The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the German national final, Ein Lied für Bergen, on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and Wenche Myhre.

The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population.

The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n", performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries.