Ein stolzes Schiff [German emigration song][+English translation]

[@dr.ludwig]

The Germans are the largest ethnical single group in the USA and shaped the country massivly. Because of their fast integration, this is often forgotten. Important persons like Eisenhower, Neil Armstrong, Elvis and many more had German ancestry: blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/files/2014/12/Ethnicity-Map-large.png Usually every country that got German immigrants profited a lot from the Germans, as they loved to do honest and hard work. The expulsion of Germans after 1945 costed many countries in Eastern Europe a huge part of their economical power. Persons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_Americans

[@ACUSSER_TTV]

Fetten Respekt an dich DiGGi! ☝🏻

[@ЕжикМитя-р1м]

Absolutely agreed. Russian Empire was made by Germans: from science and new elements of Western European culture that were added to Russian to new ways and principles of production. When one of the tsar Nicolas the First (who was also a German) generals/commanders was asked by tsar to choose a reward he replied: "Make me a German!"

[@pilum3705]

So Who's the Dummy Now? Sounds like a very interesting story. Sadly only a fraction of story’s survive.

[@misoginainternalizadaopres7131]

Also the Volga river Germans who left Germany after WWI!

[@tf2664]

Dr. Ludwig America liberated the Germans from their culture in the 50s that’s why it’s forgotten of course

[@marycavender7136]

This almost makes me cry. I remember my grandma telling about her folks coming over on a ship from Germany! My relatives go clear back to Charlemagne!

[@pilum3705]

Mary Cavender To be fair most people with a drop of European blood can trace their lines back to Charlemagne.

[@marycavender7136]

True so I guess we all have something in common. Lol.

[@Immortal..]

Mehr als 150 Jahre später ist das Lied aktueller denn je. Insbesondere bei der letzten Strophe bekomme ich feuchte Augen; hatten die Menschen so viele Generationen vor mir doch letztlich die gleichen Probleme wie ich

[@willianfurlan5420]

BEAUTIFUL ! My family come to Brazil after ww2 , they use to live in a small city in that got destroyed by the americans, they come here with nothing only seeking to live a good Life , today 75 years later , i live in the same city that they use to live , thanks dr Ludwig for this song !!!

[@kirkdye8493]

Deutsch furlan, carry on there legacy ! ! ! God's speed ! !

[@gustavohungerbuhler7509]

My great great grand ma comes to Brazil quite before the WW1, she raises my great grandma, my granpa and almost my mother too... She raises them alone. German women were really brave. She dead when my mother was seven years old. All my mother family know her personally but Im not. Im really proud of it.

[@iona3669]

Thank you...My Great grandpa "Otto" came over to America from Nieder Sachsen in the late 1800's.

[@WhereThatLongGrassGrows]

Those hearty German souls from my childhood, mostly gone from the earth now, are people I wish I had loved on more. But I understand that food was their love-the truest way they knew to express it. Now, I find gratitude in the traditions frozen in time, carried from the old country, reminding us that when we eat, the legacies of our immigrant ancestors live on. Those tireless prairie mothers, who fed their large families and passed away too soon, became immortalized through the rituals of cooking and the recipes they left behind, scrawled on grease-stained index cards.

[@Timodj13]

My family came to America with the same hope and sadness sang by these voices. I like to think I can hear their voices in the choir.

[@linajurgensen4698]

You’re good looking

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

I thank you for posting this song, I feel very connected by it. Over 178 years ago the Friesenhahns came over from Germany (Baden-Württemburg) in 1845 with Prince Carl of Soloms-Braunfels (From Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), along with a handful of other families from across the Confederation of the Rhine. They left for what was 'New Spain' (So royalty would't lose their titles), but later that year, the area they claimed in the name of Germany, was part of the state of Texas. The area they settled would later be known as Neu Braunfels in Comal Country TX. Like what you said above, the families that moved to Texas were accustomed to honest hard work. The Friesenhahns, and a collection of other families that settled in Comal area did primarily ranching, farming (the Friesenhahns did farming and ranching), toolsmiths, teachers, and priests. They sadly left Germany for several reasons; there was lots of open land perfect for farming, they were escaping the political turmoil for the time, and no religious persecution of Catholics. Over the 178 years that Friesenhahns lived here, our culture got americanized, but it was not a slow gradual change. The first major changes happened after WWI, they weren't allowed to speak Deutsch publicly unless they wished to be shunned by society. The same effects of 'German-American Hysteria' only increased ten-fold during WWII and after WWII. The two world wars effectively burned out any public and private Deutsch speaking, and the culture as a whole. This is why my family sadly doesn't speak Deutsch today. On the bright side, my great grandmother on the Friesenhahn side spoke Deutsch privately during both world wars, and well until her death. My Grandfather never picked it up as he was born in the early 30s which was one of the worst times to speak Deutsch and act culturally German. Although our history has been dark during the times of German-Amerian persecution, and the world wars, I am very proud to be a German-American. I hope anyone who reads this appreciates it. If you have a family story similar to us Friesenhahns, I would be glad if you commented it below. If there are any other Friesenhahns that happen to see this song, and secondly my comment, please tell me. I wish all of you a great day, and God bless.

[@ogscale9756]

I think this is one of my favorite, and one of the most underrated songs on the channel. Super glad to see it back after the long suspension and privated videos period.

[@dr.ludwig]

I love it too!

[@Danil-og5zc]

Thank you for this song. I am not an American German, but I am always especially sad to hear this. The hope with which my ancestors came to Russia to the Volga, and how they lost everything in 1941. My great-great-grandfather Heinrich Moch came from Hessen to the Volga in 1890. My family was very hardworking, and when the deportation took place in 1941, my ancestors survived and continued to work for the benefit of society, my grandmother and hundreds of other German hard workers built my hometown of Ishimbai, and Salavat city too, this is Bashkortostan, the place where my relatives were deported. Now it is one of the main industrial centers of the South Ural. In the 90s, after the collapse of the USSR, it got better, most of my relatives returned to Germany. Well, I'm still in Russia. My grandmother was a real German. I am trying my best to preserve our heritage and I will definitely pass this story on to my posterity.

[@wyneken38]

A sweet juxtaposition of Hope and Sadness. 75% of my family tree immigrated from Germany to the US between the 1830s and 1890s. They kept their German identity for a long time, some even moved back for a while but returned with the rise of Hitler.

[@stephensanfilippo1845]

I love this song. My maternal great-great grandfather, Johann Zeiner, a journeyman tailor, was a "Red 48er." When the Revolution failed, he fled to New York. Having failed to liberate German workers from aristocratic rule, he later enlisted into a German regiment of the Union Army and was wounded at Gettysburg. He is buried under the name Johann Eisle, in the Union Soldiers section of a cemetery in Brooklyn. I strive to keep his Red 48er spirit alive.

[@bushpilotfritz7784]

My oma and opa came to Canada after ww2. I think my oma would have liked this song.

[@Andreyenne]

Hallo vriend ik weet dat je het goed praat en zegh maar opa en oma moest je zo schryven granma and granpa

[@andrewstravels2096]

My moms side is predominantly German and my father's side is predominantly Canadian. I'm American but my ancestry comes from all over the place. My largest ancestry is German!!!

[@airborntruck6263]

@@andrewstravels2096 Canada is a melting pot. You are not Canadian by blood unless you are native, cause Canada is a former colony like the us.

[@andrewstravels2096]

@@airborntruck6263 I do have Native Canadian ancestry. My grandpa was born omn an Indian reserve in Noca Scotia in 1939.

[@reginafarias]

This video and its comments are touching. We find ourserves at home in your channel, Dr. Ludwig!

[@Crabbypino]

Thanks man. My great grandma Frieda Randall, came to the US from Munich, Bavaria in the 1920s. She became a waitress at a Norwegian logging camp. There she met my great grandfather. She got the job because she spoke German. Keep it up :)

[@OmmerSyssel]

More likely because of her German working morale and qualifications. Those days working class Norwegians most certainly didn't understand German ... 😉

[@Klausheilen]

I'm really proud of my german origins, my german ancestors came to Brazil from Saarland circa 1828, they were one of the first settlers in the region they came. Gehlen and Junges family ❤️

[@lutzschubert7407]

Zupfgeigenhansel play this often in some concerts when i was young,and my dream come thru in 1997,i lived from 1997-2003 in the US.The best time of my Live.Thanks!!

[@garretsheets3080]

I love that in the painting instead of being green like it is today, it is shown as being the color it was when my ancestors would have seen it coming over from Germany, more of a brownish, copperish gold color

[@PellaeonEU]

Danke für das wundervolle Lied, ich wünsche allen Deutschen einen schönen Abend. Gott mit uns!🇩🇪

[@Koresos.]

Wie er mit unseren Vätern war!

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

Wahres Deutschsein transzendiert die Landesgrenzen. Die wenigsten Deutschen denen ich begegne sind Deutsch♡

[@GreenPoint_one]

@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis was du auch immer mit "deutsch" sein meinst..

[@Vibhav_Kumar_2116]

When i translated the comment the German flag became british

[@PellaeonEU]

@@Vibhav_Kumar_2116 😂

[@andrewstravels2096]

This song makes me think of my ancestors and how they got to America. Though I do have some German ancestors that lived in Pennsylvania and Maryland during the time of the Thirteen Colonies, most came over after the 1848 Revolutions. I'm from Ohio, and many of them settled in Northern Ohio and in and around Cincinnati!!! I am a proud German American!!!

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

🇺🇸 🇩🇪 God bless you my German brothers.

[@konradmoser9203]

Geht gut miteinander um , mit unser Deutsche Brüder und ihr bekommt was gutes zurück :) Das ist was uns ausmacht ;).

[@lassehuthmann2508]

Warren Lehmkuhle ❤️🇩🇪

[@konradmoser9203]

@Prussian empire Wer will schon den Hilter ?Da will ich lieber als Bayer das alte Preußen zurück als Staats Reform =) .

[@jani6470]

Danke Bruder

[@lotnemez1655]

Ich habe beim Hören einen Kloß im Hals. Ich wünschte so, unser liebes Volk würde einmal zur Ruhe kommen.

[@memelord5366]

I wonder if my Bavarian ancestors listened to this while taking a ship from Hamburg to NYC. I'd like to imagine my great great grandfather singing this as they pulled into Ellis Island

[@dr.ludwig]

They surely sang their homeland songs on the journey :)

[@jamesorth6460]

One of the reasons why my German ancestors came to America

[@psum240b]

I love this song, thanks for posting. My moms family is PA dutch with most of our ancestors coming from the fatherland and the rest from Switzerland. The PA-dutch kept their language alive until the world wars, when they faced persecution for their heritage. I love hearing my family members tell me stories of how my great-grandparents spoke Pa Dutch. Anyway, many of us are still proud of our heritage and even our official Pa dutch motto, "Liewer Gott im himmel drinn, Loss uns deitsche was mir sin" (dear God in Heaven, Leave us Germans what we are) is on our flag.

[@germanCrowbar]

Ein schönes Motto! Viele Grüße nach PA.

[@TruckerMike089]

Wow, I've never heard a song that spoke more to me than this. My family came from the Fatherland and has been here for many generations. We changed the spelling of our last name so that we would blend in better. I'm glad I have found your channel Her Ludwig. I'm currently trying to find out more of my family's origins.

[@dr.ludwig]

That's really great to hear! I am proud to have people from my homeland in a far away region still remembering their roots!

[@TruckerMike089]

@@dr.ludwig I'm currently working on learning Deutsch. I'm no where near ready to attempt a conversation. I hope to see the old country one day. My dad was stationed there for three years and told me it ta very beautiful place

[@Halogeek-zq7yr]

My family immigrated from the HRE a bit before the american revolution, one of them even had the same name as me, from what i know he served as a militia man and fought against the redcoats. Ive always wanted to visit the old country, but i promised myself to get decent at the language before i plan anything. Greetings from the last frontier 🇺🇸🇩🇪

[@ilduce3806]

My great great grandfather came to North Carolina in 1916 at 13, his son went one to be the sheriff of a town of roughly 100 people

[@starmaker75]

My German ancestors moved from west German to the Volga river in Russia to Texas America to the Midwest to the USA west coast. I’m trying my best to keep my German roots. I really wished German influence in USA wasn’t nearly wipeout.

[@klyk69]

i wish yankee influence in germany was wiped out

[@Nestalgba92023]

But German influences also have classical and cultural Marxism !!

[@henningr.6558]

Eine sehr schöne und seltene Version dieses Liedes. Toll, wieder was für die Sammlung.

[@Treminor]

Yep, all of my German ancestors (probably near 2/3 of my heritage) came from Germany from 1830 to 1910. All left for economic opportunity and prospered in the US

[@josef-klemensdudestein9793]

Es passt so traurigerweise in die heutige Zeit..

[@hahinrichsen]

Also to Chile in the 1890'. I'm a proud descendant and will always keep the high german values of the Fatherland alive.

[@lotnemez1655]

Ich habe einen Kloß im Hals beim Hören. Ich wünschte so, unser Volk würde einmal zur Ruhe kommen.

[@LetsGoGetThem]

Thoughts to the eradication of German culture after WW1 and WW2 in America. Only Amish carry on that torch today.

[@octaviodelangel1525]

This is a beautiful song. My paternal great-great grandparents came from Stuttgart to Mexico in 1909. I consider myself lucky to be a Mexican of German heritage.

[@carmelozumbo9376]

Viva la musica tedesca che si è trovata in questo momento mi piace molto anche a adesso musica fantastica celestiale super cool musica che tempra la memoria viva il dottor Ludwig grazie di cuore di esistere viva viva 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹💚🇮🇹🎇🎇🎇💕🤗🤗🔥🥇💙🎄👍💚❤️💎

[@realasaster]

Grazie mio Fratello!

[@DiamantosN]

Ein wunderschönes Lied!

[@grauerwolf2405]

Danke fürs hochladen. 👍👍👍

[@RenneAtha]

Mein Grossvater war Deutsch... er kam wegen des 2. Weltkrieges nach Südafrika. Zwar nicht Amerika, aber dieses Lied lässt mich immer ein bisschen traurig fühlen. Kennst du die Version von Zupfgeigenhansel? Ich finde sie echt schön.

[@dr.ludwig]

Ohja die kommt auch noch! Natürlich denken wir auch an unsere Brüder in Südafrika :)

[@germanCrowbar]

Ich hätte Südafrika oder Namibia auch den USA vorgezogen.

[@joey2525]

Schön das Lied. Herrlich. So majestätisch und heilig wird das Schiff beschrieben schön.

[@seantig479]

We need more Germans now, please! People who love order, prize education and work hard always lift themselves and America.

[@teddy1285]

Wieder ein schönes lied kannte ich noch nicht 🤗

[@oberleutnantmentz7450]

Ein schönes Lied gut dass sie es hochladen.

[@Floridaman93-m]

Liebe Deutschland von Amerika 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪

[@CO84trucker]

Wishing a happy heavenly birthday to my father today... he immigrated to the states many decades ago on the RMS Queen Elizabeth.

[@ACUSSER_TTV]

Wo kriegst du immer die ganzen Lieder her? ^^

[@dr.ludwig]

CDs, Freunde oder KZbin, sammel schon länger^^

[@pickelhaubeimkampf7320]

Ein stolzes Schiff dass sich Gemeinde nennt 😉

[@TRLagia]

"Ein Schiff das sich Gemeinde nennt" ist vermutlich das beste Kirchenlied überhaupt. Es wär schön wenn man das auch hier auf den Kanal sehen würde. :-)

[@mrspencer9999]

Wohlvertrautes lied

[@billshaver1767]

mine came over in late 1600's to ny colony, moved up to mohawk valley..... some left in 1780 for canada colony,...

[@Yagami_90]

Danke 🇩🇪 .. Aus Marokko

[@amitaagnihotri3150]

Just have to say one thing to people on youtube who label these beautiful songs as hatespeech: 1:38

[@iona3669]

Heiße Tränen

[@hussite7235]

My parents came to America seeking the opportunity of this great land. Its the only place that gave them a chance.

[@dancurry1623]

What a beautiful song

[@noxlp1657]

Ein wunderschönes Lied

[@etzerdlasgaudistuben5300]

grias di, de Version von Zupfgeigenhansel is a a weng was guats.

[@acqua61]

Buon giorno 🇩🇪🇩🇪🤗🤗musica rilassante per un inizo di giorno! 🤗🤗🇩🇪🤗

[@gesche1976]

Schöne Version des Liedes 😊.

[@dr.ludwig]

Die von Karl ist auch genial, wenn er gestattet lade ich die auch nochmal iwann hoch und verlinke ihn ordentlich :)

[@gesche1976]

@@dr.ludwig Kenne da "nur" seine Klavierversion, ist fester Bestandteil meiner Wiedergabeliste für alle Planungs-, Lern- oder sonstige Schreibtischarbeitmomente 😊.

[@Polartag]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag Kaiser Wilhelm II

[@Stefan_Chaos]

Мая любимая народная песня .

[@unclefiend2138]

me leaving the country

[@tf2664]

Nice song

[@Erich7118]

Unser stolzes Schiff fliegt dem Pfeile glei... Oh, ähm...

[@linajurgensen4698]

Why do all my comments under your video get deleted?

[@dr.ludwig]

I don't delete them oO

[@truehw3789]

Ist das die Version der Birkler? Ich würde gerne die CD kaufen.

[@Andreyenne]

O Love This song Reminds me back Of the middle age :')

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

This was after 1 world war.

[@nixda4035]

Danke......

[@BilboBegginz]

Now I’m wondering if my great-grandparents sang this song on their voyage here 🇺🇸❤

[@civishamburgum1234]

Irgendwie fühlt sich das aktuell an :/

[@chriskern998]

Don't know why anyone would have wanted to leave Germany (I know that Germany didn't exist back then) but still if only they knew what it would become :)

[@dr.ludwig]

Well there were economical reasons in those times, when the population grew a lot. And Germany didn't exist as a nationstate, but as a nation in the original sense, it exists for over 1000 years already.

[@chriskern998]

@@dr.ludwig yeah, being a bunch of shattered states usually doesn't work out so well XD

[@OmmerSyssel]

Weird statement, should long be well known that millions left those days Europe because of all sorts of hardship... Result of lousy modern USAmerican educational system?

[@coldvoid7579]

Sadly so much of their cultural influence was almost whiped out after the world wars. Some areas of the midwest are so ethnicly German you probably wouldn't believe it. Lol Milwaukee Wisconsin was pretty much considered a German settlement. "A visit to Milwaukee is like a visit to a city on the Rhine"

[@hugoernestolopez8960]

😁😁😁😁la,la,la, happy!!,😀😀😀👏👏👏👏

[@sawuk45]

I have this picture in polish school book of history

[@jacekniemiec6344]

💕 🌹 🎼🎵🎶💝😘

[@marycavender7136]

This nation has a Hebrew name- Manasseh which means to forget.

[@j.v.b]

🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@dilanacar9604]

Das Lied erzählt Unsere Migration oder Nicht?

[@dr.ludwig]

Ja über die deutschen Auswanderer nach Amerika

[@dilanacar9604]

@@dr.ludwig danke sehr und das Lied auch wie Ballade oder? Für ein Übung ich soll über Migration schreiben

[@leinesx1871]

Ist ja auch einfacher, wie in der Heimat etwas zu verändern ✋🏻⚫⚪🔴

[@OmmerSyssel]

Wie alt ist du eigentlich?

[@germanCrowbar]

Das war wohl kaum einfacher.

[@Exodon2020]

Haben sie versucht. Endete dann für viele im Preußischen Gewehrfeuer oder vorm Scharfrichter. Hätten die sich durchgesetzt, hätte es weder dein Kaiserreich noch den Hitlerstaat je gegeben!

[@friedrichhamer8550]

Michel: "Es wird heute niemand gezwungen, zu gehen! Alles Luxusprobleme! Bestes Deutschland aller Zeiten!" Auch Michel: "Ungeimpfte zwangsisolieren!" Soviel zur Aktualität.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Auch durchgeknallte Spinner bekommt Behandlung und dürfen ihre Schwachsinn äußern! Soviel zur Deutsche Werte. ✌🏻

[@celestecubillas6560]

世界各族人民都一样😅

[@andreyserebryakov2231]

Nein

[@airborntruck6263]

All are equal but not the same. Europeans(white people) people are not the same as Asians. One is naturally larger and has more hair and is more resistant to cold.