Background
Frauenlob was born in Meissen.
Frauenlob was born in Meissen.
The nickname Frauenlob (Middle High German Frouwenlop) means "praise of women" or "praise of Our Lady". He had great musical talents, and held court positions in Prague. After several years wandering as a minstrel, he established the first school of the meistersingers at Mainz.
The women of Mainz are said to have carried his bier to the cathedral in appreciation of his lifelong, chivalrous devotion to their sexual
His tomb was restored in 1783 by women during the "Werther" period of German literature, and the women of Mainz erected a monument to his memory near his tomb in 1842. In 1892 German composer Reinhold Becker (1842-1924) wrote an opera about an episode in the poet"s life.