The ''Württemberger Hymne'' or Württemberg Anthem is a '' Regionalhymne'' or regional song, for the German Federal state of

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...

. The music for the song was composed for the

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...

(1806–1918) by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner.See: Brown, Clive ''Lindpaintner, Peter Josef von'' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London 1992) The lyrics begin, "''Von dir, o Vaterland, zu singen / Muß wahrer Liebe wohl gelingen.''"

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Kingdom of Württemberg German anthems Historical national anthems Swabia European anthems Songs about Germany {{anthem-stub