Der Hohenfriedberger
The Hohenfriedberger ( Armeemarsch I, 21 ( Army March I, 1c and Army march III, 1b) ), also called " Hohenfriedeberg Berger ," is one of the best known German military marches. The name commemorates the victory of the Prussians over the allied Austrians and Saxons together on June 4, 1745 Second Silesian War at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg at Striegau.
To the history of the march to numerous legends. Allegedly the Bayreuth Dragoons, which had decided the battle for Prussia, indented on the next day of the march to his quarters, and King Frederick II had pulled his hat. Whether the march actually sounded back then, is just as questionable as the assertion, Frederick II of Prussia - the " Old Fritz" - was the composer. Historically occupied, however, is that the king had the Bayreuth Dragoons issue a " grace Brieff ", the authorized the regiment to play both grenadier marches of the infantry with drum and whistle as well Kürassiermärsche the rider with drums and trumpets.
The first known recording, a piano arrangement, is from 1795. Was not until 1845, the centenary of the battle, the march a text Ansbach Dragoons was highlighted, "Up,! On, Ansbach -Bayreuth ... ", as the regiment is now in " had been renamed Ansbach -Bayreuth "! . In the period of the German Empire the " Hohenfriedberger " symbolized both because of its connection to the great victories of Frederick II and because of that, even if unsecured, authorship of the House of Hohenzollern and was considered a " march of Fame " of the Prussian army.
In memory of the victories of Frederick II on the Austrian Johann Gottfried Piefke added in 1866 after winning the battle at Hradec Kralove the " Hohenfriedberger " as a trio to his " Königgrätzer march " to.
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First stanza:
Chorus ( 2x):
2nd verse:
Chorus ( 2x)
3rd verse:
Chorus
Use in art
The march was used in the following movies:
- Barry Lyndon
- Stalingrad
- I was nineteen