It remained the national anthem under Nazi rule, too - but only the first stanza. The "Deutschlandlied" first became the national anthem in the Weimar Republic, as decreed on Augby the Social Democratic president, Friedrich Ebert.
Von Fallersleben set his text to the melody of Joseph Haydn's 1797 "Kaiserquartett" (Emperor Quartet). On August 26, 1841, the poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874) penned the verses in an appeal to his countrymen to create a united German empire.Īt the time, Germany was fragmented into countless individual states under the rule of various princes. Just like the country, the "Song of Germany," known as the " Deutschlandlied," looks back at a turbulent history.Īdopted on May 2, 1952, seven years after the end of World War II, West Germany's national anthem uses only the third verse of the original song. It begins with the lines: "Unity and justice and freedom for the German fatherland! Let us all strive for this, brotherly with heart and hand!" Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the words of the 'Deutschlandlied' Image: dpa/picture-alliance Yearning for national unity The German anthem is comparatively peaceful, even though the lyrics also date back to the mid-19th century, a period of confrontation among nations. In their anthem written in 1792, the French sing about the blood of their enemies watering their fields the Italians are ready to die fighting for peace and freedom (1847), and the Argentines swear to die gloriously for those same ideals (1813). National anthems all over the world can be pretty violent.
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