Yorckscher Marsch

The March No. 1, also known as Yorck shear march or march of Yorck'schen Corps ( WoO 18; Armeemarsch II, 103 ( Armeemarsch II, 37) and Army march II, 5) known composer Ludwig van Beethoven in 1808 in F major as " march for the Bohemian Landwehr ".

Originally dedicated to the Archduke Anton, he was in 1813 by Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenberg, who had in 1812 signed the Convention of Tauroggen for Prussia, named. This act is considered the beginning of the war of liberation of the German states against Napoleon. As the Prussian traditions were always one of the most important traditions of the German armed forces, was and is the Yorcksche march one of the greatest military marches in Germany. For example, he is the prescribed Einzugsmarsch for the ceremony of the Great curfew and tradition march the guard battalion. The Yorcksche march was the official parade of the 1st Guards Regiment of Foot in march in trains and also also the honorary march of the NVA of the GDR. He served there as a signature tune of the German soldiers transmitter.