Albrecht von Johansdorf

Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1180 – c. 1209) was a Minnesänger and a minor noble in the service of Wolfger of Erla.

He may have known Walther von der Vogelweide and is believed to have participated in a crusade.

He is known to have written at least five "recruitment" songs in Middle High German, most likely for the Third Crusade.

[1] Von Johansdorf's Minnelieder conform outwardly to the standard pattern of man subordinating himself to the woman above him and is responsible for the classical formulation of "the educative value of Minnedienst" (daz ir deste werde sit und da bi hochgemuot).

His integrity and warmth of heart are most evident in poems referring to the departure for the crusade.