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Zu Mantua in Banden (also known as the Andreas-Hofer-Lied) is one of the most popular folk songs in Tyrol, and, since 1948, the official anthem of the current Austrian State of Tyrol, i.e. the Northern and Eastern part of that historic Alpine region (South Tyrol belongs to Italy since 1919).
It deals with the death of Andreas Hofer, an innkeeper by trade, who was the leader of the rebellion against French occupation of Tyrol in 1809. He was executed at Mantua on February 20, 1810 by the French.
The lyrics were written by the German writer Julius Mosen in 1831. German composer Leopold Knebelsberger wrote the melody in 1844.

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Text "Andreas Hofer Lied" - Englisch version

At Mantua captivated
the loyal Hofer was.
At Mantua into death
his enemies him led.
With bleeding hearts his brothers were,
all of Germany dishonoured and in pain
|: and with it its land Tyrol,
and with it its land Tyrol.

His hands on his back
the innkeeper Hofer strode
with calm and firm steps
death meant little to him.
Death, which he had himself sent sometimes
from Iselberg into the valley,
|: in the holy land Tyrol,
in the holy land Tyrol.

But when, from dungeon's bars
in the fortress Mantua,
his brothers in arms' hands
outstretched he saw,
he loudly shouted: God be with you
and with the betrayed German Reich

and with the land Tyrol,
and with the land Tyrol.

The reel, it hardly wants to sound
from the stick of the drum,
when then innkeeper Hofer
strode out the dark dungeon's gate.
The innkeeper, though bound, still free,
stood firmly upon the bastion's walls.

The man from the land Tyrol,
the man from the land Tyrol

When told to bend down on his knees,
he says: "I'll never do such thing!
Want to die as I stand here
to die standing, as I fought!
As I stand here upon this mound,
long live my dearest Kaiser Franz

as should his land Tyrol,
as should his land Tyrol!

And from his arm the armband
takes off the corporal;
and the innkeeper prays
here for one last time;
then he shouts out loud: "Now hit me right,
fire well! oh dear, are you shooting poorly!"

Farewell, my land Tyrol,
farewell, my land Tyrol

Text source: Wikipedia
All pictures from Schupfenwirt, gm. Mutters by Neupress.

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History of Tyrol

The earliest evidence of human settlement in the area of the Tyrol dates back to the late Neolithic period, and man is known to have lived here ever since. In early history, the Tyrol was a gateway between north and south and a link between two cultural areas - a role that has very much shaped the history of the Tyrol and is still relevant today. The Via Claudia Augusta built by the Romans to connect southern Germany with northern Italy passed through the Tyrol.
In the 13th century, Count Meinhard II of Gorizia combined the titles to the lands to the south and north of the Brenner to create the County of the Tyrol. In 1363 Margarethe Maultasch passed on the County of the Tyrol to the Habsburg Dukes Rudolf, Albrecht and Leopold of Austria. That made the Tyrol one of the Austrian Hereditary Lands.
In the Late Middle Ages, a free peasantry was the norm in the Tyrol rather than serfdom.
In 1511 Emperor Maximilian I issued a national defence proclamation called the "Landlibell", which largely remained in force until 1918. Under this law the Tyroleans were granted the privilege of only having to do military service within the borders and in defence of the Tyrol.
Until the late 18th century, the Habsburgs respected the law and constitution that had developed in the County of the Tyrol. Only later did the Tyrol have to accept the role of a crown territory ruled from Vienna. In 1805 the Tyrol was ceded to the Bavarians, who suspended the constitution, increased taxes, made various ecclesiastical changes and introduced conscription. In 1809 the Tyroleans rose up against the Bavarians under Andreas Hofer. Three times they liberated the Tyrol, but after six months they had to bow to the sheer numbers of the Bavarian forces. As the leader of the revolt, Andreas Hofer is still an object of veneration for many Tyroleans today. After the First World War, the old Tyrolean territories south of the Brenner passed to Italy.
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