Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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
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



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