Herr Goeli

Herr Goeli (or Göli) was a Middle High German minnesinger.

[1] They are found under his name only in the Codex Manesse.

In three other manuscripts—the Weingarten Manuscript and the Berlin and Frankfurt Neidhart manuscripts[2]—they are mistakenly attributed to Neidhart von Reuental.

[3] In fact, they are deliberate imitations of the village songs (Dörperlieder [de]) of Neidhart.

[3] Their incipits are:[5] Goeli is usually identified with Diethelm Goeli, a knight of Basel recorded in various sources between 1254 and 1276.

Goeli playing backgammon in the Codex Manesse