{{Short description|Official anthem of the Free City of Danzig}} {{More sources needed|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox anthem |title = ''Für Danzig'' |transcription = |english_title = For Danzig |alt_title = „Dla Gdańska” |en_alt_title = 'For Gdańsk' |alt_title_2 = |en_alt_title_2= |image = Flag of the Free City of Danzig.svg |image_size = |caption = |prefix = Former city |country = Gdańsk, Poland |author = [[Paul Enderling]] |lyrics_date = |composer = [[Georg Göhler]] |music_date = |adopted = 1920 |until = 1939 |sound = Für Danzig.oga |sound_title = 1934 recording of „Für Danzig“ in [[A major]] }} "'''For Danzig'''" was the official [[anthem]] of the [[Free City of Danzig]] (now [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]]), used between 1920 and 1939.{{efn|Another song, "[[In Danzig]]", was also a semi-official anthem of the Free City, which had lyrics by [[Josef von Eichendorff]] set to the traditional tune.}} The lyrics were written by [[Paul Enderling]], while the music was by [[Georg Göhler]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://danzig-online.pl/page6.html | title=Hymn }}</ref>
After the [[invasion of Poland]] and the concurrent annexation of Danzig by [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939, "[[Deutschlandlied]]" was adopted as the official anthem, along with the "[[Horst-Wessel-Lied]]".
==Lyrics== {|class="wikitable" !German original !Polish version<ref>[https://jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl/publication/127888 Hymn gdański] (1 March 1924). ''Illustrated News'', No. 9, p. 7.</ref> !English translation |- style="white-space:nowrap; vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |<poem lang="de">Kennst du die Stadt am Bernsteinstrand, umgrünt von ew'ger Wälder Band, wo schlanke Giebel streben empor zum Sonnenschein!
{{small|'''Refrain:'''}} Ja, sollt' ich ''fröhlich leben'', ''in'' Danzig müßt es sein!
Kennst du die Stadt, wo Turm an Turm in Treue trotzt dem Zeitensturm, wo stolze Schiffe gleiten ins blaue Meer hinein!
{{small|'''Refrain:'''}} Ja, sollt' ich ''tapfer streiten'', ''für'' Danzig müßt es sein!
Kennst du die Stadt, wo deutsche Art voll Kraft und Mut ihr Gut bewahrt, wo deutsch die Glocken werben und deutsch ein jeder Stein!
{{small|'''Refrain:'''}} Ja, sollt' ich ''selig sterben'', ''in'' Danzig müßt es sein!</poem> |<poem lang="pl">Znasz-li ten gród nad bursztynowym brzegiem, odwiecznych borów spowity szeregiem, gród w starej baśni poczęty wśród aureoli świętej?
{{small|'''Refren:'''}} Jeśli szczęśliwy mam być, to w Gdańsku to w Gdańsku muszę żyć!
Znasz-li ten gród, gdzie wieża przy wieży, wiernie stróżuje u wieków rubieży, gdzie dumne okręty płyną nad modrą wód głębiną?
{{small|'''Refren:'''}} Gdy przyjdzie bojowy zew, dla Gdańska dla Gdańska dam chętnie krew!
Znasz-li ten gród, na którego bramie, niemieckich skarbów mężne strzeże ramię? gdzie na niemiecką gloryją niemieckich skarbów mężne strzeże ramię?
{{small|'''Refren:'''}} Gdy śmierć zabierze mnie, to w Gdańsku w Gdańsku umierać chcę!</poem> |<poem>D'you know the city on the amber beach, wreathed by green forests divine? Where slender gables stretch upward towards the sunshine!
{{small|'''Refrain:'''}} Yes, I shall live happily in Danzig it must be!
D'you know the city, where tower after tower braves the storms of time loyally? Where proud ships glide towards the blue sea!
{{small|'''Refrain:'''}} Yes, I shall fight bravely for Danzig it must be!
D'you know the city, where German kind defends its wealth with might and main? where the bells ring in German and ev'ry stone is German!
{{small|'''Refrain:'''}} Yes, I shall die blessedly, in Danzig it must be!</poem> |}
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==External links== *[http://www.danzig-online.pl/pass/danzig.mp3 Original recording 1934, MP3 format, Source: Danzig-online.pl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075137/http://www.danzig-online.pl/pass/danzig.mp3 |date=2016-12-31 }} *[http://david.national-anthems.net/dnz.htm National Anthems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804194139/http://david.national-anthems.net/dnz.htm |date=2008-08-04 }} *[http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=5132 In Danzig] *[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/In_Danzig Wikisource: In Danzig]
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