What is the name of the Grail castle in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival?

Munsalvaesche is the name of the Grail castle in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival.

Parzival is a Middle High German epic poem composed around the beginning of the 13th century. Wolfram adapted and transformed material associated with Chrétien de Troyes, expanding the story of the knight Parzival and his eventual movement toward spiritual understanding.

Munsalvaesche is the castle where the Grail is kept and where the wounded Fisher King, Anfortas, resides. Parzival’s failure to ask the compassionate question during his first visit becomes a central moral failure in the poem. His later return and successful question resolve the Grail King’s suffering.

The castle should not be confused with Camelot, King Arthur’s court, or Corbenic, a name used for the Grail castle in other Arthurian traditions. Different medieval authors gave the Grail’s setting different names and narrative functions.