Max Schneckenburger
German writer
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- In Rhine River: History of the Rhine River
In 1840 Max Schneckenburger wrote his patriotic poem “Die Wacht am Rhein” (“The Watch on the Rhine”), which was set to music by Karl Wilhelm in 1854 and became the rousing tune of the Prussian armies in the Franco-German War of 1870–71. One result of this war…
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