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Das zerbrochene Ringlein (The Broken Ring) is a poem by Joseph von Eichendorff, which can be found also titled as Lied (lay), first published 1813 by Justinus Kerner et al. in the almanac «Deutscher Dichterwald» (German Poets’ Forest) under the pseudonym "Florens" and afterwords in his novel Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts. 1807/08 Eichendorff pondered in his diaries about the unfulfilled love for Käthchen Förster, daughter of a Heidelberg cellarman, a love affair of the poet during his student days. This fact is reminiscent by a memorial stone at the Philosophenweg (Philosophers' Walk) in Heidelberg, along the Neckar’s shore. In 1814 Eichendorf’s love poem was set to music by Friedrich Glück, and became popular under the title In einem kühlen Grunde, taken from the first verse of the first stanza. The poem can be found interpreted in today's music by Comedian Harmonists, Heino, and Max Raabe.