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The ("The Saarland Tune") was the
national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European ...
of the
Saar Protectorate The Saar Protectorate ( ; ), officially Saarland (), was a short-lived French protectorate and a disputed territory separated from Germany. On joining the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany) in 1957, it became the smallest "federal ...
from 1947 to 1957 and the state anthem of
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after 1957. After
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, the Saarland was an autonomous state and economically attached to
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. On the occasion of the first game of the Saarland national football team in 1950 against
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, a separate national anthem was therefore necessary. They chose the song "I know where a lovely, friendly valley is", also known as the Saarlandlied.


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Music in Saarland Regional songs Historical national anthems {{Germany-music-stub