National Anthem of Flanders (Belgium) - De Vlaamse Leeuw (The Flemish Lion)

"De Vlaamse Leeuw" (English: The Flemish Lion) is the official anthem of Flanders, a region and community in Belgium.
The words of this anthem were written in July 1847 by Hippoliet Van Peene (1811-1864) who was clearly inspired by the song "Sie sollen ihn nicht haben" by the German author Nikolaus Becker.
The music, by Karel Miry (1823-1899), is apparently influenced by Robert Schumann's Sonntags am Rhein.
Like France's Marseillaise, De Vlaamse Leeuw is a nationalist battle song. Franco-Belgian political tension in the mid-19th century made the Flemish public mood ripe for such an expression of regional feeling. At the time, it was not meant as anti-Belgian (as it often came to be seen by Flemish separatists and their Belgicist opponents), for the "enemy" it refers to is Belgium's southwestern neighbour France, as in the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs.
Around 1900, the anthem was in general use among Flemish militants.
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[@FaLcOnNiNe]

Nice anthem!!

[@yasindegirmenci9544]

Nice

[@vincentdhaese7]

Nice Anthem

[@whyamisad5740]

isn't there even such a thing as a flemish-independence movement?

[@yarnickgoovaerts]

Multiple actually. Most notably two political parties striving for an independent Flanders. But since one of them is unjustly called racist, antisemitic and whatever else you can think of by left wing parties the other one doesn’t openly cooperate with them because then they’ll be discriminated too by those parties who have even gone as far as to make a “cordon sanitaire” around them saying that no party is ever allowed to negotiate with them.

[@jackf1841]

Independence for Flanders is just a matter of time!

[@tomey1043]

VLAAMS BELANG BABYYYY

[@vincentdhaese7]

@@tomey1043 inderdaad!

[@vincentdhaese7]

@@tomey1043 Ze zullen hem niet temmen zolang er een Vlaming leeft!!!

[@ruedigerrichter4022]

Es leben die Flamen. Prost Flaminea Leuwen!

[@neduncanny8685]

hi diddly ho neighborino

[@MrBluePantsYES]

Ned Flanders

[@AREMUP]

Flanders is german?

[@AgtfCZ]

Dutch-speaking

[@jml732]

There's also the region of Fläming in Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt

[@skeletotron]

Dude how dare u to even say that

[@Markh73bers]

Ok, so then we beat that Flemmish lion the teeth out of his mouth and we can walk over Flanders. No spoilt milk over a few teeth ;-)

[@familygash7500]

"Stupid Flanders."

[@user-uo8uv7zh3e]

stupid wallonia))))

[@ruedigerrichter4022]

What are you, then?

[@dennisengelen2517]

​@@ruedigerrichter4022He's quoting Homer Simpson form 'The Simpsons', because he hates his church going annoyingly happy neighbor 'Ned Flanders'.
It's an ongoing animated series with yellow people since the 80's and here in Flanders it also has always been on the TV.