Regional anthem
A regional anthem is an anthem , comparable to a national anthem , with which people within a locally limited region express their identity . In the course of decades or centuries, exactly one typical song has usually established itself as an anthem within an area. Anthems of member states are in Germany and Austria as a country anthems , in Switzerland and the canton of hymns called.
Regional anthems in the German-speaking area
Germany
Federal states
In the Federal Republic of Germany no official national anthems are usually used, which is why they are mostly national songs. Exceptions are the states of Bavaria, Hesse and Saarland. There they are protected as state symbols by § 90a StGB .
Other regions and cities
Former German areas
| region | anthem |
|---|---|
| Alsace-Lorraine | Alsatian flag song |
| Danzig | For Danzig |
| Masuria | Masurian song |
| Namibia | Südwesterlied |
| East Prussia | East Prussian Song |
| Pomerania | Pommernlied (When in a quiet hour ...) |
| Prussia | Prussian song |
| Giant Mountains | Giant Mountains Song (Blue Mountains, Green Valleys) |
| Silesia | Schlesierlied ( I'll come back to my home one day ... ) |
| West Prussia | West Prussian Song |
Austria
In Austria, the national anthems listed here - with the exception of Vienna - are not “secret hymns”, but have been officially declared the national anthems by the respective state parliament.
| state | anthem | comment |
|---|---|---|
 Burgenland
|
My hometown, my homeland | officially |
 Carinthia
|
Carinthian Heimatlied ("Where Tyrol borders Salzburg") | officially |
 Lower Austria
|
Lower Austrian national anthem | officially |
 Upper Austria
|
Hoamatgsang | officially |
 Salzburg
|
Salzburg State Anthem | officially |
 Styria
|
Dachsteinlied ("Up from the Dachstein") | officially |
 Tyrol
|
Andreas-Hofer-Lied ("To Mantua in Gangs") | officially |
 Vorarlberg
|
's Ländle, my home | officially |
 Vienna
|
Blue Danube Waltz , Radetzky March | unofficially |
Switzerland
In some cantons there is a canton anthem , which is usually not legally stipulated, but simply established by tradition. La Nouvelle Rauracienne, the hymn of the canton of Jura, was made the official canton anthem by a resolution of the Jura parliament on June 21, 1990, and the Valais hymn was declared official in 2016.
Cantons
(Order according to the Federal Constitution )
| Canton | anthem |
|---|---|
 Bern
|
Berner March (träm, träm, trädiridi!) |
 Uri
|
I danced at the Boge de Landamme |
 Obwalden
|
Oh mis liebs Obwaldnerländli (by R. Küchler-Ming ) |
 Nidwalden
|
Between sea and heeche bears |
 Basel city
|
Baslerlied (Z 'Basel a mym Rhy) |
 Basel-Country
|
Baselbieterlied (from Schönebuech to Ammel) |
 Schaffhausen
|
The Munot bell (on the Munot's old tower) |
 Appenzell Ausserrhoden
|
Landsgemeindelied (Ode to God) |
 St. Gallen
|
Sant Galle is my homeland |
 Thurgau
|
Thurgau song (O Thurgau, you home) |
 Ticino
|
Ticinesi son bravi soldati |
 Vaud
|
Hymn vaudois (French: Que dans ces lieux règnent à jamais ) |
 Valais
|
Valais hymn (French: hymn valaisan ) |
 Neuchâtel
|
Hymn neuchâtelois (French: Nous sommes les enfants heureux ) |
 Geneva
|
Cé qu'è lainô (French: Celui qui est en haut ) |
 law
|
La Nouvelle Rauracienne (French: Du lac de Bienne aux portes de la France ) |
Regions
| region | anthem |
|---|---|
| Oberaargau | Oberaargauerlied (Uf dr Howacht bini gstange) |
Cities
Some pieces of music have the unofficial character of a city anthem:
| city | anthem |
|---|---|
| Bern | Berner March (träm, träm, trädiridi!) |
| Solothurn | Solothurnerlied (it's always eso gsi) |
| Zofingen | Zofinger March |
| Schaffhausen | Blos e chlini city |
| Chur | Chur town song |
| Zurich | Sechseläutenmarsch |
Others
| region | anthem |
|---|---|
| Transylvania | Transylvanian song |
| Hungary | National anthem of the Germans in Hungary |
| Volhynia | Volhynian song |
| Bessarabia | Homeland song of the Bessarabian Germans |
| Banat | Hail the Banat country |
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The German federal states and their songs , PM History # 2/2001, pp. 22–23
- ^ Arrêté proclamant la Nouvelle Rauracienne hymne officiel de la République et Canton du Jura ( French ) Canton Jura. June 21, 1990. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ State of Valais: Walliser Hymne or Hymne Valaisan , vs.ch (April 27, 2016), accessed on January 25, 2018 (PDF).
- ↑ Swiss radio and television: Valais receives an official anthem. srf.ch (April 27, 2016), accessed on January 23, 2018.