Deutschlandlied coins. The music is the hymn "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser", written in 1797 by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn as an anthem for the birthday of Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of "" as a new text for that music, counterposing the national unification of Germany to the eulogy of a monarch, lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time. Along with the flag of Germany, which first appeared in its essentially "modern" form in 1778; it
National Anthem of the Altai Republic National Anthem of the Altai Republic The anthem of the Altai Republic (Altaian: Алтай Республиканыҥ Гимны, "Altay Respublikanıñ Gimnı") is the title of the anthem of the Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia. The music was composed by V. Peshnyak and the lyrics were written by Arzhan Adarov. It was adopted officially on 11 September 2001. The first three verses are sung in the native Gorno-Altay language, and the last two are sung in Russian. <poem>Blue skies full of stars, So vast, yet free is the Khan of Altai. The three peaks of the calm Taigas This sacred, ancient