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FRAUENLOB , the name by which HEINRICH VON MEISSEN, a German poet of the 13th century , is generally known. He seems to have acquired the sobriquet because in a famous Liederstreit with his rival Regenbogen he defended the use of the word Frau (i.e. frouwe,=lady) instead of Weib (wtp=woman). Frauenloh was born about 1250 of a humble burgher family. His youth was spent in straitened circumstances, but he gradually acquired a reputation as a singer
Rostock
cathedral
Mainz. His grave is still marked by a copy made in 1783 of the original
monument by Schwanthaler was erected in the cloisters. Frauenlob's poems make a great
Frauenlob's poet), was edited by L. Ettmuller in 1843; a selection will be found in K. Bartsch, Deutsche Liederdichter des la. bis 14. Jahrhunderts (3rd ed., 1893). An English
translation
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