Konrad von Heimesfurt

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Konrad von Heimesfurt was a German poet of the High Middle Ages who worked at the beginning of the 13th century .

Most likely, Konrad is identical to the Ministerial Cunradus de Heinsfurt, mentioned several times in documents between 1198 and 1212, and came from today's Hainsfarth near Oettingen in Bavaria . He is best known for his two traditional spiritual verses: Unser vrouven hinvart (The Assumption of Mary) and Diu urstende (The Resurrection). Both texts, probably written between 1225 and 1230, are based on apocryphal writings. For Unser vrouven hinvart the work De transitu beatae Mariae virginis, supposedly by the apostle John , served as a model. In 1,209 verses, Konrad describes the last days of the Blessed Virgin and her subsequent ascension to heaven. In his epic Diu urstende , which reports in 2,162 verses from the trial of Jesus before Pilate, through death and resurrection, to the breaking of the gates of hell and the liberation of Adam and the prophets, he refers to the so-called Nicodemus Gospel . Gottfried von Strasbourg , Hartmann von Aue and Konrad von Fußesbrunnen can be identified as Konrad's literary role models . According to Rudolf von Ems , his work was highly valued by his contemporaries and also influenced later sacred poems.

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SURNAME Konrad von Heimesfurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Middle High German spiritual poet
DATE OF BIRTH before 1182
DATE OF DEATH 13th Century