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“Be endlessly blessed”, anthem of the Republic of Austria 1929-1938

The German-national priest and author Ottokar Kernstock wrote a new text to the melody of the former national anthem of the Empire (“God preserve”).

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    Austria, the Country without a National Anthem

    The law on the national holiday was followed shortly afterwards by one on a new coat of arms for the state, and in 1920 a melody by Wilhelm Kienzl, with words by Karl Renner, ‘Deutschösterreich du herrliches Land’ (‘German-Austria, thou splendid land’), was chosen as the national anthem. In particular the story of the origin of the anthem shows how difficult it was to find even symbols for the new state that its citizens could identify with.