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Georg Holz
1863–1921
A German philologist and literary historian remembered for his work on medieval German literature, he spent his career studying and editing early texts such as the Nibelungen material and the Rosengarten poems.
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Der Sagenkreis der Nibelungen
by Georg Holz
About the author
Born in Chemnitz on December 24, 1863, and later active in Leipzig, Georg Holz was a German philologist, Germanist, literary historian, and university professor. His work centered on older German literature, especially medieval texts and traditions.
He is best known for scholarly books and editions connected with the Nibelungen tradition and other Middle High German material. Rather than writing popular fiction, he helped preserve and interpret important works from the German literary past for students and researchers.
Holz died in Leipzig on June 2, 1921. Reliable basic biographical records confirm his academic career and his role as a specialist in medieval German literature, but an easily verifiable portrait was not available from the sources checked here.