Heinrich von Ofterdingen
Heinrich von Ofterdingen is a fabled, quasi-fictional
Wartburg. The legend was revived by Novalis in his eponymous fragmentary novel written in 1800 and by E. T. A. Hoffmann
in his 1818 novella Der Kampf der Sänger.
Sources
The 24 Fürstenlob (princely praise) stanzas of the Sängerkrieg describe Heinrich's challenge to the most famous singers like
Dietrich von Bern
(Theoderic the Great) ascribes the authorship to Heinrich.
After the Sängerkrieg was republished by the Swiss author
Blue Flower, which became a key symbol in Romanticism. In the early 20th century, nationalistic German writers portrayed Heinrich as a defender of veritable German poetry and even as author of the Nibelungenlied
poem.
External links
- Heinrich von Ofterdingen (Novalis's original German text)
- Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg). Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance at Project Gutenberg (English translation)
- Henry of Ofterdingen - Part First (excerpt) with illustrations
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