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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Das weiße Kreuz im rothen Feld
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Das weiße Kreuz im rothen Feld,
Hoch flattert's [überm]1 Plan! 
Das Zeichen, das den Sieg behält, 
Vorwärts! es fliegt voran! 
  Gott selber droben,
  Der hat's erhoben,
Und gab's zum Hort dir in die Hand
Vor aller Welt, mein Vaterland!

  Das weiße Kreuz im rothen Feld,
Wir halten's frei und rein!
Das Zeichen, das den Sieg behält, 
Nie soll's verloren sein! 
  Im Tod und Leben 
  Soll's uns [umweben]2! 
Nichts soll dir reißen aus der Hand 
Dein Banner [je]3, mein Vaterland! 

  Das weiße Kreuz im rothen Feld,
Weh Jedem, der's bedroht! 
Das Zeichen, das den Sieg behält, 
[Fort]4 bleibt's in Noth und Tod! 
  Und wer muß sterben,
  Der läßt's den Erben!
So lang noch waltet Gottes Hand, 
Frei bleibst du, frei, mein Vaterland!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Nater 

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 282-283.

1 Nater: "über'n"
2 Nater: "umschweben"
3 Nater: "dir"
4 Nater: "Heil"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Das weiße Kreuz im rothen Feld", appears in Liederbuch, in 4. Vaterlandslieder, no. 314 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906), "Das weiße Kreuz im rothen Feld", published 1872 [ ttbb chorus ], from Zwölf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 3, Zürich und St. Gallen: Eigenthum und Verlag von P.J. Fries [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The white cross on a red background", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-02-17
Line count: 24
Word count: 127

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