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August Heinrich Hoffmann (listen ⓘ, calling himself von Fallersleben, after his hometown; 2 April 1798 – 19 January 1874) was a German poet. He is best known for writing " Das Lied der Deutschen ", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular children's songs, considered part of the Young Germany movement.
April 1798 in Fallersleben, Kurfürstentum Braunschweig-Lüneburg; † 19. Januar 1874 in Corvey bei Höxter) war ein deutscher Hochschullehrer für Germanistik, der wesentlich zur Etablierung des Fachs als wissenschaftliche Disziplin beitrug, Dichter sowie Sammler und Herausgeber alter Schriften aus verschiedenen Sprachen.
German language. August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (born April 2, 1798, Fallersleben, near Braunschweig, Hanover [Germany]—died Jan. 19, 1874, Corvey Castle, near Höxter, Ger.) was a German patriotic poet, philologist, and literary historian whose poem “ Deutschland, Deutschland über alles ” was adopted as the German national ...
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In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of " Das Lied der Deutschen " as a new text for that music, counterposing the national unification of Germany to the eulogy of a monarch: lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time.
Das Lied der Deutschen, auch Deutschlandlied genannt, wurde von August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben am 26. August 1841 auf Helgoland gedichtet. Seine dritte Strophe ist der Text der deutschen Nationalhymne.
August Heinrich Hoffmann (April 2, 1798 - January 19, 1874), who used Hoffmann von Fallersleben as his pen name, was a German poet. He is best known for writing " Das Lied der Deutschen ", which is now the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular children's songs.
August Heinrich Hoffmann, (* 2. April 1798 in Fallersleben (heute: Wolfsburg); † 19. Januar 1874 in Corvey) war ein deutscher Liederdichter. Sein wichtigstes Werk war die gegenwärtige deutsche Nationalhymne.
