Der Hohenfriedberger

"Der Hohenfriedberger"
March by possibly Frederick the Great
CatalogueAM I, 21
OccasionCommemoration of Battle of Hohenfriedberg (1745)
TextWritten for 100th anniversary of the battle (1845)
Published1795 (1795) (piano rendition)

"Der Hohenfriedberger" (AM I, 21 (Army March I, 1c and Army March III, 1b) (also "(Der) Hohenfriedberger Marsch"), is a well known German military marches. It takes its name from the victory of the Prussians over the allied armies of the Archduchy of Austria and the Electorate of Saxony on 4 June 1745 during the Second Silesian War at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg, near Striegau (current day Strzegom in Poland).

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