Heinrich von Freiberg was a Middle High German narrative poet at the court of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia.[1] He is mainly noted for his continuation of Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan in about 1290. The work is preserved in three complete manuscripts and five fragments.[2]

Editions edit

  • Reinhold Bechstein (ed.), Heinrich's von Freiberg Tristan, Leipzig 1877. (Internet Archive)
  • Alois Bernt (ed.), Heinrich von Freiberg, Halle/Saale, 1906, reprint 1978 (Internet Archive)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Garland, Henry and Mary (1976). The Oxford Companion to German Literature. Oxford: OUP. p. 364. ISBN 0198661150.
  2. ^ "Gesamtverzeichnis Autoren/Werke Heinrich von Freiberg: 'Tristan'". Handschriftencensus. Retrieved 5 February 2016.