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Oct 2, 2011 · National Anthem of Germany - "Das Deutschlandlied" (The Song of Germany) Includes lyrics in both German and English. Viewers please note that only the final three verses and the final chorus...
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- When Did The Third Verse of The Deutschlandlied Become The National Anthem?
- Why Does The National Anthem only Consist of The Third Verse?
- What Was The Role of The Hymn in German History?
- Where Does The Melody of The German National Anthem Come from?
A few months after the reunification of Germany in 1990, Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker and Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl made the express decision in 1991 that only the third verse would be used as the national anthem. As a result, only this verse is specially protected as an official national symbol and a constitutional principle. Unli...
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben composed the Deutschlandlied (“Song of the Germans”) in 1841 on the island of Heligoland, which was British at that time. At this time in history, the German-speaking world was made up of numerous individual states, some of them large and some smaller in size. Von Fallersleben was opposed to this fragmentat...
Haydn’s “Song of the Germans” was frequently sung during the revolutionary years of 1848/1849 as a way of showing support for a united Germany, but it then increasingly fell into oblivion. It was subsequently revived as the national anthem in 1922 during the Weimar Republic, at the instigation of Reich President Friedrich Ebert. Since the words app...
Austrian composer Joseph Haydn wrote the melody in 1796/97 for Francis II, Emperor of Austria and Hungary. Originally composed as the anthem Gott erhalte Franz, den Kaiser in praise of the emperor, it was sung as the imperial anthem in Austria up until the end of the empire in 1867, with the words differing depending on the emperor.
In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of "Das Lied der Deutschen" as a new text for that music, counterposing the national unification of Germany to the eulogy of a monarch: lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time.
Oct 25, 2024 · Deutschlandlied, official national anthem of Germany from 1922 to 1945, of West Germany from 1950 to 1990, and of reunified Germany from 1990. The tune of the German national anthem was composed in 1796 by Austrian Joseph Haydn and was first performed in 1797 for the birthday of Holy Roman emperor Francis II.
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Deutschland über alles. The current melody with the poem from Hoffman von Fallersleben was adopted as an anthem after World War I. During the time of Nazism the first verse was used as a tool for justifying expansionism: "Deutschland über alles" (Germany above everything).
