Wolfhart

Wolfhart was the hotheaded nephew of Hildebrand and a vassal of Dietrich of Verona.

When Rudiger and Gernot killed each other, Dietrich sent Hildebrand and his retainers to investigate how Rudiger had died. Even though Rudiger was killed by one of the Nibelungs, Dietrich wanted to remain neutral, siding with neither the Huns nor the Burgundians. Hildebrand brought Dietrich's vassals and retainers armed to the Nibelungs.

Hagen answered Hildebrand's enquiry to Rudiger's death; Volker, suspecting attacks from the Amelungs, provoked the Amelungs into attacking.

In the end, the Amelungs were all killed except Wolfhart and his uncle Hildebrand. Hildebrand killed Volker, and Wolfhart and Giselher killed one another. However, Giselher mortally wounded Wolfhart. Before dying in Hildebrand's arms, Wolfhart told his uncle not to mourn for he had died with great honour; not only had he killed Giselher, but he was proud of the fact that he had died at the hand of a king (Giselher).

Wolfhart didn't appear in the Thidrekssaga, which seemed to parallel with the tale in the Nibelungenlied.