to the poetic addition "von Reuental" by the song writer Neidhart , who was long regarded as a fixed part of the poet's name.

literature

Thomas Bein: Herger . In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Hrsg.): Killy Literature Lexicon - Authors and Works of the German-speaking Cultural Area. Si - Vi . tape 11 . De Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2011.
Horst Brunner: History of German literature in the Middle Ages at a glance (= Reclams universal library . Volume 9485 ). Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, p. 129 ff .
Volker Honemann: Herger . In: Kurt Ruh, Gundolf Keil, Werner Schröder, Burghart Wachinger, Franz Josef Worstbrock (ed.): Author's Lexicon - The German Literature of the Middle Ages. Gert van der Schüren - Hildegard von Bingen . tape 3 . De Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1981.
Martin Liechtenhan: Herger's stanzas in the judgment of research. A study of the history of science on the "sayings" in the older "Spervogelton" (= studies on German, English and comparative literature . Volume 95 ). Bonn 1980, ISBN 3-416-01555-X .
Ulrich Müller: "Herger": A sang-saying singer from "Minnesang's Spring", from 'Minnesang's Winter' or from 'Minnesang's Second Spring'? In: Rüdiger Krohn (ed.): "Dâ hoeret ouch geloube zuo": Questions of tradition and authenticity of minnesang. Contributions to the festive colloquium for Günther Schweikle on the occasion of his 65th birthday . Hirzel, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1995, p. 139-154 .

Web links

Gustav Roethe: Collective article Spervogel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 139-144.
Literature by and about Herger in the catalog of the German National Library
Text search in Hergers / Spervogel's work in the MHDBDB / online edition of the Middle High German term database (MHDBDB)
Author-specific word material in Hergers / Spervogel's work in the MHDBDB / online edition of the Middle High German term database (MHDBDB)

Individual evidence

↑ Ulrich Müller: "Herger": A Sangspruch-singer from "Minnesang's Spring", from 'Minnesang's Winter' or from 'Minnesang's Second Spring'? In: Rüdiger Krohn (ed.): "Dâ hoeret ouch geloube zuo": Questions of tradition and authenticity of minnesang. Contributions to the festive colloquium for Günther Schweikle on the occasion of his 65th birthday . Hirzel, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1995, p. 139-154 .
↑ Thomas Bein: Herger . In: Killy literary dictionary - authors and works of the German-speaking cultural area. Si - Vi . tape 11 . De Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2011.

personal data
SURNAME	Herger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Anonymous Spervogel; Heriger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Middle High German song poet
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1170
DATE OF DEATH	12th century or 13th century

[1] Ulrich Müller: "Herger": A Sangspruch-singer from "Minnesang's Spring", from 'Minnesang's Winter' or from 'Minnesang's Second Spring'? In: Rüdiger Krohn (ed.): "Dâ hoeret ouch geloube zuo": Questions of tradition and authenticity of minnesang. Contributions to the festive colloquium for Günther Schweikle on the occasion of his 65th birthday . Hirzel, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1995, p. 139-154 .

[2] Thomas Bein: Herger . In: Killy literary dictionary - authors and works of the German-speaking cultural area. Si - Vi . tape 11 . De Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2011.