| Ekkehard | |
| Author: | Joseph Victor von Scheffel |
| Orig Lang Code: | de |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Genre: | historican novel |
| Publisher: | Johann Valentin Meidinger Sohn |
| Pub Date: | 1855 |
| Pages: | 467 |
Ekkehard is an 1855 historical novel by the German writer Joseph Victor von Scheffel.
The novel is about the 10th-century monk and hymn writer Ekkehard II at the Abbey of Saint Gall. Ekkehard has a romantic affair with a widow who visits the abbey. He has an oak cut down when he learns a woman is using it in pagan ceremonies. When there is a Hun invasion, Ekkehart goes to battle and proves to be a skilled warrior.[1]
The novel was published in 1855 by Johann Valentin Meidinger Sohn. With the 4th edition in 1873, it turned into a phenomenon, becoming one of Germany's most popular novels of the 19th century. By 1903, it had been printed in 200 editions.[2]