His relief at returning to Germany was recorded in his "Autobiographic Sketch" of 1842, where he wrote that, en route from Paris, "For the first time I saw the Rhine—with hot tears in my eyes, I, poor artist, swore eternal fidelity to my German fatherland."
O seu alivio ao regresar a Alemaña foi recollido no seu Autobiographische Skizze de 1842, onde escribiu que, de camiño dende París, "Por primeira vez vin o Rin —con cálidas bágoas nos meus ollos, eu, pobre artista, xuro eterna fidelidade á miña patria alemá".