Ulrich von Türheim

Ulrich von Türheim (c. 1195 – c. 1250) was a German nobleman and a writer from the Augsburg area active during the first half of the 13th century.

Ulrich von Türheim in a depiction in a Rennewart-Manuscript (1387)

Biography

Ulrich was born into Türheim family, an uradel German noble family originating in Swabia. Three of his works have survived: a conclusion to the version of the Tristan legend left unfinished by Gottfried von Strassburg; Rennewart, a continuation of Willehalm, left unfinished by Wolfram von Eschenbach; and fragments of a version of Cligès 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 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.

Further reading

• Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters : Verfasserlexikon, Second Edition edited by Kurt Ruh, Berlin 1977-, volume 10.

External links

• Works by or about Ulrich von Türheim at the Internet Archive