- Source: Volker von Alzey
Volker von Alzey is a legendary figure from the Nibelungenlied. He is the minstrel at the court of Burgundy in Worms. His headquarters Alzey is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Worms. Volker is one of the Burgundian knights and heroes. He dies at Hildebrand's hand with the other Burgundians fighting alongside Hagen at King Etzel's castle.
Excerpt from the Nibelungenlied
= Original
== English translation
=Volker's "fiddle"
Volker was noted as "a minstrel and player of the fidla, a medieval stringed instrument among the predecessors of the violin." This instrument, also spelled "Fiðla" is usually translated as "fiddle".
= Volker's fiddle in coats of arms
=Volker in popular culture
Volker von Alzey, played by Hans von Borsody, is the narrator in the 1966 film version of the Nibelung Saga.
Walter Plathe played Volker singing in the 2008 at the Nibelung Festival, Worms.
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- Nibelungenlied
- Hagen (legend)
- Castra Alteium
- Die Nibelungen (1966–67 film)
- Hans von Borsody
- List of fictional nobility
- List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, T–Y
- Die Nibelungen
