Hadamar III of Laber ( – 1360) was one of the Lords of Laber (now

Laaber Laaber is a municipality in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the River Schwarze Laber (note the spelling difference). The now-ruined medieval castle on the hill above the town centre was once the seat of the Lords of ...

) in the Upper Palatinate, and an important courtly poet (

Minnesänger (; "love song") was a tradition of German lyric- and song-writing that flourished in the Middle High German period (12th to 14th centuries). The name derives from '' minne'', the Middle High German word for love, as that was ''Minnesangs m ...

Background

He is famous mainly for his allegorical poem "Die Jagd" (the hunt), written in

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

.Eberhard Dünninger: ''Reinmar von Brennberg und Hadamar von Laaber (13. und 14. Jh.) – Liederdichter der späthöfischen Zeit.'' In: Sigfrid Färber, Bedeutende Oberpfälzer. Regensburg: Pustet 1981.

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14th-century German nobility Minnesingers 14th-century German poets People from Regensburg (district) 1300s births Year of birth uncertain 1360 deaths {{Germany-noble-stub