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Nikolaus Becker

Plaque for Nikolaus Becker and his Rheinlied - ''"Sie sollen ihn nicht haben, den freien, deutschen Rhein ..."'' (They shall not have him, the free, German Rhine) Nikolaus Becker (8 October 1809, Bonn, Rhin-et-Moselle – 28 August 1845 in the Hünshoven district of Geilenkirchen) was a German lawyer and writer. His one poem of note was the 1840 "Rheinlied" (Rhine song) which was set to music over 70 times, the most famous setting being ''Die Wacht am Rhein''. Provided by Wikipedia
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