Öffnet eure Tore

"Öffnet eure Tore"
Christian hymn
EnglishOpen your gates
OccasionFeast of the Ascension
Written1810 (1810)
Textby Christoph Bernhard Verspoell
LanguageGerman
Based onPsalm 24
Melodyby Stephan Lück
Composed1846 (1846)
Published1846

"Öffnet eure Tore" (Open your gates) is a Christian hymn in German, written by Christoph Bernhard Verspoell for the Feast of the Ascension. The text is based on Psalm 24. While the text was written in Münster in 1810, the melody was composed for a Trier hymnal of 1846. It became part of the regional sections of the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob.

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