Deutschlandlied (The Song of Germany)
Music: Joseph Haydn, 1797
Lyrics: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1841
Adopted: 1922
First Relinquished: 1945
Readopted: 1952
Adopted in the East: 1990
My family on my mom's side is German, and I'd love to visit my family's homeland someday. So I'm glad I found the current anthem of the great Bundesrepublik Deutschland! Germany will always be in my heart along with Wales as the countries that define my family. May Deutschland continue to be a beacon of prosperity and peace to the world.
If any fellow Germans are out there and reading this. Guten tag und alles liebe aus Colorado, USA! 🇺🇸❤🇩🇪 (incase someone who can't speak German is curious about what I said at the end, I said Good day and love from Colorado, USA!)
The tune to Germany's national anthem is considerably older than the lyrics and started off life as an Austrian anthem. Called the 'Emperor’s Hymn' it was composed by Joseph Haydn in 1796 to celebrate the birthday of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II – Haydn also used the tune in the second movement of his Op. 76, No. 3 string quartet. The first lines of this anthem – ‘God preserve Francis the Emperor, Our good Emperor Francis!’ – echoes those of the British anthem 'God Save The Queen'. It was used as Austria's anthem until the fall of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire in 1918.
The words of the German national anthem started life as a poem written by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben in 1841. The poem was a call to unify Germany, as the country was then made up of principalities and ducal kingdoms. In 1922 the song was officially adopted as Germany's national anthem by the Weimar Republic.
But that's not the end of the story. During the Nazi regime and the Second World War, the first verse – with its first line ‘Deutschland, Deutschland über alles’ (‘Germany, Germany above all’) – became heavily associated with the Nazi regime, meaning it was highly unsuitable as a national anthem in post-war Europe.
This was alright for East Germany following the division of the country, as they soon produced their own 'Auferstanden aus Ruinen' ('Risen from Ruins'), but West Germany was left anthemless until 1952 when the Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Theodor Heuss decided to reinstate the original anthem, using just the third stanza to avoid any Nazi association. When Germany unified in 1990 it was adapted by all of Germany.
Germans, don't be ashamed of your wonderful fatherland and its extraordinary history! Germany is not (only) Hitler, Goering and Himmler, Germany is Luther, Einstein, Beethoven, Goethe, Schiler, Wagner, Dürer, Hayden, the German economic miracle, German unification and many other things. Be proud of being German, there is nothing wrong with being proud of your own and respecting others !
Long live Germany!
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I found the video skipped some very very important parts of German modern history.
Love Germany, Greetings from Indonesian 🇮🇩❤️🇩🇪
Cool
Allen Respekt und Liebe für Deutschland, Land und Leute.. aus dem Irak 🇮🇶❤️🇩🇪
Germany🇩🇪, Greetings from the Philippines
Thank you for uploading the politicly correct version of our beautiful anthem.❤️
~ Kind Regards from Dortmund, Germany
Hello
When Leopold Slikk (The Angry German Kid) Got 12 Delicious Sausage Eggs For Christmas:
A very good remaster
Oldest German Marchs are better
My family on my mom's side is German, and I'd love to visit my family's homeland someday. So I'm glad I found the current anthem of the great Bundesrepublik Deutschland! Germany will always be in my heart along with Wales as the countries that define my family. May Deutschland continue to be a beacon of prosperity and peace to the world.
If any fellow Germans are out there and reading this. Guten tag und alles liebe aus Colorado, USA! 🇺🇸❤🇩🇪
(incase someone who can't speak German is curious about what I said at the end, I said Good day and love from Colorado, USA!)
Needs a real Emperor, and Königsberg…
Lang lebe Deutschland!!
Hail Deutschland 🙋🏻🇩🇪
Love From Myanmar 🇲🇲🖤🇩🇪
Greetings from the Philippines. 🇵🇭💙 🇩🇪
Actual Content
Why The Lyrics Change?
Vielen Dank um Schönheit von meinem Land mit heilige deutsch Nationalhymne zeigen.
The tune to Germany's national anthem is considerably older than the lyrics and started off life as an Austrian anthem. Called the 'Emperor’s Hymn' it was composed by Joseph Haydn in 1796 to celebrate the birthday of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II – Haydn also used the tune in the second movement of his Op. 76, No. 3 string quartet. The first lines of this anthem – ‘God preserve Francis the Emperor, Our good Emperor Francis!’ – echoes those of the British anthem 'God Save The Queen'. It was used as Austria's anthem until the fall of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire in 1918.
The words of the German national anthem started life as a poem written by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben in 1841. The poem was a call to unify Germany, as the country was then made up of principalities and ducal kingdoms. In 1922 the song was officially adopted as Germany's national anthem by the Weimar Republic.
But that's not the end of the story. During the Nazi regime and the Second World War, the first verse – with its first line ‘Deutschland, Deutschland über alles’ (‘Germany, Germany above all’) – became heavily associated with the Nazi regime, meaning it was highly unsuitable as a national anthem in post-war Europe.
This was alright for East Germany following the division of the country, as they soon produced their own 'Auferstanden aus Ruinen' ('Risen from Ruins'), but West Germany was left anthemless until 1952 when the Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Theodor Heuss decided to reinstate the original anthem, using just the third stanza to avoid any Nazi association. When Germany unified in 1990 it was adapted by all of Germany.
https://www.classical-music.com/features/works/german-national-anthem-lyrics/
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Awesome!!! ❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Liebe Deutschland 🇩🇪🇩🇪❤️
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Indonesia Dan Jerman 🇩🇪
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Germans, don't be ashamed of your wonderful fatherland and its extraordinary history! Germany is not (only) Hitler, Goering and Himmler, Germany is Luther, Einstein, Beethoven, Goethe, Schiler, Wagner, Dürer, Hayden, the German economic miracle, German unification and many other things. Be proud of being German, there is nothing wrong with being proud of your own and respecting others !
December National Anthem Croatia 🇭🇷