Bergisches Heimatlied

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The Bergisches Heimatlied is the hymn of the Bergisches Land . The text is by Rudolf Hartkopf (1859–1944) from Solingen , the melody by Caspar Joseph Brambach .

history

1892 Männergesangsverein "Solinger Sängerbund 1854" should be the occasion of a visit by the Provincial President of the Prussian Rhine Province Berthold of Wet and Düsseldorf District President von der Recke in Solingen serenade. When asked to perform a hymn that characterizes the Bergisches Land, it was declared that there was no such work. In view of this, Nasse suggested that this deficiency be remedied with a new song. Rudolf Hartkopf, "house poet" of the Solingen Singers' Association, got down to work and wrote the Bergisches Heimatlied in the style of the Wilhelmine era , which praised the homeland. The melody for this was composed by the former Bonn city music director Caspar Josef Brambach. It was presented for the first time on October 30, 1892 and quickly spread. In the following year Nasse visited Solingen, which was very happy to sing. He was proudly presented with the newly created Bergisches Heimatlied. The guest liked it, but missed the hint that swords were also forged in Solingen and that the Bergisch citizens would be willing to swing them for home and fatherland. So one added a corresponding text (the so-called imperial strophe ).

The composer's grave is in the Poppelsdorfer Friedhof in Bonn , the texter's grave in the Kasinostraße cemetery in Solingen (middle entrance Kasinostraße).

Cover versions

In 1956 Willy Schneider recorded a cover version with verses 1, 4 and 5. The Solingen rock band The Lonestars released a rock 'n' roll version of the title in 2005 , which was released on CD in small numbers . This version only contains the 1st, 2nd and 4th verses. For WDR , Die Flöckchen also re-recorded a version of the Bergische Heimatlied together with Ne Bergische Jung ( Willibert Pauels ) and the Büttenredner Doof Noß ( Hans Hachenberg ).

text

For the sake of completeness, all stanzas composed at the time are listed below, even if some of them are no longer up to date today and are therefore no longer sung.

Where the woods still rustle, the nightingale sings
the mountains tower high, the anvil sounds.
Where the spring still flows from mossy stone,
the brooks still murmur in the flowery grove.
Where in the shadow of the oak my cradle stood
|: there is my home, my Bergisches Land.: |
Where the Wupper waves wildly on a stony path
The footbridge winds along cliffs and crevices.
Where the smoking chimney and the wheels roar
the flaming forge, Gesau's hammers
Announce and praise the diligent hand:
|: There is my home, my Bergisches Land.: |
Where the swords are forged to defend the land,
where it sings and sounds in honor of the Most High,
where the echo of the songs on the rock breaks,
the finch blares loudly in the sunny light,
where the handshake is still considered the most sacred pledge,
|: there is my home, my Bergisches Land.: |
Where the morning wakes so wonderfully blissful
in the blooming valley the village laughs at me,
Where the maids are so true and so faithful and so good,
Her eyes so sunny, her blood so fiery,
Where love and loyalty still connected hearts:
|: There is my home, my Bergisches Land.: |
No vine grows on the rocky slope,
no mighty stream flows along the valleys.
But the woods rustle so secretly and trust
whether the sky turns blue in green mountains,
that's why I'm far from the farthest beach:
|: My heart beats from home, the Bergisches Land.: |
Where the hammer is swung with defiant force
you swing your swords heroically,
when the fatherland calls, when the war weather roars,
the Bergisch fist rises boldly to fight,
to protect friends, to shame enemies,
|: with God for the emperor, for the Bergisches Land!: |

Bibliography

  • Jürgen Sohlmann: Memorial for Rudolf Hartkopf, poet of the Bergisches Heimatlied In: Romerike Berge, 1996, Issue 2, pp. 20-22

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geliebte Heimat Wupper: The series by ST and RGA about the Bergisch river in the Google book search
  2. ↑ Else Yeo , Our Fuhrmann Dures , A Bergisches Lesebuch mit Bilder, Leverkusen 2000, ISBN 3-00-006274-2
  3. ^ The Lone Stars ( Memento from April 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Youtube

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