AKV Tirolia Innsbruck

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AKV Tirolia

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Coat of arms tirolia.jpg Tirolia vivat, crescat, floreat!
Basic data
University / s: LFU , MUI , MCI , UMIT
Founding: December 6, 1893
Place of foundation: innsbruck
Corporation association : ÖKV
Abbreviation: Tir!
Colours:
Type of Confederation: Men's association
Position to the scale : not striking
Motto: In Unitate Virtus
Website: www.tirolia.org

The Academic Catholic Student Union Tirolia Innsbruck or AKV Tirolia was founded on December 6, 1893 as a non-colored student union . It belongs to the Christian student associations .

Historical background

In the course of the student revolution in 1848, liberal national corporations were also formed in Innsbruck . In the years 1850-1880 the fraternities Suevia and Brixia, as well as the two corps Gothia and Raethia, which, despite their small number of members, ruled the university, supported by the liberal professorships .

In return, Catholic-conservative connections followed: 1864 Austria Innsbruck as now the oldest Catholic connection in Austria, 1876 Teutonia Innsbruck , now the oldest high school connection. The alliance between the emperor, the nobility and the church made it easy for the liberals to set the tone alone in circles of the intelligentsia. Due to the industrial revolution and the resulting social question, however, the less well off now also pushed to study. From the socially minded representatives of the conservatives, the Christian Social Party and the social encyclical Pope Leo XIII emerged in 1898 . The farmers' union founded in 1904 was also shaped by this new socio-political situation.

founding

During this so-called "latent revolution" , the Tirolia Association was founded in 1893. As a non-colored connection, she declined the exaggerated comment and put friendship at the top. On December 6, 1893, the first consultation took place in the “Goldener Stern” inn; the founding batch cabinet consisted of Leopold Huter v. Kurt from Arzl near Imst (X), Peter Pfausler v. Bums from Roppen (FM), Johann Ritzer v. Elmar from Ebbs (XX) and Heinrich Pauen v. Gernot (XXX). The American Wilhelm Nuebl and the Westphalian Johann Bäumer were also among the members from the very beginning.

On January 13th, 1894 the founding college followed in the “Stern” inn, on February 12th the first pub with five foxes followed and on April 15th the colors green, white and gold were chosen as connecting colors and the motto “In unitate virtus” . The official founding ceremony took place on June 6th, when representatives of “Austria”, “Helvetia Oenipontana” and the Leo club were present. On May 10th, 1898, the first flag was consecrated by the mummification of the Anschütz-Fights brothers. The origin of the founders from the country and not from the capital already proved the new trend towards simplicity and the inclusion of the new social classes in contrast to the older connections. So Tirolia became the first association to have the name of their homeland written on their flag. Since 1913 there was a friendship relationship with the KV , in 1922 Tirolia was accepted into the KV and in 1933 was a founding member of the ÖKV .

The first connection semester

Together with the other Catholic connections, it was necessary to face the sole rule of the German Nationals: In 1898, Tirolia and Austria were already represented by 150 students in the student strike. At that time, the strike united all students against the Badeni government's language decree .

The tendency towards uniformity was particularly lively around 1900 and the wearing of hats was temporarily permitted in the Tirolia at entertainment evenings, but abolished again around 1913. The dispute in the universities took on radical forms. In 1899, the national protests against the appointment of the Catholic historian Josef Hirn as professor, the Catholic college students bravely stood up for him. In 1900 the government temporarily forbade wearing colors, in 1901 the dispute over the Italian law faculty for Trento students began, which took on unworthy forms and led to the university being temporarily closed and huge riots that claimed one life in 1904.

In 1908 the culture war flared up again when the theology professor Ludwig Wahrmund sided with the national and anti-church representatives. General strikes for and against Wahrmund were the result; the Catholic connections had meanwhile established parity in their clout as well as in numbers and advocated equal rights and the recognition of denominational connections by the academic senate.

Austrofascism

At the beginning of the 1930s there was a great rush of Reich German students on the University of Innsbruck and with it a large number of members for the fraternities: mutual provocations between the two camps, street fights and riots were the result. The aggravation of the conflict was also promoted by the NSDStB (National Socialist German Student Union). The German student body was infiltrated by German national students. Because of this, but also because of the already existing tension between Catholics and National Liberals, the DStI was dissolved twice: the first time on February 21, 1932 by the university and the academic senate, and a second time on May 2, 1933 by the association authority of the state of Tyrol. This second dissolution was preceded by the exit of the KDHÖ from the DStI and the dissolution request on the part of the working group of the Catholic German student body (AG).

After 1933, the DStI was replaced by a German Student Union Innsbruck (KDHI) founded by Catholic associations and a guardianship. In this student representation created by the Ministry of Education, Tirolia was a leader; in 1933/34 Oswald Peterlunger was administrator at the University of Innsbruck, followed by Josef Rieger from 1934 to 1936.

On March 4th, Chancellor Dollfuss dissolved parliament and ruled dictatorially by means of a law from 1917 similar to the state of emergency. Democracy had died. On May 1st the new constitution of the corporate state came into force. Tyrol also received a new corporate constitution, which also impaired democratic organizational structures on student soil. The structure organized from above was achieved by the aforementioned guardianship.

The Catholic connections were to the Austrian state, although it was not undisputed as a dictatorial system. In June 1933 almost all Catholic connections and Catholic students joined the Patriotic Front. Tirolia was also looking for its identity in the new corporate state and was the first joint venture to join the VF. The Catholic students of Innsbruck were also involved in the battles of the Heimwehr against the Schutzbund and the National Socialists in the days of civil war in February and July 1934.

In 1936 it was decided on a BC of the Tirolia to show the membership of the Patriotic Front to the outside world, and a patriotic badge was to be worn next to the KV pin. Another proof of the identification of Tiroliae with the Austrian corporate state can be found in the honorary membership of Federal Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. On July 25, 1934, Dollfuss was murdered by the National Socialists.

The German-national connections slowly opened up in the NS student union, in some cases membership of the SA or SS was even compulsory. In contrast to the more and more receding German nationalities stood the Catholic connections to the new state idea. They were also very popular, but not least because of their professional background. The Tirolia had twelve new foxes in the winter semester 1934/35.

Despite the constant pressure from Germany, the Anschluss came unexpectedly on March 11, 1938. The Tirolia convened an extraordinary BC to ensure the security of the flag, wank and BC book. The flag and the wank came to Port Klingler in Mils, where they were soon confiscated, the flag came to the Dogana and perished in a bomb attack. The election for the connection took place on April 10th. The decree on the dissolution, which was only passed in June 1938, was only a resolution under association law. The de facto dissolution of the connections, the seizure of the connection props and all documents took place much earlier.

The further life of the students was marked out by military service. There were no more connections, all associations were dissolved in 1938, only a few old men were able to meet secretly. The war that followed the Anschluss after just one and a half years ensured that the Tyroleans were dispersed on all fronts. 21 friars paid for this war with their lives.

Re-establishment in 1945

On November 7, 1945, almost all of Innsbruck's elderly gentlemen met in the traditional “Gasthof Stern” for the first Philistine convention. It was decided at the convent to register the Philistines with the authorities and to try to get compensation for the property confiscated in 1938. The registration at the police headquarters in Innsbruck took place on December 10, 1945. In the following summer semester, Aktivitas was able to record a lively relationship with an active women's gauze. In January 1948 a list of members was published that already listed 19 boys and seven foxes. From then on, Tirolia began to develop further.

The new founders of Tirolia were Andreas Bachlechner, Hans Grünbacher, Rudolf Kathrein, Walter Köck, Walter Meissl, Robert Meissl, Franz Tollinger and Arthur Winkler.

Known members

Associations, agreements, relationships

literature

  • Christian Geltner (Ed.): 100 years of AKV Tirolia 1893–1993 - contemporary, critical and contemporary . Edition Tirolenstimme, Innsbruck 1993.
  • Peter Pichler: Catholic Austrian University Association Leopoldina 1901–1976 . Self-published, Innsbruck 1976.
  • Gerhard Hartmann: The CV in Austria - its origin, its history, its meaning . 3. Edition. Lahn Verlag, Limburg-Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 978-3-7840-3498-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Hans Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system at the universities of the German language area . Sachsenwald-Verlag, Leipzig 1924, p. 172 .

Web links

  • Tirolia. Website of the student association AkV Tirolia. In: tirolia.kartellverband.org.
  • TIROLIA Innsbruck. Collection of color cards from AkV Tirolia Innsbruck. In: couleurkarte.org.
  • AkV Tirolia Innsbruck - Home. The Facebook page of AkV Tirolia. In: facebook.com.