Brandenburglied

The Brandenburglied was written for the Province of Brandenburg, in the Kingdom of Prussia, of the German Empire and was used between 1906-1936. In present days it is used as unofficial anthem of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Territories and provinces of Prussia (1525–1947)

Before 1701	Duchy of Prussia Margraviate of Brandenburg Cleves / Mark / Ravensberg (1614) Farther Pomerania / Minden / Halberstadt (1648) Lauenburg–Bütow / Draheim (1657) Magdeburg (1680) Colonies Gold Coast Arguin St. Thomas

After 1701	Neuchâtel (1707) Guelders (1713) Minden-Ravensberg (1719) Western Pomerania (1720 / 1815) Silesia / Glatz (1742) East Frisia (1744) East / West Prussia (1772–73) South Prussia (1793) New East Prussia / New Silesia (1795)

Post-Congress of Vienna (1814–15)	Brandenburg Principality of Neuchâtel (1814–1848) Pomerania Grand Duchy of Posen¹ Saxony Silesia Westphalia Rhine Province² (1822) Province of Prussia (1824–1878) Hohenzollern (1850) Schleswig-Holstein / Hanover / Hesse-Nassau (1866–68)

Territorial reforms after 1918	Lower / Upper Silesia (1919) Greater Berlin (1920) Posen-West Prussia (1922) Halle-Merseburg / Magdeburg / Kurhessen / Nassau (1944)

¹ Became Province of Posen in 1848. ² From the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

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