National Anthem of Baden

Baden is a region in the exterior southwest of the Federal Republic of Germany and beside Württemberg and Hohenzollern one of the three parts of the Bundesland "Baden-Württemberg", which is the third largest of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany (only Bavaria and Niedersachsen are larger). Baden itself has a population of about 4 million inhabitants and an expanse of 15.070 km². It is located along the Rhine River and has borders with France in the west and with Switzerland in the south. The most famous and largest towns are Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Mannheim and Freiburg. The landscape is dominated by the Rhine valley on the one hand, and on the other hand by the mountains of the Schwarzwald (Black Forest; highest mountain Feldberg, 1493 m), in the north rather by the area called Kraichgau and the Odenwald. In the south a part of the Bodensee (Lake Constance) even belongs to Baden. Moreover after an official selection Baden is holding 4 of the 9 very best universities in Germany (Constance, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe).

The inofficial national anthem of Baden is called "Badnerlied". The composer of the anthem is unknown, but probably the melody has its roots somewhere in Saxonia and was brought to Baden in the 19th century, where the text was transformed to the today known "Badnerlied". The anthem is very popular and is played very often at celebrations, sport events, parties and both official and inofficial events.

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