Ulrich von Türheim (c. 1195 – c. 1250) was a German writer from the

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...

area writing during the first half of the 13th century. Three of his works have survived: a conclusion to the version of the

Tristan Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to we ...

legend left

unfinished Unfinished may refer to: *Unfinished creative work, a work which a creator either chose not to finish or was prevented from finishing. Music * Symphony No. 8 (Schubert) "Unfinished" * ''Unfinished'' (album), 2011 album by American singer Jor ...

Gottfried von Strassburg Gottfried von Strassburg (died c. 1210) is the author of the Middle High German courtly romance ', an adaptation of the 12th-century ''Tristan and Iseult'' legend. Gottfried's work is regarded, alongside the ''Nibelungenlied'' and Wolfram von Esc ...

; ''Rennewart'', a continuation of ''

Willehalm ''Willehalm'' is an unfinished Middle High German poem from the early 13th century, written by the poet Wolfram von Eschenbach. In terms of genre, the poem is "a unique fusion of the courtly and the heroic, with elements of the saintly legend attac ...

'', left unfinished by

Wolfram von Eschenbach Wolfram von Eschenbach (; – ) was a German knight, poet and composer, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of medieval German literature. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry. Life Little is known of Wolfram's life. There ar ...

; and fragments of a version of ''

Cligès ''Cligès'' (also ''Cligés'') is a poem by the medieval French poet Chrétien de Troyes, dating from around 1176. It is the second of his five Arthurian romances; '' Erec and Enide'', ''Cligès'', ''Yvain'', ''Lancelot'' and ''Perceval''. The po ...

'' based on that of Chrétien de Troyes. It is not known whether this last work was a separate work or also a continuation, in this case of a now lost ''Cligès'' by Konrad Fleck. The relative chronology of these works is disputed, though ''Rennewart'' is generally regarded as the last.

Conrad of Winterstetten Conrad of Winterstetten ( – February 1243) was a German royal official during the reign of the Emperor Frederick II. He held the court title of butler and was active mainly in Swabia. From 1221 until 1234, he was a close associate, originally ...

was his patron.

Editions

*Ulrich von Türheim, ''Tristan'', edited by Thomas Kerth (Altdeutsche Textbibliothek 89), Tübingen 1979. *Ulrich von Türheim, ''Rennewart'', edited by Alfred Hübner (Deutsche Texte des Mittelalters 3), Berlin 1938, ²1964. *A. Bachmann, "Bruchstücke eines mittelhochdeutschen Cligès", ''Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum'' 32 (1888) 123ff. *A. Vizkelety, "Neue Fragmente des mittelhochdeutschen Cligès", ''Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie'' 88 (1969) 409ff.

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* 13th-century German poets 13th-century deaths Writers of Arthurian literature Middle High German literature Writers from Augsburg Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain German male poets {{Germany-writer-stub

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