Unofficial Anthem of the German Empire (1871-1918) - Die Wacht am Rhein

"Die Wacht am Rhein" (The Watch/Guard on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem. The song's origins are rooted in the historical French-German enmity, and it was particularly popular in Germany during the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War.
In the poem, with five original stanzas, a "thunderous call" is made for all Germans to rush and defend the German Rhine, to ensure that "no enemy sets his foot on the shore of the Rhine" (4th stanza). Two stanzas with a more specific text were added by others later. Unlike the older "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" which praised a monarch, "Die Wacht am Rhein" and other songs written in this period, such as the "Deutschlandlied" (the third verse of which is Germany's current national anthem) and "Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland?" (What is the German's Fatherland?) by Ernst Moritz Arndt, called for Germans to unite, to put aside sectionalism and the rivalries of the various German kingdoms and principalities, to establish a unified German state and defend Germany's territorial integrity.
"Die Wacht am Rhein"-beside "Heil dir im Siegerkranz"-was the unofficial second national anthem. The song became famous, and both the composer and the family of the author were honoured and granted an annual pension by Bismarck.

[@mexicanshawarma5971]

best version

[@Crusader1815]

Absolutely. Such a magnificent hymn should not be sung by hippie stoners. It's an abomination.

[@arminius7909]

@@Crusader1815 what hippie stoners?

[@asch7906]

Second best. First is the Wehrmacht version.

[@schnitzel4584]

Agreed

[@realrembrandt8273]

Yes, but this version does not contain all the verses of the song.

[@kirankumar9434]

I thought it came straight from some sort of DVD recording made by a music group

[@furelise4356]

Wunderschön

[@AREMUP]

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[@showy116]

Beste version!

[@imperiodobrasil5927]

Best version !!

[@celtichistorian9869]

True Deutschland

[@janspan100]

EPISCH, DANKESCHÖN ! LG.

[@kirankumar9434]

In...what does Hoi 4 mean?

[@hodor9851]

@Tsar Nicholas II one would say, we both are all over the platform

[@valiatus6719]

Hearts of Iron IV, a WWII Game, often people talk about the German focus to restore the Kaiserreich.

[@kirankumar9434]

What was the original source for the music? Please show me..

[@axelNodvon2047]

Tsar Nicholas II I don’t think so, I remember hearing it years before hoi4 released

[@valiatus6719]

@Tsar Nicholas II This is not from just Kaiserreich....

[@douglascmreis]

So much better than a copy paste from the british hymn.

[@MisoHonk]

Play La Marseillaise! Play it!

[@Charliecomet82]

Allons enfants de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

[@GoyFromFinland]

Die wacht am Rhein!

[@enzymcs2992]

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[@MisoHonk]

Play La Marseillaise! Play it!

[@ukrainiankamerad]

Cry

[@celtichistorian9869]

Cry

[@coatofarms4439]

You can once the march through Paris ends.

[@porisfeinprant7786]

pourquoi?

[@enzymcs2992]

cry