Hammonia in literature and music Hamburg's Anthem, the
Hamburg-Lied or
Hamburg-Hymne was written in 1828 by Georg Nikolaus Bärmann.
Deutschland: Ein Wintermärchen (''Germany: A Winter's Tale'') by
Heinrich Heine includes her. The goddess is in Heines encounter the fat, tipsy and sentimental daughter of
Charlemagne and a "haddock queen". Hammonia also figures large in Wolf Biermann's Deutschland Ein Wintermaerchen.
Hammonia in sculpture ] On 10 July 1878 the Hanseatic Building Society unveiled the 17m tall Hansa-Fountain (
Hansa-Brunnen) at Hansaplatz in
St. Georg as a present to the City of Hamburg. The fountain was designed by architects and
Karl von Großheim, the statue of Hammonia (including minor statues of Archbishop
Ansgar,
Adolf III of Holstein and Schauenburg, plus the Emperors Constantine and
Charlemagne) were created by German sculptor . In 1888 a Hammonia statue and that of a young Germania were raised on the Brook's Bridge (
Brooksbrücke) to welcome
Emperor Wilhelm II as he opened the
Hamburg's Free Port. Shortly after the end of
World War II, both statues disappeared without a trace. It took almost 60 years for the city to see the return of their patron goddess: since 2003 a new statue of Hammonia has overlooked the port, and this time she is accompanied by
Europa. Both sculptures were created in 2003 by German sculptor . ==Hammonia class ships==