Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet

"Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet" (A house full of glory looks) is a popular German Catholic hymn, frequently sung during pilgrimages, during the consecration of churches (Kirchweihe), and on their subsequent anniversaries. Text and tune were written and composed, in a similar tempo to the Prussian Army military marches that were widely popular during the German Empire, as an anthem of nonviolent resistance to Otto von Bismarck's anti-Catholic Kulturkampf by Fr. Joseph Mohr in 1875. The lyrics were changed significantly for the post-Vatican II Catholic hymnal Gotteslob (GL 478), with stanzas two to five written by "Hans W. Marx" (a pseudonym) in 1972, which has since attracted criticism by some Traditionalist Catholics. It has inspired musical settings for festive occasions such as the millennium of the Bamberg Cathedral.