The Ostpreußenlied (Prussian: Prūsas Grīma / Prūsas Grēma, English: The East Prussian Song, also known as Song of East Prussia or Land of Dark Forests) was considered the regional anthem of East Prussia.
| English: Song of East Prussia | |
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Regional anthem of East Prussia | |
| Lyrics | Erich Hannighofer, 1930s |
| Music | Herbert Brust, 1930 |
| Adopted | 1930s (as regional anthem) |
| Relinquished | 1945 |
| Preceded by | Sie sagen all, du bist nicht schön |
| Audio sample | |
Ostpreußenlied | |
Origin[edit]
In the early 1930s, the composer from Königsberg (today Kaliningrad, Russia) Herbert Brust (born April 17, 1900, died June 26, 1968) composed the "Oratorium der Heimat" ("Oratory of the Fatherland").[1] The writer Erich Hannighofer added four stanzas to the final part of the text, and the resulting "Song of East Prussia" was met with great interest.[1] It was later adopted and replaced the old anthem Mein Heimatland. The original manuscript of the score "Ostpreußenlied" was in the collection of the Stadt Königsberg Museum in Duisburg until 2016.
Lyrics[edit]
1. Land der dunklen Wälder |
1. Land of Somber forests |
Occasionally, performers swapped the third and fourth verses.[1]
In the year 2000, it was translated into Prussian by Mikkels Klussis, and today there are two versions of the lyrics, with slight differences in spelling:[2][3]
1. Timran meddin tāuta |
1. Timran meddjan tāuta, |
Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Swapped lyrics of Ostpreußenlied". ingeb.org. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Prussian Chrestomathy - Page 8
- ↑ Ērberts Brusts be Rāmawa. Prūsas Tāutas Prēigara
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