Isenhofer from Waldshut

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Isenhofer von Waldshut (* 15th century ) was the author of a blacksmith's forge on the confederates during the Old Zurich War around 1443 .

The name “von Isenhofen” can be found in the text of the 21st stanza of the blacksmith's.

According to a passage in the chronicle of Aegidius Tschudi , the author of the song comes from Waldshut: "Isenhofer von Waldshut". At another point in the same source, Isenhofer is named as Vogt of the Austrian Freudenberg Fortress. Isenhofer joins the minstrel Neidhart von Reuenthal in terms of form and content . In particular, he reviled the confederates of the cantons of Glarus and Schwyz and called on Zurich to fight against these two cantons. In another stanza, Isenhofer refers to the battle of Sempach in 1386.

The complete text of the blacksmith is printed in 22 stanzas in: Ludwig Tobler. Swiss folk songs . Frauenfeld 1882–1884. Reprint: Hildesheim: Olms 1975; a partial print: "Wohlauf I hear a new sound" was included in the Des Knaben Wunderhorn collection (Volume II, p. 412) with the author's statement "Isenhofer von Walzhut". In the 19th century the figure of Isenhofer von Waldshut is used as a secondary character in Heinrich Zschokke's Der Freihof von Aarau from 1847: “Now Gangolf learned that his amiable fiancée only stayed two days in the city, then to her father, Hans von Falkenstein , that she would travel to Seckingen, not counting a few female servants, a knight Bentelin von Hemmenhofen and a jolly journeyman von Waldshut, by the name of Isenhofer, to accompany her, who makes entertaining verses, but is an arch enemy of the Confederates. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Tobler 1975, p. 29. Available from Google Books .
  2. ↑ http://musicanet.org/robokopp/Lieder/wohlauf1.html
  3. ^ Heinrich Zschokke : The Freihof of Aarau in the project Gutenberg-DE
personal data
SURNAME Isenhofer from Waldshut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isenhöfer from Waldshut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Author of a blacksmith against the confederates
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1443