[2] Wolker declared the Madonna von Altenberg and the Königin des Bundes (Queen of the union) and encouraged the publication of a hymnal Kirchenlied, which became the source of common Christian singing in German.

[3] Several new songs were written, including works by the secretary of the youth movement, Georg Thurmair, set to music by Adolf Lohmann.

[4] The song expressed the protest of the Catholic youth in subtle, cryptic ways,[5][6][7] for example by using metaphors such as dunkler Bann (dark ban), and by requesting of Mary: "Nun breite deine Hände aus, dann wird kein Feind uns schaden" (Now stretch out your hands, then no enemy will harm us.

It became known when it was included in the Kirchenlied in 1938, subtitled Eine Auslese geistlicher Lieder für die Jugend (A selection of spiritual song for the youth), a collection of 140 old and new hymns from different periods.

[1] Adolf Lohmann wrote a five-part choral setting, which was published in 1936 as "Altenberger Wallfahrtslied" [10] in the Zweite Mappe der Tonsätze zum Singeschiff.