Laaber is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Regensburg in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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. It lies on the River
Schwarze Laber (note the spelling difference).
The now-ruined medieval castle on the hill above the town centre was once the seat of the Lords of Laber, who were influential in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Hadamar II of Laber was mayor of
Regensburg in 1334, and
Ulrich of Laber was mayor of
Nuremberg
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in 1366. The dynasty had some importance as patrons of cultural activities. They contributed financially to the construction of the
Scots Monastery in Regensburg, and are recorded as being enthusiastic supporters of jousting events.
Hadamar III was a courtly poet (
Minnesänger
(; "love song") was a tradition of lyric- and song-writing in Germany and Austria that flourished in the Middle High German period. This period of medieval German literature began in the 12th century and continued into the 14th. People who wr ...
), famous particularly for his poem "Die Jagd" ('the hunt'). The Lords of Laber also owned the castle at
Wolfsegg. The House of Laber died out in 1475, with the death of
Hadamar VII.
References
Regensburg (district)
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