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Deutschlandlied (Deutsche Nationalhymne)

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit,
Für das deutsche Vaterland!
Danach lasst uns alle streben,
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit,
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand.
Blüh im Glanze dieses Glückes,
Blühe, deutsches Vaterland!

TRANSLATION

Song of Germany (German National Anthem)

Unity and Right and Freedom

For the German Fatherland!

After these let us all strive

Brotherly with heart and hand!

Unity and Right and Freedom

Are the pledge of happiness.

Bloom in the splendour of this happiness,

Bloom, my German Fatherland!  

Adopted in 1952 and in 1990

Words by AUGUST HEINRICH HOFFMANN VON FALLERSLEBEN (1798-1874)

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Deutschland besteht aus 16 Bundesstaaten / Germany consists of 16 federal states.

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Population: 82.000.000 - capital Berlin (formerly Bonn)