consent was given three days before the beginning of the german-nationalist public song festival in lübeck, and three months before the start of the "germanists’ day" ("germanistentag") in lübeck (27–30 september 1847), chaired by jacob grimm, following the first germanists’ day meeting in the previous year in frankfurt am main. the germanists’ days were part of a political movement in opposition to denmark's control of schleswig-holstein, which gave rise to the schleswig-holstein question. among other reasons for the selection of the venue for the germanists’ day had been that the blocking of rail services to lübeck by denmark was seen as a "national question", despite the remote location of lübeck in germany and the poor accessibility of the missing rail link.