TheBozner Bergsteigerlied (English:Bozen mountaineer song) is one of the two unofficial hymns of theSouth Tyroleans, the other being theAndreas-Hofer-Lied. Its lyrics were composed in 1926 byKarl Felderer inMoos am Ritten to the melody of an oldTyrolean craftsmen's song.[1]
At the time of its composition, theItalianization of South Tyrol campaign of theItalian fascists had reached its height, effecting a prohibition of all names related to "Südtirol" and "Deutsch-Südtirol". Therefore, the lyrics never mention South Tyrol directly, referring instead to its geographical extension.
In the first verse, its north–south extension is described by the way of theEisack source and theSalurner Klause, a bottleneck which used to mark the border between the German andItalian-speaking area. The West–East extension is characterized by the mountainOrtler and theSexten Dolomites. In the following verses, various landmarks of South Tyrol such as theSchlern and theRosengarten group are celebrated.
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