DIE SEELE

 

Grösse 78.783 qkm, davon 3.096 qkm auf die 1.732 Lochs (Seen).
Schotten gibt es rund 4,9 Millionen.
Die Hauptstadt Edinburgh beherbergt davon 435.000.
Der "Ben Nevis" ist mit 1.344 Meter die höchste Erhebung des Landes,
und auch Grossbritanniens.



Das Wappen

Die Inschrift des Wappenbandes, "NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT"
lautet übersetzt ins Deutsche, "Niemand fordert mich ungestraft."



My Soul's In The Highlands

My soul's in the Highlands, my soul is not here,
My soul's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer -
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;
My soul's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North
The birth place of Valour, the country of Worth;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow;
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
Farewell to the forrests and wild-hanging woods;
Farwell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.

My soul's in the Highlands, my soul is not here,
My soul's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer
Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;
My soul's in the Highlands, whereever I go.

Frei nach "My Heart`s In The Highlands" von Robert Burns

Und am 25. Jänner feiern alle Schotten und Schottlandfreunde die "BURNS-Night"