Thuringia, lovely country
Thuringia, lovely country is the hymn of Thuringia . Their popularity has declined sharply in recent decades in favor of the Rennsteig song. It was composed by the Weimar composer Carl Müllerhartung on a text by Ernst Viktor Schellenberg . The hymn of Thuringia has, as they do not no constitutional relevance to the Thuringian constitution enshrined the depiction part of the Free State.
By 1918 the country was divided into individual duchies, each with their own anthem. For example, Sachsen-Meiningen had the "Vaterlandsgesang der Sachsen-Meiningen" ("Brothers, singing our fatherland song with a loud bang of joy"), text by Ludwig Bechstein ; Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach had the hymn “Von der Wartburg Zinnen Nieder” (refrain: “May God always receive you, Weimar's noble princely house”) set to music by Franz Liszt , text by Peter Cornelius . In 1920 the state of Thuringia was created , in which the anthem served to create a common identity for the fragmented country.
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- Thuringia, dear country, where my cradle was,
- Spring is everywhere, joy and lust.
- Songs pouring out happily, fluttering from house to house,
- seeks a resting place on sweetheart's breast.
- O fresh forest green, rosy cheeks bloom,
- A greeting beckons with a smile from every window.
- Well, how do you swell brightly, brook, don't rush so fast,
- that not too soon we wither rose and kiss.
- Thuringia, dear country, where my cradle was,
- if I die, take me gently in your lap.
- Air, blow around the grave, fir trees, rushing down cool,
- Deer then play around hills and moss.