Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "", composed by Günther-Eric Thöner, with lyrics by Stephan Lego, and performed by Danish singer Gitte Hænning. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (HR), selected its entry through a national final.
=== === The final was held at the television studios in Frankfurt, hosted by Edith Grobleben. Six acts took part, each performing two songs. Songs were voted on by a 10-member jury who each awarded between 1 and 5 points per song. Unlike in the , the result of which had caused a degree of controversy, there was no elimination and revote on the top songs. "" emerged the winner by just 1 point over "Sebastian" performed by Tonia, who had represented .
On the night of the final Gitte performed 4th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 85 points, placing Germany joint 8th (with ) of the 17 entries.