(9909) Eschenbach

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4355 T-1. Discovered 1971 Mar. 26 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld at Palomar.

Wolfram von Eschenbach (1168–1220) was, with von Aue {see planet  (9908)} and Gottfried von Strassburg, one of the greatest poets of medieval times. Beginning as a song writer, he later wrote three great epics: Parzifal, with the fragmentarian Gralsepos of Chréstien de Troyes as a basis, and the two unfinished works Titurel and Willehalm. (M 34356)

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