Nibelungenmuseum (Worms, Germany)

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a Museum about the "The Song of the Nibelungs"

The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. It tells the story of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, his murder, and of his wife Kriemhild's revenge.

The Nibelungenlied is based on pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs (the "Nibelungensaga"), which include oral traditions and reports based on historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries. Old Norse parallels of the legend survive in the Völsunga saga, the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda, the Legend of Norna-Gest, and the Þiðrekssaga.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibelungenlied
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Coordinates:   49°37'45"N   8°22'1"E
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