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Horst-Wessel-Lied

song and anthem of the NSDAP
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Horst-Wessel-Lied
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Summary

Horst-Wessel-Lied is a musical work/composition[1]. Horst-Wessel-Lied ranks in the top 0.58% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,323 views/month, #112 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Nazi Germany[3]
  • Named after: Horst Wessel[4]
  • Commons category: Horst-Wessel-Lied[5]
  • Language of work or name: German[6]
  • Publication date: 1927[7]
  • Lyricist: Horst Wessel[8]
  • Main subject: Sturmabteilung[9], Roter Frontkämpferbund[10]
  • Has melody: How Great Thou Art[11]
  • First line: Die Fahne hoch! Die Reihen fest geschlossen![12]
  • Discontinuation date: 1945[13]
  • Last line: Marschier’n im Geist in unser’n Reihen mit.[14]
  • Form of creative work: song[15]

Why It Matters

Horst-Wessel-Lied has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Horst-Wessel-Lied is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Horst Wessel Nazi Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → 7dbc9735-66ae-40d2-8f71-dd637cb85e2c
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 7dbc9735-66ae-40d2-8f71-dd637cb85e2c, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
  2. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Horst Wessel
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', '
    Named after → —
    Main subject → Sturmabteilung, Roter Frontkämpferbund
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
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