Switzerland National Anthem
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German
Trittst im Morgenrot daher,
Seh' ich dich im Strahlenmeer,
Dich, du Hocherhabener, Herrlicher!
Wenn der Alpen Firn sich rötet,
Betet, freie Schweizer, betet,
Eure fromme Seele ahnt
Gott im hehren Vaterland!
Gott, den Herrn, im hehren Vaterland!
French
Sur nos monts, quand le soleil
Annonce un brillant réveil,
Et prédit d'un plus beau jour le retour,
Les beautés de la patrie
Parlent à l'âme attendrie;
Au ciel montent plus joyeux
Les accents d'un coeur pieux,
Les accents émus d'un coeur pieux.
Italian
Quando bionda aurora
Il mattin c'indora,
L'alma mia t'adora
Re del Ciel.
Quando l'alpe già rosseggia
A pregare allor t'atteggia,
In favor del patrio suol,
Cittadino Iddio lo vuol,
Cittadino Dio, si Dio lo vuol.
Rumantsch (Ladin)
In l'aurora la daman
At cugnuoscha bain l'uman,
Spiert etern dominatur,
Tuot pussant!
Cur ils munts straglüschan sura,
Ura, liber Svizzer, ura.
Tia orma sainta ferm
Dieu in tschêl, il bap etern.
Dieu in tschêl, il bap, il bap etern.
Text Courtesy of Bruno
Aeschbacher, Geneva, Switzerland
Switzerland Flag
Switzerland Flag
| Flag History | In 1339 every soldier and officer of the troops leaving for the battle of Laupen was marked with the sign of the Holy Cross. The white cross ona red field has been a common Swiss emblem ever since. |
| Flag Date of Adoption | 12 December 1889 |
| Flag Symbolism | red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag |