Meister Eckhart

Johannes Eckhart von Hochheim

Country

Holy Roman Empire, Germany

Languages

Middle High German

Dates

1260 — 1328

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Eckhart von Hochheim, commonly known as Meister Eckhart, Master Eckhart or Eckehart, claimed original name Johannes Eckhart, was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic. He was born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire.