Königgrätzer Marsch
The Königgrätzer Marsch (AM II, 134 [AM II, 195]), also known as Der Königgrätzer and the Königgrätz March, is one of the most famous German military marches, composed in 1866 by the German band leader Johann Gottfried Piefke in commemoration of the Battle of Königgrätz, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War, in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire. In Piefke's most successful arrangement of the Königgrätzer Marsch, another march, Der Hohenfriedberger (commemorating the Battle of Hohenfriedberg), is used as a trio.