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The only German that I know is the Das Lied der Deutschen:
Einigkiet und recht und freiheit
Fur das Deutsche Vaterland
Danach lasst uns alle streben
Bruderlich mit herz und hand
Einigikiet und recht und freiheit
Sindes gluckes unterpfand!
Bluhm im glanze,dieses gluckes
Bluhe Deutsche Vaterland.
Melody by Joseph Haydn 1732 -1809
Lyrics by Hoffmann von Fallersleben
The previous lyrics used by The Third Reich was banned by
the Allied Forces.
Though the current flag of Black,Red and Gold had been taken into Article 22 of the
West German Constitution of 1949. Under this Article of the West German Constitution,a national anthem was not specified.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had asked President
Theodor Heuss in a letter to accept as the German National Anthem,on April 29,1952.
However, on March 7,1990 months before the Reunification of Germany,the Constitutional Court declared that the third stanza of Hoffmann von Fallersleben's poem be protected as a national anthem under the criminal law.
Section 90a of the Criminal Code makes defamation of the national anthem a crime, but does not specify what the national anthem is.
On November 1991, both President Richard von Weizsacher and Chancellor Helmut
Kohl agreed in an exchange of letters to declare the third stanza alone the national anthem of the enlarged republic. On official occasions, only Haydn's music is used, and the third stanza is supposed to be sung. For other uses, all stanzas may be performed. The singing of the first stanza may, however, considered by some as an expression of right-wing or nationalist political views, depending on the context.
Last edited on Fri Aug 8th, 2008 01:09 am by Simon_Leung