Beethoven was born in 1770. There was no country named Germany at the time; rather, many small and a few large states in a structure named the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation. The emperor of this structure was the Austrian emperor. read more
Beethoven was German. He moved to Vienna, Austria, when he was 21, though. read more
Ludwig van Beethoven (/ ˈ l ʊ d v ɪ ɡ v æ n ˈ b eɪ t (. h) oʊ v ən / ( listen); German: [ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːthoːfn̩] ( listen); baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. read more