Badnerlied

The Badner Lied is today probably the most popular regional anthem of South West Germany (also: " The unofficial national anthem of Baden ").

Formation

The song was probably rewritten in 1865 from a now largely forgotten Saxony song. Evidence for the dating of the Badner song are the passages about the fortress of Rastatt, which played a strategic role to the war of 1870/ 71 and the industrialization of Mannheim, including by the established in 1865, Baden Aniline and Soda Factory - (BASF ). The verse Old Heidelberg, you fine .... was from the Trumpeter of Säckingen of Baden writer Joseph Victor (written in 1852 or 1854) of bushels added.

The earliest known printed version of the Badner song with its five basic verses found in marching songs of the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113 of Charles Pecher in 1906. For even older, but more concise version was in the spring of 2012 in the preparations for the 900 - year anniversary the State of Baden found in Rastatt Wehrgeschichtliches Museum. In a book of songs for the Pioneer Day in June 1896 in Heidelberg, a version is printed with today's verses 1,3 and 5.

Importance

In the 1920s there was an attempt to make the song an official national anthem; however, they were not completed. A Renaissance learned the song in the 1950s, despite the association of the old country to the state of Baden- Württemberg.

The Badner song is played on many occasions, for example at the home games Baden football clubs such as Karlsruher SC, SC Freiburg and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, as well as at home games of handball club Rhein- Neckar Löwen and the ice sports clubs EHC Freiburg and Baden Rhinos from hill home. In some parts of Baden it even enjoys a quasi- official status at official ceremonies such as initiations. Thus, the Badner song was also played as the NATO summit in 2009 in Kehl, Baden -Baden and Strasbourg left the state and government of NATO countries on the Passerelle des Deux Rives Germany towards France.

The order of the verses here differs depending on geographical location ( North or South Baden ). So with that in Karlsruh ' is the residence beginning verse ever after is swapped with the verse in Haslach digging silver ore. Furthermore, there are also slight variations in the text. Thus, in some places often stands instead is used, for example when in the fortress of Rastatt, which is then available in Rastatt is the fortress is.

There were also many new and verses are hinzugedichtet. Especially popular are idealized and individual regions or cities besingende verses, but also Swabia disparaging lines of text ( instead of " ... on fresh, fresh on ..." "... the Schwob have to get out ... [ from the Badnerland ] " ).

The Rothaus brewery has its own version, in which the text line in Rastatt is the fortress by in Rothaus brewery has been replaced. This version is partly used at football games that are sponsored by this brewery. The SC Freiburg However this version could not prevail, and also at KSC only the text is shown on the video wall, but not to hear the song being played.

In one after the parts of the country Baden and Württemberg counted separately hit parade of the radio station SWR1 the Badner Song of the Badnern was selected at No. 9. In a regional analysis, it turned out that it had even reached the first place in Konstanz at position 3 and in Mosbach, what the Mosbacher were named Freedom instead Baden-Württemberg Badner of 2006 by the federal government.

The commercial radio stations and radio baden.fm rainbow play every night at the zero clock Badner Lied.

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Others

In the early 1930s composed Emil Dörle the march high Badnerland, its Final trio forms the Badner Lied and which is now part of the standard repertoire of many marching bands Baden.