Academic gymnastics association Alemannia Basel

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Academic gymnastics association Alemannia Basel

coat of arms Circle
Coat of arms AT Alemannia Circle AT Alemannia
Basic data
University / s: University of Basel ,
FHNW Muttenz
Founding: 1819/1885
Place of foundation: Basel
Foundation date: 1819
Corporation association : SAT, SWR , CCB, STV
Colours:
Fox colors:
Type of Confederation: Men's association
Position to the scale : mandatory
Motto: Unity, freedom, fatherland, mens sana in corpore sano
Field shout ( Panier ): Alemannia be fried
Total members: 95
Active: 8th
Website: www.alemannia-basel.ch

The Academic Gymnastics Association Alemannia Basel (Alemannia) is a student association of the University of Basel and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) in Muttenz. The AT Alemannia is a closed life relationship. This means that its members are still members after completing their studies and remain so until they leave or they die. In principle, any student at the University of Basel or the FNHW can become active. The direction of the subject is free at Alemannia.

An important guiding principle of Alemannia is the liberal constitution of the Swiss Confederation . Alemannia is politically and religiously neutral. As a gymnastics body, the Alemannia has its origins in a gymnastics club. That means, she does regular sport. The Alemannia also cultivates mensurfing , with pummeling hours at least four times a week . Alemannia's duty beating , its members live by the principle of unconditional satisfaction and have to complete a certain number of mandatory parts. Alemannia does not have its own fraternity house. Instead, she is a partner in the Löwenzorn restaurant in Basel's old town. This is where their weekly tribes take place.

history

Prehistory and origin (end of the 18th century - 1885)

Alemannia emerged at the end of the 19th century from the Basel gymnastics club, which was founded as a result of the gymnastics movement . The idea of ​​gymnastics in the German-speaking area was a renewal movement that also had a strong political dimension. Through gymnastics and (light) athletics, both the spirit and the body of the youth should be built up, not least to maintain military ability. Unlike in Germany, gymnasts in Switzerland were not persecuted by the state, which meant that the idea of ​​gymnastics could spread much more undisturbed. In 1819 the idea of ​​gymnastics reached Basel. Basel citizens and students found the Basel Gymnastics Club. Alemannia relates its founding date to the founding of the gymnastics club. In 1832, the Basel Gymnastics Club played a key role in founding the Swiss Gymnastics Club. Due to different views on the gymnastics idea, after 1850 there was increasing tension between the bourgeois gymnasts and the academics. In 1855, the students finally left the gymnastics club and founded the Academic Gymnastics Club Basel (ATV Basel).

Inspired by high-profile members, efforts began among the members of the ATV from around 1870 to expand the gymnastics club into a lifelong relationship. In December 1879 a ribbon in red-white-black was finally introduced for the first time . A hat was added later. This development was contrary to the wishes of the already incorporated Couleur students of other connections. The conflicts that had already existed up to then intensified. In 1885 it was foreseeable that a personal relationship of life could only come about without the Couleur students. An application to exclude the Couleur students from the ATV was approved by the then President Leo Zehntner. The way to a closed life connection was paved.

The Path to Life Relationship (1885–1914)

The development to today's life connection then took place relatively quickly. In 1887, since the color black was already occupied, an orange cap was introduced. In 1889 it was replaced by a blue hat and finally in 1895 by today's black hat. In 1893 an old gentry was established for the first time , into which the members could be accepted after completing their studies. Far-reaching changes also occurred in other areas before 1900. Although gymnastics continued to occupy the most important position, a greater role was ascribed to Kommersen and fencing. Since 1893 there were also compulsory fencing lessons. Contractors were initially a private matter . It was not until 1910 that the SAT introduced unconditional satisfaction with the uniform Paukcomment . In 1905, the ATV was renamed the Akademische Turnerschaft Alemannia. With these important steps the transformation to a closed life connection was complete.

Alemannia in the 20th century

With the world wars , Alemannia experienced its first practical tests. Although Switzerland, and thus Basel, was spared the direct effects of the fighting, the war years of both world wars and the immediate post-war period were a burden for Aktivitas. The intensified military service, especially in the border town of Basel, as well as the Spanish flu in 1918 , resulted in the first significant decline in membership. In view of these events, as well as the impressions of the First World War , one was also prepared to radically change course. There was serious opposition to fencing in particular . Consideration was given to abolishing the unconditional satisfaction that had only recently been introduced . The idea was rejected again.

The number of active members stabilized during the 1920s. With the outbreak of World War II , the familiar problems returned. Once again there was a clear decline in membership with the corresponding consequences, which soon subsided again with the end of the war in 1945. In the following years the number of active people leveled off at ten people. As a result of the 1968 movement , there was another significant decline in membership. On the part of the association, this led to moderate reform efforts. As a result, there have been some changes between the 1970s and today. For example, it became unusual to wear the ribbon in lecture halls. The most recent reforms concerned the possibility of accepting foreign students and technical college students from the FHNW . In addition, Aktivitas decided to reduce the number of compulsory games to two.

Colors and circles

Colours

Boys band AT Alemannia
Fuxenband AT Alemannia

The Alemannia ribbon is made up of the colors of Switzerland (red and white) and the colors of the city of Basel and the canton of Basel-Stadt (black and white). The central white color is left out of the Fuxen tape. Boys' as well as fox bands have a silver percussion.

The active members of Alemannia wear a black flat cap with a white passepoil and a red-white-black advance with a silver percussion.

Circle

The circle of Alemannia contains four letters V , C , F and A . These are the first letters of the motto of most student associations, which is "vivat, crescat, floreat, (alemannia)". The translated wording is: "Long live, grow and bloom (the Alemannia)".

Umbrella organizations

SAT

The Swiss Academic Gymnastics Association (SAT) is a cartel association in which all current academic gymnastics associations in Switzerland are members. The SAT was founded on May 23, 1885 in Aarau at the suggestion of the ATV Basel as a cartel association of Swiss academic gymnastics clubs between the aforementioned ATV Basel, the STV Bern (today Rhenania Bern ), the UTV Zürich (today Utonia Zürich ) and the SPTV Zürich in its early years only corresponded to a loose federation. It was only with the introduction of the first central statutes in 1899 that the SAT became a superordinate central body. In addition to Alemannia, Rhenania Bern and Utonia Zurich are also members of the SAT. Furthermore, these were the two connections of the Academic Gymnastics Association Rhodania Geneva and the Academic Gymnastics Association Jurassia Lausanne, which have since expired. The SAT Convents take place once a year, in the spring semester, in Bern. The tasks of the SAT include the joint representation of the interests of the academic gymnastics associations both in the SWR and outside of Switzerland. It also ensures the lively exchange and contact between the members. Via the SAT, there are local old rulers in every canton in which a certain number of old gentlemen live, which hold a joint event at least once a month.

SWR

construction

The Alemannia is divided into the Aktivitas and the old rulers. All members who are still actively studying can be found in Aktivitas. After completing their studies, the active members are accepted into the old rulership, provided they meet the criteria for acceptance. The members of the Aktivitas divide themselves into Fuxen (or foxes) and boys . All young members start their active time as Fux. With the approval of the boys 'examination and the compulsory games, a Fux is accepted into the boys' salon and thus has all rights and obligations within the association. All members who have completed their studies and have switched to professional life ("Philistine life" according to student jargon) are accepted into the old manor. The old gentry is organized independently of the Aktivitas.

Alemanni in politics and public life

  • Othmar Uhl (born 1931): Swiss ambassador ret. D.
  • Fritz Pümpin (1901–1972): Swiss painter, honorary member of AT Alemannia
  • Emil Hoffmann: (1865–1927): Swiss pastor, government and national councilor of the canton of Thurgau
  • Dr. iur. Gustav Adolf Seiler (1875–1949): Baselbieter national and government councilor
  • Prof. Dr. Karl Weber (1880–1961): Swiss newspaper scholar

literature

  • S. Büchi: History of the Turnerschaft Alemannia Basel 1819–1930 . Liestal 1930.
  • D. Glenck among others: Academic Turnerschaft Alemannia Basel 1819–1969 . Liestal 1969.
  • G.-R. Bezzola et al.: Swiss Academic Gymnastics Association 1885–1985 . Bern 1987.
  • SAT membership directory, summer semester 1916 . Liestal 1916.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 190.
  2. Gian-Reto Bezzola et al .: Swiss Academic Turnerschaft 1885–1985. 1987, p. 40.
  3. ^ Robert Briner: Turnerschaft "Utonia" Zurich (UTV) - History of the first hundred semesters compiled for the 50th anniversary 1873–1923. 1923, p. 11.