Ulrich von Türheim

Ulrich von Türheim was a German nobleman and a writer from the Augsburg area active during the first half of the 13th century.

Life

Ulrich's surname may relate to.
He witnessed documents between 1236 and 1244. He was attached to the court of Kings Henry (VII) and Conrad IV of Germany. He dedicated his Tristan to Conrad of Winterstetten, the royal cupbearer. In Rennewart, he mourns the deaths of Henry, Conrad IV and the.
Rudolf von Ems in his poem Alexander calls him "the wise Türheimer".

Works

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
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.

Editions

Ulrich von Türheim, Tristan, edited by Thomas Kerth, Tübingen 1979.
Ulrich von Türheim, Rennewart, edited by Alfred Hübner, Berlin 1938, ²1964.
A. Bachmann, "Bruchstücke eines mittelhochdeutschen Cligès", Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum 32 123ff.
A. Vizkelety, "Neue Fragmente des mittelhochdeutschen Cligès", Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie 88 409ff.