Wolfger von Erla [SEP] place of death
Wolfger von Erla
Wolfger von Erla ("c". 1140 – 23 January 1218), was the Bishop of Passau from 1191 until 1204, when he became Patriarch of Aquileia. Wolfger's diocesan court occupies a place of central importance in the history of German literature. His travel accounts provide the only contemporary and non-literary reference to the famous "Minnesänger" Walther von der Vogelweide. He may also have been the patron of the author of the Middle High German "Nibelungenlied".
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