I am the little girl from Nienburg

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Bronze sculpture Die kleine Nienburgerin by Marianne Bleeke-Ehret in Nienburg

I am the little Nienburgerin , also known under the title Nienburgerin and Kalenberger , is a folk song located in Nienburg / Weser . It has been recorded in song books since 1912 at the latest.

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In the folk song, the little Nienburg woman and the Calenberg farmer take turns singing about their clothes. In the past, such alternating chants often originated at national borders and have a folkloric meaning; they are referred to as neighborhood nuisances. The song is divided into eight stanzas.

The song belongs to a group of joke songs that have been handed down in many scenic variations since the beginning of the 19th century. What is appealing about the Nienburg version is that the small town dweller sings in standard German , the "Bur" in Low German . A similar variant has come down to us in Westphalia as a small Limburger .

text

melody

I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.
I've got a little hat
with so many flowers on it.
I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.

Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.
Hew sau'n ol'n Deiwitz up
with sau a lot of building drup.
Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.

I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.
I'm in such a beautiful little dress
with so much lace on.
I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.

Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.
Hew sau'n ole Böxen,
with sau veel patches on.
Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.

I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.
Have such a nice apron
with so many flowers on it.
I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.

Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.
Hew sau'n ole jackets
with sau veel rags on.
Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.

I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.
I have such little shoes on
with so many bows on them.
I'm the little Nienburger, Nienburger.

Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.
Hew sau ol stewel on
with sau veel chew on it.
Ick am dei ole Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.

reception

On the occasion of its 950th anniversary, the city of Nienburg announced a competition in 1975 for a monument to the central figure of the song. The winner was the design by the Herford- based sculptor Marianne Bleeke-Ehret , which the artist described as a "somewhat mysteriously veiled nude". Since the design of the clothing does not do justice to the woman described in the song, it was initially controversial. After securing funding through a donation campaign, the design was nevertheless executed as a bronze statue and erected in the pedestrian zone in 1979 (Lage) . The 1.65 m tall and four hundred pound sculpture has been one of the landmarks of the city of Nienburg ever since. As a symbol of the city of Nienburg, it is also part of the German Fairy Tale Route , which leads from Hanau via Nienburg to Bremen . Its counterpart, the “Calenberger Bur”, was immortalized as a bronze sculpture in the old town of Nienburg.

The traditional melody known today is played daily at 9:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. by a carillon consisting of ten bells on the side of the Posthof, which the Rotary Club Nienburg-Neustadt donated in 1980.

From 1994 onwards, a “little girl from Nienburg” was elected annually to represent the city on various occasions together with representatives from politics, administration and business. One of the prerequisites for the election was that the candidate had clothing size 36 in order to fit into the Biedermeier costume sung in the song . The choice was last proven in 2011. Today it is no longer carried out because the young women were often unable to fulfill their representative duties due to professional or school training.

Trivia

A former port barge of the German Navy has been called Kleine Nienburgerin since 1989 .

literature

  • Theo Mang, Sunhilt Mang (ed.): The song source . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0850-8 , pp. 425 f .

Web links

Commons : I am the small Nienburger  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Kleine Nienburgerin (Marianne Bleeke-Ehret)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl Henniger, G. Baxmann, A. Biester (Eds.): Lower Saxony song book. The most beautiful Lower Saxony folk songs by word and wise. Ernst Geibel, Hannover 1912, OCLC 16454527 , p. 106.
  2. ↑ Paul Alpers (ed.): Hannoversche Volkslieder with pictures and ways (= landscape folk songs with pictures and ways. Issue 11). Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main 1927, p. 91 f.
  3. ^ Hermann Ziegler: "I am the little Nienburger" and a bronze memorial for the little Nienburger . ruehmkorffbund.de, accessed on June 18, 2021
  4. ↑ Ludwig Erk, Franz Magnus Böhme (ed.): Deutscher Liederhort . Volume 2. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1893, p. 763 f. ( Digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Otto Holzapfel : Lied index: The older German-language popular song tradition ( online version on the Volksmusikarchiv homepage of the Upper Bavaria district ; in PDF format; ongoing updates).
  6. ^ Karl Horak : Landschaftliche Volkslieder [review]. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für Volkskunde . Volume 37, 1932, p. 95 ( volkskundemusum.at ; PDF; 3.4 MB).
  7. ^ Albrecht von Blanckenburg: Joy in singing: A songbook for young and old. 3rd edition. Schulz-Kirchner, Idstein 2005, ISBN 3-8248-0170-1 , p. 132 and note p. 223 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  8. ↑ I'm a fine Limburger - Limburger. Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, accessed on June 18, 2021
  9. ↑ Patricia Berger: Three Graces, Flora & Co. - Art in the cityscape. In: Niedersachsenbuch 1997, ISSN  0946-5588 , pp. 121-125.
  10. ↑ Half -naked woman in the city center. blickpunkt-nienburg.de, June 6, 2016, accessed on June 16, 2021
  11. ↑ Little Nienburger . nienburg-online.de, accessed on June 18, 2021
  12. ↑ a b sculpture "Kleine Nienburgerin" . Mittelweser-tourismus.de, accessed on June 16, 2021
  13. ^ Sculpture Kleine Nienburgerin , deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com, accessed on June 16, 2021
  14. ^ Sculpture "Calenberger Bur" . Mittelweser-tourismus.de, accessed on July 5, 2021
  15. ^ Posthof Nienburg , Mittelweser-tourismus.de, accessed on July 18, 2021
  16. ↑ Nienburg / Weser - the lovable and livable Weser town . deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com, accessed on July 18, 2021
  17. ↑ Gero Sommerfeld: It has been sounding for 40 years . Die Rarke, April 16, 2020, accessed July 17, 2021.
  18. ↑ Flora on the mountain: Women in Nienburg. In: Niedersachsenbuch 1997, ISSN  0946-5588 , pp. 211-215 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  19. ↑ Constanze Kemmerer is “Kleine Nienburgerin” 2011. Die Harke, February 7, 2011, accessed on July 20, 2021.
  20. ↑ Stories about Nienburg. (Video) Retrieved on July 20, 2021 (German, from minute 24:20).
  21. ↑ Little Nienburger. Reservists Comradeship Marine Nienburg / Weser, accessed on July 31, 2021.