Silent Night, Holy Night is one of the most famous Christmas carols in the world and is the epitome of Christmas customs in the German-speaking world.

It was performed for the first time on December 24, 1818 in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Nikola in Oberndorf near Salzburg, where the Silent Night Chapel stands today, with a melody by Franz Xaver Gruber and the text by Joseph Mohr.

Since then, the German lyrics have been translated and sung into 320 languages ​​and dialects worldwide. Of the original six stanzas, only the first, second and last stanzas are sung in the generally known version.

In 2011, Silent Night, Holy Night was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in Austria upon application.