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History. In the text, Arndt asks the German question and answers it by demanding a Greater German nation-state comprising all German -speaking areas in Europe. The song was performed for the first time in Berlin in 1814. [1] As the original tune did not become popular, Gustav Reichardt wrote a new melody in 1825. [2]
Vaterlandslied (Arndt) The Vaterlandslied (Song of the Fatherland) is a patriotic poem written by Ernst Moritz Arndt in 1812. It is also known by its first line Der Gott, der Eisen wachsen ließ (The God who made iron grow). The song was written to denounce the fact that several German states fought on the side of Napoleon to the detriment of ...
Notable work. Des Deutschen Vaterland. Signature. Ernst Moritz Arndt (26 December 1769 – 29 January 1860) was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Sweden for some time due to his anti-French positions.
Vaterlandslied. Vaterlandslied is the name of several patriotic German poems. The most famous one is "Ich bin ein deutsches Mädchen" written by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock in 1770 and dedicated to Johanna Elisabeth von Winthem.
Germania on Guard on the Rhine, Hermann Wislicenus, 1873. " Die Wacht am Rhein " (German: [diː ˈvaxt am ˈʁaɪn], The Watch on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem. The song's origins are rooted in the historical French–German enmity, and it was particularly popular in Germany during the Franco-Prussian War, World War I, and World War II.
The Horst-Wessel-Lied ("Song of Horst Wessel"), also known as Die Fahne Hoch ("The Flag Raised"), was the official anthem of the NSDAP. The song was written by Horst Wessel, a party activist and SA leader, who was killed by a member of the Communist Party of Germany. After his death, he was proclaimed a "martyr" by the NSDAP, and his song ...
The melody of the " Deutschlandlied ", also known as "the Austria tune", was written by Joseph Haydn in 1797 to provide music to the poem "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" ("God save Francis the Emperor") by Lorenz Leopold Haschka. The song was a birthday anthem honouring Francis II, Habsburg emperor, and was intended as a parallel to Great ...
November 14, 1949. 1973 (as instrumental) Relinquished. 3 October 1990. (1990-10-03) " Auferstanden aus Ruinen " (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊfɐˌʃtandn̩ ʔaʊs ʁuˈiːnən]; "Risen from Ruins", lit. 'Resurrected out [of] Ruins') was the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during its existence from 1949 to 1990.