Limburg Chronicle, or Festi Limpurgenses, is the name of a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

chronicle that was probably written by Tilemann Elhen von Wolfhagen after 1402. It is a source for the history of the

Rhineland The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhinelands ...

between 1336 and 1398, but is perhaps more valuable for the information about German manners and customs, and the old German

folksong Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

s and stories which it contains. It has also a certain

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interest. The chronicle was first published by Johann Friedrich Faust in 1617, and was edited by Arthur Wyss for the '' Monumenta Germaniae historica. Deutsche Chroniken'', Band iv. (Hanover, 1883). See A. Wyss, ''Die Limburger Chronik untersucht'' (Marburg, 1875).

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* {{EB1911 article with no significant updates Medieval German literature History of the Rhineland 14th century in the Holy Roman Empire