Badnerlied

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The Badnerlied is the regional anthem of the southwestern German region of Baden . It is sometimes referred to as the "unofficial national anthem of Baden".

Emergence

The song was probably repositioned around 1865 from a Saxon song that has largely been forgotten today . Clues for the dating of the Badnerlied are the passages over the Rastatt fortress , the construction of which began in 1842/1843. The Rastatt fortress played a role in the revolution of 1848/1849, as the Baden military of the fortress garrison mutinied in 1849 and submitted to the democratically elected government together with the vigilantes. This episode, which is often highlighted today, should not be meant by “Badens Glück”, but rather the military parades between 1860 and 1870 that were carried out in splendid uniforms.

Another indication of the time of origin after 1870 is the mention of the industrialization of Mannheim , u. a. by the Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik (BASF) founded in 1865 . The stanza Alt-Heidelberg , you fine…. was added from the trumpeter of Bad Säckingen by the Baden writer Joseph Victor von Scheffel (written as early as 1852 or 1854).

The earliest known printed version of the Badnerlied with its five basic stanzas can be found in Marching Songs of the 5th Badisches Infanterie-Regiment No. 113 by Karl Pecher from 1906. An even older, but more concise version was published in spring 2012 during the preparations for the 900- Year anniversary of the state of Baden found in the Defense History Museum Rastatt . In a song book for Pioneer Day in June 1896 in Heidelberg , a version with today's verses 1, 3 and 5 is printed.

meaning

In the 1920s, there were considerations to make the song an official national anthem ; however, they were not completed. The song experienced a renaissance in the 1950s despite the unification of the old states to form the state of Baden-Württemberg .

The Badnerlied is played on many occasions, for example at the home games of Baden football clubs such as Karlsruher SC , SC Freiburg and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim , as well as at home games of the handball club Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the ice sports clubs EHC Freiburg and the Baden Rhinos from Hügelsheim . In some parts of Baden it enjoys a quasi-official status during official ceremonies such as inaugurations. This is how the Badner song was played when the heads of state and government of the NATO countries left Germany for France via the Passerelle des deux Rives at the NATO summit in Kehl , Baden-Baden and Strasbourg in 2009 .

The order of the stanzas differs depending on the geographical location (North or South Baden). So the stanza that begins with In Karlsruh 'is the residence , depending on the stanza in Haslach digs silver ore . There are also small variations in the text. In some places stands instead of is , for example in In Rastatt is the fortress , which then reads In Rastatt stands for the fortress .

Many new stanzas were and are also being added. Particularly popular are idealizing stanzas that sing about individual regions or cities, but also lines of text that denigrate Swabia (instead of "... fresh up, fresh up ..." "... the Schwob must get out ... [from the Badner Land]" ).

The Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus has its own version, in which the line of text In Rastatt is the fortress has been replaced by In Rothaus is the brewery . This version is sometimes used in football matches sponsored by this brewery. This version could not prevail at SC Freiburg and at KSC only the text can be seen on the video wall, but not heard in the song being played.

In a hit parade of the radio station SWR1 that was counted separately according to the regions of Baden and Württemberg , the Badnerlied was voted 9th by the Badners. In a regional evaluation it turned out that it had reached 3rd place in Constance and first place in Mosbach , for which the Mosbacher were named "Badner of the Year 2006" by the Bund Freiheit instead of Baden-Württemberg .

text

Officially

The most beautiful country in Germany's Gau'n,
that is my Badner country.
It is so wonderful to look at
and it is in God's hands.

Refrain:
So I greet you my Badnerland,
you noble pearl in the German country, German country.
fresh up, fresh up; fresh up, fresh up;
fresh on, fresh on my Badnerland.

The residence is at Karlsruhe,
the factory in Mannheim.
The fortress is in Rastatt
and that is Baden's happiness.

So I say hello to you ...

They dig silver ore in Haslach,
wine grows near Freiburg,
beautiful girls in the Black Forest,
I'd like to be a Badner.

So I greet you ...

Old Heidelberg, you fine
city , you city rich in honor,
on the Neckar and on the Rhine,
no other is like you.

So I greet you ...

The farmer and the nobleman,
the proud military
look at each other friendly,
and that is Baden's honor.

So I greet you ...

Unofficial stanzas (selection)

And Konstanz lies on Lake Constance,
flowed through by the young Rhine
Des Hegau mountains wave to it
in the golden sunshine.

From the Odenwald to Lake Constance,
along the Rhine beach -
surrounded by dark fir hills,
lies our Badnerland!

Always practice faithfulness and honesty, right
down to your cool grave,
and don't deviate
from the Badner Weg!

And whoever betrays the Badner Land
will be massacred in a moment,
like that Swabian
friend will be taken to the gallows!

Never forget
your home, where
you were born , you will not find
a second Badner Land in the distance !

I would also like to be a Badner,
thinks many a Schwob -
and then weeps quietly to himself.
He never will - thank God.

The KSC plays in Karlsruhe and
the SC in Freiburg.
VfB is gurgling in Stuttgart!
Oh woe, oh woe, oh woe!

You can tell that we're not a Swabian,
and do you know why?
I think first and then manage,
with de Schwabe it's the other way around.

The SC-Freiburg - Baden's pride
in football is indeed,
a club made of something special,
that is clear to all of us!

The Feldberg is the most beautiful mountain
in the whole of Badnerland,
the Swabian Alb on the other hand,
the greatest shame!

In Baden-Baden there is a castle
on solid rocky ground
in Baden-Baden's magic spring,
where you can bathe healthy.

In Karlsruhe the Rhine is still blue,
in Mannheim it turns gray,
there the Neckar flows into the Rhine,
the old Swabian pig.

High Badnerland March

In the early 1930s Emil Dörle composed the March Hoch Badnerland , the final trio of which is the Badnerlied and which today belongs to the standard repertoire of many Baden brass bands , but is also performed by professional orchestras. This march is Dörle's most popular work, which has come under criticism, among other things, because of the lack of quality in terms of the cast and, above all, of contemporary performance practice. Especially in the period between 1982 and 2002, when Rolf Böhme was Lord Mayor of Freiburg, the marching band of the Freiburger Verkehrs AG blew the march at official receptions and events and since then the audience has been singing the mostly less well-known when the trio started, not only in Freiburg Verses after clapping your hands violently beforehand. Sometimes the audience will play the song while standing and holding the hand on the heart.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eckard John: Folk song - hymn - political song. Popular songs in Baden-Württemberg. Waxmann-Verlag 2003; there p. 82 f .; Retrieved October 18, 2015
  2. ↑ More popular than "Yesterday". In: Badisches Tagblatt. May 22, 2012.
  3. ^ Earliest printed version of the Badnerlied discovered. Military history museum Rastatt
  4. ^ "Sensational find" in the WGM. In: Badisches Tagblatt. April 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ In: dpa: Badner Lied is older . badische-zeitung.de, Nachrichten, Südwest, April 28, 2012 (May 2, 2012)
  6. ^ Badnerlied - Badisches Landesmuseum
  7. ↑ "high Badnerland" -Marsch, Air Force Musikcorps 2 Karlsruhe; Retrieved October 18, 2015
  8. ↑ Culture: Brass music: The march “Hoch Badnerland” has friends - and critics - badische-zeitung.de, November 20, 2012
  9. ↑ Tasting of the “Hoch Badnerland” march by the Söllingen Music Association with clapping and singing of the text in a trio; Retrieved October 19, 2015
  10. ↑ Eckard John: Folk song - hymn - political song. Popular songs in Baden-Württemberg. Waxmann-Verlag 2003; there p. 86; Retrieved October 18, 2015