AV Austria Innsbruck

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AV Austria Innsbruck

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Basic data
University location: innsbruck
University / s: University of Innsbruck
Founding: June 9, 1864
Corporation association : ÖCV ( 1873 )
Association number: 1
Abbreviation: AIn!
Color status : colored
Colours: White-red-gold
Colours:
Fox colors: White-red
Fox colors:
Cap: Flat cap or striker
Type of Confederation: Men's association
Religion / Denomination: Roman Catholic
Position to the scale : not striking
Motto: In Veritate Libertas!
Field shout ( Panier ): Austria is the banner
Total members: 807 (April 2014)
Website: www.av-austria.at

The Academic Association Austria Innsbruck (abbreviation: AIn) is a Catholic, colored, non-striking student association in the ÖCV , which was founded in 1864 . It is the oldest connection of this association.

Foundation and first years

The association was originally founded on March 3, 1864 by the students Franz Xaver Schedle, Johann Liberat Wolf, Johann Heinz and the theologian Engelbert Cossen under the name Alemannia. Alemannia already had today's colors and motto. Since various reasons spoke against the conclusion of a cartel relationship with Aenania Munich , Alemannia disbanded on June 7th and a few days later, on June 9th, Austria was founded. On June 24, 1864, an official cartel relationship was entered into with Aenania Munich. In November 1864 and July 1865, cartel relationships with Winfridia Breslau and Guestfalia Tübingen were also resolved. These connections met regularly during the Catholic Days .

Since then, Austria has been the fourth association that joined the Cartel Association (CV), which then comprised Germany , Austria and today's Czech Republic in 1864 . The early years were shaped by the liberal and anti-church thinking of many professors and students at the university, especially the beating corps , and the resulting hostility and assaults (see cultural disputes in Austria ). The existing corps were particularly opposed to the rejection of the Mensur , which led to many provocations and insults of honor.

Despite differing values, the two Innsbruck corps ( Rhaetia Innsbruck and Athesia Innsbruck) came up in the war year 1866 ( German War ) with the idea of ​​founding a joint academic legion to support the fatherland Austria. In this academic legion, Austria ultimately formed the III. Train. The Legion was initially entrusted with the task of securing the judiciary in order to later be transferred to the front near Trento. Shortly afterwards the armistice was announced. The flag of the academic legion is today in front of the auditorium of the University of Innsbruck .

After the war there was a dangerous drop in membership numbers in the winter semester of 1868/69. The activitas of the connection comprised only a few lads. Thanks to the efforts of the Australian Josef Hirn, later professor of history at the University of Innsbruck and member of the Tyrolean state parliament, a suspension of the connection could be averted and by 1870 Austria was numerically the strongest connection in Innsbruck. In the following years some prominent members found Austria. These included the poet August Lieber , the patriotic poet Karl Domanig and the later Cardinal Franz von Bettinger .

In February 1871 the connection's first flag was consecrated. In addition, at the suggestion of Karl Domanig, a corps picture was acquired in 1872, which was created by the painter Franz Plattner , later an honorary member of Austria, and which bears the title "Allegory of Austria".

As part of the tenth foundation festival, which was celebrated in the summer of 1873 - not in the summer of 1874, as would be expected - Austria introduced the new Doctor cerevisiae award . The associated rules and regulations (constitutio de doctoratu) were written by Karl Domanig. The Australian novel by Ramonij was the first to be awarded this title. Ramponij lost his officer degree for refusing to duel, which was not an isolated case at the time. For example, the Australian Josef Hinter, later founder of Carolina Graz , was dishonorably discharged from the imperial army for rejecting a duel with a striking fraternity student. It was not until 1917 that Emperor Karl finally banned duels in his army.

The beginning of the 20th century

First celebration on November 12, 1903

The "Breinößl" inn on Maria-Theresien-Strasse has served as a connecting bar for Austria since it was founded. After this was rebuilt in 1896, the connection had to move its connecting premises several times to various Innsbruck inns, which sparked the desire for their own home. Finally, in 1902, an official house building committee was set up. After a long search, the connection finally acquired the building site "Am Prügelbau" 3 on the banks of the Inn, near the future location of the new university. Today the street bears the name " Josef-Hirn-Straße " and is named after the historian and member of Austria, Josef Hirn. Construction work began on July 6, 1903, and the deadline ceremony was held on November 12 of the same year. The official inauguration took place during the 40th foundation festival on May 24, 1904, with the celebrations extending from May 23 to May 26, 1904. The pageant through the city of Innsbruck alone included around 80 carriages with fanfare blowers and more than two dozen mounted chariots in student costume. In 1907 Archduke Eugen donated a portrait of Emperor Franz Josef for the ballroom of the Austriahaus, which is still there today. In 1912 the gas lamps were removed from the house and electrical cables were laid.

The Austriahaus in the winter semester of 1908

With the outbreak of the First World War , the Philistine made the Austriahaus available to the Red Cross free of charge as a hospital for the wounded and was henceforth known as "Kuk Reservespital Abt. I.", whereby the hospital's chief physician was himself an Australian. Numerous members of the association were called up, the majority of them to the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger or the Tyrolean state riflemen. The war cost the lives of 40 Australians and made it necessary to redefine the term Patria as a republic . A chapel was built on the ground floor of the fraternity house in honor of the fallen friars. The design for this came from the architect Clemens Holzmeister , the mural was made by the painter Philipp Schumacher (both members of Austria).

The interwar period

After the war, numerous Australians got involved in the political development of the new Austria. Franz Stumpf , Adolf Hörhager , Michael Mayr and Eduard Reut-Nicolussi , among others, ran for elections for the constituent national assembly . The Tyrolean regional assembly included Richard Steidle , Robert Kleissl , Alois Maneschg and Franz Schumacher .

The inter-war period was initially a tough test for Austria, if only for the renovation of the house after the First World War, due to its use as a hospital. However, by 1927, applications for admission, including by many German students, had reached such proportions that a subsidiary, the KAV Rheno-Danubia Innsbruck, could be founded.

The rise of the NSDAP to power in Germany in 1933 soon afterwards led to the "synchronization" of the CV and the split off of the Austrian Cartel Association (ÖCV), as the CV connections based in Austria did not want to provide the required "commitment to loyalty to the Greater German Reich in the National Socialist sense" and also refused entry into the "German Student Union". In these turbulent domestic political years, when the National Socialist ideology also began to take root in Austria, the connection with the political leadership of the corporate state was clearly recognized .

World War II and the post-war period

A few hours after the famous radio address by Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg (himself an Australian) on March 11, 1938, armed National Socialists, with the participation of members of the Suevia fraternity, broke into the Austriahaus. The fraternity house was occupied and Austria expropriated and all accounts frozen. When the German troops marched in on March 12, 1938 , the connection was banned. Many Australians lost their professional positions, seven members were imprisoned in concentration camps and twenty were imprisoned. Three found their deaths in the concentration camp, two others were shot dead "in the field" because of their convictions, and one was killed as a resistance fighter. In total, 31 Confederate brothers did not return from the front.

In the last days of the war, some Austrians joined the resistance under the later governor, Karl Gruber . Under his leadership, the Tyrolean resistance movement succeeded in liberating Innsbruck as the only city in Nazi Germany before the Allied troops marched in from Nazi rule. In an exchange of fire with an SS unit, the senior of Austria, Rolf Winkler, suffered a double through the lung and survived seriously injured.

Austria's liaison operations were maintained even during the war years, and secret events took place in private apartments with great danger. Recordings of new members were also carried out and so the normal everyday life of the liaison was revived in the winter semester 1945/46. The Aktivitas of Austria soon had more than 70 members again. The interior of the connecting house was completely destroyed during the war years and extensive renovation work had to be carried out. In the summer of 1946, the first official foundation festival could finally be celebrated again after seven long years .

The year 1964 was dominated by the 100th foundation festival of Austria. Former Federal Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg gave a brilliant speech at the ceremony at the Austriahaus on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the association. Herbert Batliner set up his own foundation in the course of the 1964 anniversary, which should enable the young members to take part in training and further education.

The spirit of the 1968 movement and the Second Vatican Council led to a desire for change, especially in the ranks of the Aktivitas. One of the most pressing issues was whether to allow women and Protestants to join the fraternity. After years of internal discussions and arguments, it was finally decided in 1971 to found the "Association of Friends of AV Austria". Male students of other Christian religions were able to join this association as members and to a certain extent also participate in the life of connections. In 1972, however, only one person belonged to the association. From 1977 the association was also open to women. In the winter semester 1983/84 it was finally dissolved due to internal tensions.

Color and insignia

Color

From the very first days, the members wore the colors white-red-gold. The symbolism of these colors is still controversial. A common interpretation is: white-red represent the regional colors of Tyrol, while white-gold are the colors of the Catholic Church.

Motto

The motto chosen in 1864 was veritate libertas (Freedom lies in the truth), based on the Gospel of John (John 8:32).

Corps picture

In 1872, on the initiative of the Australian Karl Domanig, an oil painting was commissioned from the history painter Franz Plattner . This bears the title " Allegory of Austria" and represents a personification of the connection. It is located in the premises of the connection house of Austria.

"Allegory of Austria" by Franz Plattner (1872).

Color cards

Founder of AV Austria
Coat of arms of the AV Austria
Color card with golden roof

Known members

Honorary members

See also

literature

  • Peter Stitz: The academic culture struggle for the right to exist for Catholic student corporations in Germany and Austria from 1903 to 1908 . Society for CV History, Munich 1960 (Der Weisse Turm 3).
  • Gerhard Hartmann : For God and Fatherland - History and Work of the CV in Austria . Lahn-Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7840-3362-8 .
  • Stephan Neuhäuser: Who if not us? - The rise of the CV began in 1934 . In: We do all the work will make - the Austro-fascist coup 1934 . BoD, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-0873-1 .
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: Lexicon of CV and ÖCV connections. Association for German Student History , Würzburg 1997, ISBN 3-89498-040-0 .
  • Florian Werr : History of the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations . Paderborn 1890.
  • Gerhard Popp: CV in Austria 1864–1938 . Hermann Böhlau, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-205-08831-X .
  • Austrian Association for Student History, Wearing Colors - Confessing Colors 1938–1945 - Catholic Corporates in Resistance and Persecution . Vienna 1988.
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: “Hold out as long as you can!” - The CV and its connections during the Nazi era . In: Alcimonen-Blatt (Eichstätt) 17/1997, pp. 56–75 [= lecture given on October 12, 1997 at the student historians' conference in Würzburg]; similar in: Globulus 5 (1997), pp. 76-86 [modified for non-copration readership]; also similar: "Hold on as long as you can!" - A Catholic student association in the Third Reich: The "CV" . In: GDS-Archiv 4 (1998), pp. 53-67.
  • Gerhard Hartmann: The CV in Austria - Its origin, history and meaning . Lahn-Verlag, Vienna 2011 (4th edition), ISBN 3-7840-3498-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Origin. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Florian Schaffenrath, Walter Anderl, Armin Bernauer, Kurt Ebert, Albert Eizinger, Friedrich Gleissner, Michael Mayr, Bruno M. Penz, Bernhard Wanner, Siegbert Kuhn, Benedikt König, Christoph Haidacher, Gerhard Hartmann: The Academic Association Austria Innsbruck - Stations in its History . Ed .: Association for Research into the History of Austrian Studentism. Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2014, ISBN 978-3-7030-0850-4 , p. 223 .
  3. ^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 172.
  4. ↑ Florian Werr : History of the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations. Paderborn 1890. p. 117
  5. ↑ Florian Werr : History of the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations. Paderborn 1890. p. 117
  6. ↑ Florian Werr : History of the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations. Paderborn 1890. p. 117
  7. ↑ Peter Krause : O old lad glory. The students and their customs. 5th edition. Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1997, p. 108.
  8. ↑ Florian Werr : History of the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations. Paderborn 1890. p. 119
  9. ↑ a b Karl Domanig - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  10. ^ A b Franz Karl Cardinal von Bettinger - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  11. ^ A b Franz Plattner - ÖCV. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .
  12. ^ Ernst Exner : Acta studentica - Austrian magazine for student history . Ed .: Austrian Association for Student History. Episode 173. Vienna.
  13. ↑ Clemens Holzmeister - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  14. ^ Philipp Anton Fridolin Schumacher - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  15. ^ Franz Stumpf - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  16. ^ Adolf Hörhager - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Michael Mayr - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  18. ^ Eduard Reut-Nicolussi - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  19. ^ Richard Steidle - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  20. ^ Robert Kleißl - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Alois Maneschg - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  22. ^ Herbert Fritz: Carrying Color, Confessing Color 1938-45. Catholic Corporates in Resistance and Persecution . Ed .: Peter Krause. Vienna 2013.
  23. ^ The contingent of the ÖCV in the February riots. In: Bulletin 5/1934. P. 12.
  24. ^ Academic connection Austria Innsbruck (ed.): Austrier-Blätter . No. 15 . Printed by the Tyrolia bookbindery, Innsbruck December 1946, p. 103 .
  25. ↑ Peter Krause : O old lad glory. The students and their customs. 5th edition. Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1997, p. 207.
  26. ^ Alfred Ebenhoch - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  27. ^ Karl Erckert - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  28. ^ Otto Ender - ÖCV. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  29. ↑ Rauch is the new General Secretary of the ÖVP
  30. ^ Andreas Bösche: Between Franz Joseph I. and Schönerer: Innsbruck University and its student associations 1859-1918. Zugl. Diss. Univ. Innsbruck 2004, Studienverlag, Innsbruck / Vienna / Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7065-4362-0 , p. 92

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