ARNDT, ERNST MORITZ. - German writer, born on the island of Rügen in 1769, died in 1860. A fanatical love of հայրland and freedom, both threatened by Napoleon, and a firm faith in the God “who does not desire slaves” and whom he does not hesitate to call “German,” underlie all his works. Among these may be recalled: Geist der Zeit (part 1, Altona 1806; part 2, London 1807; part 3, Berlin 1813; part 4, ibid. 1818); Kurzer Kathechismus für deutsche Soldaten (Leipzig 1814); and the famous pamphlet, Der Rhein Deutschlands Strom, nicht Deutschlands Grenze (Leipzig 1813). His war songs, which earned him the title of the German Tyrtaeus, were extremely widespread. His numerous spiritual songs in the style of Fleming are noteworthy.
BIBL.: E. Gülzow, E. M. A., u. Strahlund, Strahlund 1922; F. Gundolf, Hutten, Klopstock, A., Heidelberg 1924; H. Petrich, Chorführer unseres Kirchenliedes, IV, E. M. A. und das Kirchenlied, Berlino 1923.