August fallersleben biography
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August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (help·info) (April 2, 1798 - January 19, 1874), who used Hoffmann von Fallersleben (help·info) 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.
Hoffmann was born in Fallersleben (today Wolfsburg), Brunswick-Lüneburg, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.
The son of a merchant and Mayor of his native city, he was educated at the classical schools of Helmstedt and Braunschweig, and afterwards at the universities of Göttingen and Bonn. His original intention was to study theology, but he soon devoted himself entirely to literature. In 1823 he was appointed custodian of the university library at Breslau, a post which he held till 1838. He was also made extraordinary professor of the German language and literature at that university in 1830, and ordinary professor in 1835. Hoffmann was deprived of his chair in 1842 in consequence of his Unpolitische Lieder (1840-1841, "Unpolitical Songs"), which gave much offence to the authorities in Prussia.
In 1841, on the North Sea island of Helgoland, he penned the words to "Das Lied der Deutschen", starting with "Deutschland, Deutschl
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Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich
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