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"'''My Silesian Land'''", known in [[Silesian language|Silesian]] as "'''Můj Ślůnski Land'''" ({{IPA|szl|mɔ̝j ɕlɔ̝nski lant|pron}}), or in [[Silesian German language|Schlasian]] as "'''Mei Schläsingerland'''" ({{IPA|sli|maɪ ˈʃlɛːzɪŋɐˌlant|pron}}), is one of the most popular known [[anthem]]s of [[Silesia]], being often called, even in modern day, ''Schlesierlied'', meaning, ''Song of Silesians''.[{{Cite web |last=lmschlesien |date=2015-03-23 |title=Das Schlesierlied |url=https://landsmannschaft-schlesien.de/schlesierlied/ |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=Landsmannschaft Schlesien - Nieder– und Oberschlesien e.V. |language=de}}][{{Cite web |title=German State Anthems - Das Schlesierlied (Lay of Silesia) (English translation) |url=https://lyricstranslate.com/en/das-schlesierlied-lay-silesia-song-silesia.html |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=lyricstranslate.com |language=en}}][{{Citation |last=Heino |title=Schlesierlied by Heino: Listen on Audiomack |url=https://audiomack.com/heino-7/song/schlesierlied-4800462 |access-date=2026-04-16 |language=en}}] The melody was composed by [[Paul Mittmann]], and the original lyrics were written by [[Johannes Reinelt]],[{{Cite web |title=Mein Schlesierland, Op.50 (Mittmann, Paul) - IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Mein_Schlesierland,_Op.50_(Mittmann,_Paul) |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=imslp.org}}] a poet and writer often also using the pseudonym, "Philo vom Walde".[{{Cite web |title=Philo vom Walde Monument in Głubczyce |url=https://slaskie-opolskie.szlaki.pttk.pl/en/787-slaskie-opolskie-philo-vom-walde-monument-in-glubczyce |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=slaskie-opolskie.szlaki.pttk.pl |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=Category:Reinelt, Johannes - IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Reinelt,_Johannes |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=imslp.org}}] The original purpose of the anthem was to express regional patriotism, nostalgic longing, and love for the [[Province of Silesia|province]] [[Province of Silesia|of Silesia.]][{{Cite web |title=Music Of Nazi Germany - Volume 4 |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80016636 |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}] |
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"'''My Silesian Land'''", known in [[Silesian language|Silesian]] as "'''Můj Ślůnski Land'''" ({{IPA|szl|mɔ̝j ɕlɔ̝nski lant|pron}}), or in [[Silesian German language|Schlasian]] as "'''Mei Schläsingerland'''" ({{IPA|sli|maɪ ˈʃlɛːzɪŋɐˌlant|pron}}), is one of the most popular known [[anthem]]s of [[Silesia]], being often called, even in modern day, ''Schlesierlied'', meaning, ''Song of Silesians''.[{{Cite web |last=lmschlesien |date=2015-03-23 |title=Das Schlesierlied |url=https://landsmannschaft-schlesien.de/schlesierlied/ |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=Landsmannschaft Schlesien - Nieder– und Oberschlesien e.V. |language=de}}][{{Cite web |title=German State Anthems - Das Schlesierlied (Lay of Silesia) (English translation) |url=https://lyricstranslate.com/en/das-schlesierlied-lay-silesia-song-silesia.html |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=lyricstranslate.com |language=en}}][{{Citation |last=Heino |title=Schlesierlied by Heino: Listen on Audiomack |url=https://audiomack.com/heino-7/song/schlesierlied-4800462 |access-date=2026-04-16 |language=en}}] The melody was composed by [[Paul Mittmann]], and the original lyrics were written by [[Johannes Reinelt]],[{{Cite web |title=Mein Schlesierland, Op.50 (Mittmann, Paul) - IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Mein_Schlesierland,_Op.50_(Mittmann,_Paul) |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=imslp.org}}] a poet and writer often also using the pseudonym, "Philo vom Walde".[{{Cite web |title=Philo vom Walde Monument in Głubczyce |url=https://slaskie-opolskie.szlaki.pttk.pl/en/787-slaskie-opolskie-philo-vom-walde-monument-in-glubczyce |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=slaskie-opolskie.szlaki.pttk.pl |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=Category:Reinelt, Johannes - IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Reinelt,_Johannes |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=imslp.org}}] The original purpose of the anthem was to express regional patriotism, nostalgic longing, and love for the [[Province of Silesia|province]] [[Province of Silesia|of Silesia.]][{{Cite web |title=Music Of Nazi Germany - Volume 4 |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80016636 |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}] |
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The anthem originated in the late [[19th century]], a period marked by rapid [[Industrialisation|industrialization]] and shifting [[National identity|national identities]] within Silesia,[{{Cite web |last=Bialasiewicz |first=Luiza |date=January 2002 |title=The re-birth of Upper Silesia |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254808176_The_re-birth_of_Upper_Silesia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251116104642/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254808176_The_re-birth_of_Upper_Silesia |archive-date=16 November 2025 |website=ResearchGate}}] then part of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]]. At the time, the region was [[Ethnicity|ethnically]] and [[Linguistics|linguistically]] mixed, with [[German language|German]], [[Polish language|Polish]], and [[Silesian language|Silesian-speaking]] communities coexisting.[{{Cite web |title=Silesian in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/cookieAbsent |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=www.tandfonline.com |doi=10.1080/00905992.2011.599373}}] The Silesian anthem, “''My Silesian Land"''[{{Cite web |last=Schlesien |date=2015-03-23 |title=Das Schlesierlied |url=https://landsmannschaft-schlesien.de/schlesierlied/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=Landsmannschaft Schlesien Nieder und Oberschlesien e.V. |language=de}}] emerged within this environment as an expression of [[Regionalism (politics)|regional attachment]] rather than clear-cut national identity.[{{Cite web |last=Brinkman |date=2021 |title=Analysis on Germany's Cultural identity around regions being not fixed or strictly national |url=https://www.scsmt.org/2021_conf_files/brinkman_2021_text.pdf}}] Although sang in German, it was written originally in the [[:szl:Gůrnoślůnski_djalekt|Upper Silesian dialect of Lower Silesian]][{{Cite web |title=DeWiki > Johannes Reinelt |url=https://dewiki.de/Lexikon/Johannes_Reinelt |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=DeWiki |language=de-DE}}][{{Cite web |last=Studio |first=Voltage Multimedia |title=Město Jeseník |url=https://jesenik.cz/de/bedeutende-personl./philo-vom-walde-jan-reinelt-1858-1905-2.html |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=jesenik.cz |language=cs}}]; its themes of [[local pride]] and attachment to the [[Silesian landscape]] allowed it to be adopted more broadly over time, including by modern [[Silesian Culture|cultural movements]] that reinterpret the song through a distinct [[Silesians|Silesian identity]] rather than a purely German one.[{{Citation |last=Brednich |first=Rolf Wilh |title=Erk, L. Und Böhme, F. M.: Deutscher Liederhort |date=2020-05-05 |work=10. Jahrgang 1965 |pages=162–163 |editor-last=Brednich |editor-first=Rolf W. |url=https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783112312957-010/html |access-date=2026-04-22 |publisher=De Gruyter |language=de |doi=10.1515/9783112312957-010/html |isbn=978-3-11-231295-7 |editor2-last=Deutsches Volksliedarchiv}}][{{Cite web |last=Horan |first=Geraldine |title=‘Sprache der Heimat.’ Discourses of dialect and identity in modern-day Cologne |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1536175/1/Horan%20Sprache%20der%20Heimat.pdf |website=UCL Study}}] |
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