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Reinmar von Zweter
© Copyright Reinmar von Zweter, miniature of the facsimile Manessische Liederhandschrift Reinmar von Zweter, b. Rheinfranken (?), around 1200, d. after 1247, minnesinger and poet, political epigrams, probably of noble descent. May have been pupil of Walther von der Vogelweide, 1227 started his career as a poet in Austria, lived at the Babenberg court at the time of Leopold VI and Friedrich II, led a vagrant life from 1241. Because of his extraordinary command of musical forms the mastersingers counted him among the 12 founders of their art. Editions: G. Roethe, Die Gedichte R., 1887; Dt. Texte des MA 41, 1913. Literature: E. Bonjour, R. als polit. Dichter, 1922.
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