Meinloh von Sevelingen

Around 1240 a "Meinlohus de Sevelingen" is documented as the seneschal of Count Hartmann von Dillingen,[1] but this is too late to be identified with the poet, whose works are dated on stylistic grounds to 1160–1170.

[5] The form of Meinloh's lyrics is characteristic of the early Danubian Minnesang: single-strophe works based on the [[Langzeile|Langzeile]] [de] associated with the Nibelungenlied (a long line broken by a caesura) and rhyming couplets with imperfect rhymes permitted.

[9] The local primary school is called the Meinloh-Grundschule, and the nearby Söflinger Meinloh-Forum is an open-air performance and event venue.

Middle High German[10] Ich sach boten des sumeres,—daz wâren bluomen alsô rôt.

im trûret sîn herze,—sît er nu jungest von dir schiet.