# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otfrid-of-weissenburg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:37:25.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otfrid-of-weissenburg"
name: "Otfrid of Weissenburg"
slug: "otfrid-of-weissenburg"
description: "Otfrid of Weissenburg was a monk at the abbey of Weissenburg and the author of a gospel harmony in rhyming couplets now called the Evangelienbuch. It is written in the South Rhine Franconian dialect of Old High German. The poem is thought to have been completed between 863 and 871. Otfrid is the first German poet whose name we know from his work."
tagline: "Carolingian priest and poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otfriedvonweissenburg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "790"
deathDate: "875"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.69489066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5528481"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_von_Weissenburg"
    title: "Otfrid von Weissenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_z_Wei%C3%9Fenburgu"
    title: "Otfried z Weißenburgu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_von_Wei%C3%9Fenburg"
    title: "Otfrid von Weißenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CF%84%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84_%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%92%CE%AC%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA"
    title: "Ότφριντ φον Βάισενμπουργκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_of_Weissenburg"
    title: "Otfrid of Weissenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrido_de_Wissenbourg"
    title: "Otfrido de Wissenbourg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_Weissenburgilainen"
    title: "Otfrid Weissenburgilainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_de_Wissembourg"
    title: "Otfried de Wissembourg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_de_Weissenburg"
    title: "Otfried de Weissenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_von_Wei%C3%9Fenburg"
    title: "Otfrid von Weißenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_di_Weissenburg"
    title: "Otfrid di Weissenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_von_Wei%C3%9Fenburg"
    title: "Otfried von Weißenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_von_Wei%C3%9Fenburg"
    title: "Otfried von Weißenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_von_Wei%C3%9Fenburg"
    title: "Otfried von Weißenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfried_von_Weissenburg"
    title: "Otfried von Weissenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3"
    title: "Отфрид фон Вейсенбург"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3"
    title: "Отфрид фон Вейсенбург"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otfrid_av_Weissenburg"
    title: "Otfrid av Weissenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Otfrid_von_Wei%C3%9Fenburg"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Otfrid_di_Weissenburg"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump