In the west, the river known as the Maas or the Meuse ran through the Dutch-ruled and Limburgish-speaking Duchy of Limburg which was joined to the German Confederation between 5 September 1839 and 23...

Only the third verse is currently the Federal Republic of Germany's national anthem.

The line "Germany, Germany above all" meant that the most important goal of the Vormärz revolutionaries should be a unified Germany overcoming the perceived anti-liberal Kleinstaaterei. Along with...

Facsimile of Hoffmann von Fallersleben's manuscript of "Das Lied der Deutschen"