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Originally Posted by Dobby-the-House-Elf
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Originally Posted by Gizzmoe
The melody is from the 18th century, the text from the middle of the 19th. The Nazis never changed the lyrics.
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Sorry, not quite true. The original tune was composed by Joseph Haydn in 1797. But it was then not the German, but the Austria-Hungarian national anthem ("Gott erhalt uns Franz den Kaiser" translated "may God sustain our emperor Franz"). It stayed so until 1918 when the Austrian-Hungarian empire came to an end.
Only after this the anthem was adapted by Germany and the lyrics changed to "Deutschland über alles". |
Yes, it became the German anthem after WW1, but von Fallersleben wrote the original text (three verses), including the "Deutschland über alles" part in 1841.
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Only the third verse is illegal today
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The first verse is illegal, the third verse is the official German anthem.