Thurgau song
The Thurgau song is the unofficial anthem of the Swiss canton of Thurgau . The melody is by Johannes Wepf (1810–1890), the text by Johann Ulrich Bornhauser (1825–1848).
The song was later re-composed by Otto Kreis . His version is known today as the "Thurgau Song".
The song only became popular in the middle of the 20th century after Heinrich Steinbeck integrated it into his march of the Thurgau 31st Infantry Regiment . Other contemporary witnesses attribute this to the 150th anniversary of the canton in 1953, for which many school classes rehearsed this song.
text
O Thurgau, you home, how are you so beautiful,
how are you so beautiful!
Summer adorns the valleys and hills!
O Thurgau, you home, how
lovely are you, the summer turns your corridors in gold!
La, la, la, la, ...
the summer turns your hallways in gold!
O land, which the Thurstrom flows through, from
which the fruit tree and the vine sprout gloriously.
O land sown with the blooming * meadows,
Where the cornfield sweetly blows the evening wind.
La, la, la, la, (etc.)
O home, how
a wonderful wreath blooms in the sunny splendor of villages and fields.
O home, how do you hear
the ringing of bells from the church tower at celebration and grave .
La, la, la, la, (etc.)
O Thurgau, how love, how I value you!
Much more beautiful areas attract me.
O Thurgau, I am bound by a closer bond
To you, you beloved, you blissful country!
La, la, la, la, (etc.)
And once I find peace slumbering in the grave,
then the native earth covers me.
And the beyond opens its shining gate,
then I float up from home to home.
La, la, la, la, (etc.)
Drum, Thurgau, accept the swelling greeting,
accept the glowing kiss from
your lips,
and stay united in harmony and love,
then the sun of peace will shine on you forever.
La, la, la, la, (etc.)
* in the original version it says "melting"
See also
literature
- Hermann Lei: Johannes Wepf (1810–1890). Composer of the Thurgau song 1810–1890. In: Thurgau contributions to patriotic history. 116/117 [1979/1980], pp. 249-262.
- (without author :) A short history of the Thurgau song. In: Thurgauer Tagblatt, January 14, 2012; accessed on March 16, 2020.
Web links
- The original Thurgau regimental march in the State Archives. State Archives Thurgau, February 12, 2014, accessed on June 18, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ A short history of the Thurgau song. In: Thurgauer Tagblatt, January 14, 2012; accessed on March 16, 2020.