Czech Republic
"Kde domov můj?" (Where is My Home?)

Words by: Josef Kajetán Tyl
Music by: Frantisek Jan Skroup
Adopted: 1918

The music to the anthem was composed by F. Škroup, a main Revivalist composer of Czech music and especially Czech opera. This song was taken from the first stanza of the opera "Fidlovačka" , which was written by Tyl and performed in 1834. It became the first part of the Czechoslovak state anthem after the country's liberation in 1918. Upon dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993, the song became the anthem of the new Czech Republic.

Special thanks to: Filip Jaroš for the English translation.