Wernher, Bruder#
Wernher, Bruder, poet, worked in Austria and in the interest of Austrian rulers between 1225 and 1250, strongly influenced by Walther von der Vogelweide. 74 poems and one religious song by him have been preserved. His background and his position are unknown (possibly was not a member of an order, but a lay brother).
Edition: Die Sprueche des B. W., ed. by A. Schoenbach,
2 vols., 1904/1905.
Literature#
F. P. Knapp, Die Literatur des Frueh- und Hoch-MA, in: Literatur in Oesterreich, vol. 1, 1994.