Academic gymnastics club Utonia Zurich

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Academic gymnastics club Utonia Zurich

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Basic data
University location: Zurich
University / s: University of Zurich
ETH Zurich
Zurich universities of applied sciences
Founding: February 21, 1873 in Zurich
Corporation association : Swiss Academic Gymnastics Association (SAT)
Corporations Convent Zurich (CCZ)
Abbreviation: Ut!
Color status : colored
Colours:
Cap: blue flat cap with white passepoil and white-blue advance with silver percussion
Type of Confederation: Men's association
Religion / Denomination: neutral
Position to the scale : mandatory
Motto: mens sana in corpore sano
Field shout ( Panier ): Utonia be panier!
Total members: about 150
Active: 13
Website: utonia.ch

The Turnerschaft Utonia (full name: Akademische Turnerschaft Utonia Zurich ; short form: Utonia ) is a student association of the University and ETH Zurich . The association was founded on February 21, 1873 as a student gymnastics club (STV). In the same year the club was renamed the University Gymnastics Club Zurich. The name Utonia goes back to an allusion to Zurich's local mountain, the Uetliberg , which is popularly referred to as Uto. Utonia Zurich, together with the Academic Gymnastics Association Rhenania Bern and the Academic Gymnastics Association Alemannia Basel, form the Swiss Academic Gymnastics Association (SAT). As a striking connection, it also belongs to the Swiss Arms Ring and the Zurich Ring. The members of the Utonia gymnastics club are called Utonen.

The motto of the Utonia gymnastics club is the same as for all SAT members: “ Mens sana in corpore sano ”. The connection is color-bearing, mandatory and, in addition to the principle of life covenant (so-called life connection), also avows unconditional satisfaction . The band of the members is colored white-blue, the cap is blue with a white passepoil and a white-blue advance and silver percussion.

Due to the principle of life covenant, membership in the Utonia gymnastics club does not end with the end of studies, but lasts for life. Simultaneous membership in another university association is only permitted to a limited extent. When changing the university, the central statutes of the SAT have made it mandatory for everyone to transfer to the SAT corporation of the new study location since 1899. The Utonia gymnastics association is a male association. After completing their studies, the members of the Utonia gymnastics club move from the active association (Aktivitas) to the old men’s association (AHV).

history

prehistory

In 1819, 300 years of the Reformation was celebrated in Zurich. The celebrations united students from Bern and Zurich. As a result of these encounters, among other things , a gymnastics society was founded in Zurich in addition to the Swiss Zofingerverein . This gymnastics society was finally able to merge into a club in 1824. Until 1847, the Zürcher Turngesellschaft consisted of both students and civic members, after which it was split up into the old section and the student gymnastics club .

The student gymnastics club of 1847 benefited from the large influx of students from abroad that the Federal Polytechnic School opened on October 15, 1855 ( ETH Zurich since 1911 ). The proportion of members who studied at the polytechnic increased rapidly, so that in 1859 the club was forced to change its name to student and polytechnic gymnastics club.

“ In the winter semester of 1872/73 there were still 6 university students in the ranks of the gymnasts [...] They all joined the newly founded STV at the end of that semester. "

From gymnastics club to student union

1873 Foundation of the student gymnastics club (STV) and renaming to Zurich University gymnastics club (UTV),

Introduction of the circle and membership of the Federal Gymnastics Association

1874 Introduction of the white-blue ribbon>
1876/77 Introduction of an obligatory Kantus lesson and first gymnast ball
1887 Total revision of the statutes with the new provision that polytechnicians and auditors can only be accepted as associates.
1884/85 First beer comment printed
1885 Student riots with consequences (ban on duels),

Foundation of the Cartel Association of Swiss Academic Gymnastics Clubs in Aarau on May 23 with ATV Basel (now Alemannia Basel ) and STV Bern (now Rhenania Bern )

1888 Foundation of the Association of Former Members of the UTV (July 26th)
1890 Revision of the statutes:
  • Introduction of boys ' conventions , Fuxmajor and Kantusmagister;
  • The admission of the polytechnicians who transferred to the UTV after the dissolution of the SPTV is subsequently legitimized and the regulation of 1887 is reversed.
1902 Conversion of the gymnastics club into a student union
1905 Renaming of the UTV in Turnerschaft Utonia
1910 Introduction of unconditional satisfaction
1928 Foundation of the Swiss Arms Ring with the participation of the Utonia gymnastics club
1946 Utonia batch delegation flanks the lectern at Winston Churchill's address to the academic youth;

Foundation of the Zürcher Ring (ZR)

Structure, activities, alignment

construction

In reference to the similar pronunciation of Fux (new member) and fox (animal), foxes can be found again and again in the vicinity of student associations

The Utonia Gymnastics Association is an association under Article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code. It is divided into Aktivitas (active members) and Altherrenverband (members after graduating). The Aktivitas is composed of Füxen (new members), active lads (regular members), inactive lads (lads in advanced studies) and external members (absent members). The old gentlemen's association is made up of old men , honorary members and holders of the Couleur loop.

activities

Utonia gymnastics club

According to the statutes of the Utonia gymnastics club, it undertakes activities for the physical training of its members and weekly social events to cultivate friendship and traditional student customs.

Alignment

The Utonia gymnastics community is politically and denominationally neutral. It also accepts students from all disciplines.

Color

Cap

Blue flat cap with white passepoil and white-blue advance with silver percussion. Inactive boys (on the trunk) and old men are allowed to wear a so-called barrel . Occasionally old men wear other hat shapes, but in contrast to barrels, these hat shapes have no deeper meaning.

tape

The band of the Utones is white-blue with silver percussion. The boy and fox band are identical.

fencing

The Utonia is a mandatory alliance; d. H. it is one of the duties of its members to strike so-called determination mensuras. Since the summer semester (SS) 1901, the Utonians have carried out such determinations . As a result, the scale critique was introduced. In contrast to contraghens, determination mensuras are not based on a dispute between the timpani, but are agreed between them on a friendly basis. The Utonia only introduced unconditional satisfaction in 1910. Utonia is a founding member of the Swiss Armed Forces Ring (SWR). Accordingly, the members of the Utonia gymnastics club are committed to unconditional satisfaction until today .

Sporting successes

Gymnastics festival year Federal wreaths Cantonal wreaths
Freiburg 1873 (Rank unclear) -
Zurich 1874 laurel -
Forest 1875 - Oak trees
Bern 1876 Oak trees -
Winterthur 1877 - laurel
St. Gallen 1878 Oak trees -
Thalwil 1881 - laurel
Aarau 1882 Oak trees -
Hottingen 1883 - laurel
Chur 1884 Oak trees -
Basel 1886 laurel -
Aussersihl 1887 - Oak trees
Lucerne 1888 Oak trees -
Hallau 1890 - laurel
Geneva 1891 laurel -
Wiedikon 1893 - laurel
Lugano 1894 laurel -
Küsnacht 1896 - laurel
Schaffhausen 1897 laurel -
Thalwil 1899 - laurel
Wetzikon 1902 - laurel
Zurich 1903 Oak trees -
Bern 1906 laurel -

There are also 3 laurel wreaths (1906, 1909, 1912) for participation in the gymnastics competition of the federal gymnastics club.

Fraternity house

The Plattenhof has been Utonia's liaison house since 1973 . This is where the hotel of the same name is located with the associated restaurant Sento. The civil law owner of the Plattenhof is the Plattenhof AG, which is made up exclusively of members of the SAT .

Known members

literature

  • Robert Briner, Gymnastics Association "Utonia" Zurich (UTV) - history of the first hundred semesters compiled for the 50th anniversary 1873-1923 , Zurich 1923
  • Aebi Jürg / Baumann Paul / Gantenbein Hans / Ungricht Erwin / Hegg Jean-Jaques / Hartmann Peter, Utonia Academic Gymnastics Association in Zurich 1873-1973 , Zurich 1973
  • Christian Brändli (ed.), 125 years of Utonia gymnastics in Zurich 1873-1998 , Zurich 1998

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Aebi Jürg, Baumann Paul, Gantenbein Hans, Ungricht Erwin, Hegg Jean-Jaques, Hartmann Peter: Akademische Turnerschaft Utonia zu Zürich 1873-1973 , Zürich 1973
  2. ↑ In the streets of Zurich - You have to know these 15 streets and squares. NZZ, accessed on April 18, 2017 .
  3. ^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 195.
  4. ↑ Robert Briner, Turnerschaft "Utonia" Zurich (UTV) - History of the first hundred semesters compiled for the 50th anniversary 1873-1923, p. 52.
  5. ↑ Robert Briner, Turnerschaft "Utonia" Zurich (UTV) - History of the first hundred semesters compiled for the 50th anniversary 1873-1923, p. 52.

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