Albertus (pin)
An Albertus is a pin that has been worn by students at the Albertus University in Königsberg and later by East Prussian high school graduates since the beginning of the 19th century . The pins came up in 1801 and were worn by students as part of the color on the student cap and by high school graduates on the lapel .
layout
Albertus goes back to a stone relief portrait of Duke Albrecht on the outer wall of the Königsberg Collegium Albertinum . He shows the portrait of the founder of the university, Duke Albrecht , in a half-length portrait, bareheaded, in armor and with the shining sword, the symbol of his ruling power, over his shoulder. The sword has been preserved and is kept in a museum in Wiesbaden .
The inscription CIVIS ACAD. ALB. stands for academic citizen of the Albertina .
historical development
Badge of the Königsberg students
“After the wars of liberation, the student body, whose members went into the struggle for freedom with great enthusiasm, still had that unified spirit in which they fought for the freedom of Germany with the whole of the great fatherland, as the songs of Arndt and Schenkendorff praised had. That is why such efforts aimed at uniting all students met with lively approval here in Königsberg. In 1817 two older boys, Lubecius and Sawatzki , donated the silver Albertus, the portrait of the founder of the university, which was soon accepted as a badge for all students enrolled here and worn as a general student recognition and honor. "
Alberten were worn by all students on hats, even on top hats. In the pre-March prohibited the 19th century went in another course in the student body, the custom to wear a Albertus on his cap back; the corps abolished Albertus in the summer semester of 1875. In the end, Albertus was only worn by the Gothia and Teutonia fraternities .
Badges of West German students
Some originally Königsberg student associations still wear the Albertus on their hats or have put it back on at West German universities after they were expelled and re-established. The members of the Kiel Corps Palaiomarchia-Masovia have been wearing Albertus on a silver clasp since 1953 to connect their Altmark and Masuria ribbon in memory of their founding corps Masovia from Königsberg.
Badge of East Prussian high school graduates
In addition, the Albertus needles also became a symbol for graduates of grammar schools in East Prussia , who had acquired the higher education entrance qualification as Civis Academicus with the successful Abitur examination . On the occasion of the graduation ceremony, the graduates received such silly things from relatives, family members, friends and acquaintances.
The number of jerks was a measure of the family and public reputation that the high school graduate (and his family) enjoyed. For about a week they were worn on the lapel and the red striker . The Mulus here demonstratively announced its right and its intention to soon become a citizen of the Albertina; but those who did not want to study also put on the foolish.
These were gold badges of various sizes. For the high school graduate after his matriculation at the Albertina, they were also a financial reserve because of the material value. Jewelers, loan shops and pawn shops in Koenigsberg had prepared themselves to buy back such idiots from financially struggling or distressed students and to bring them back into circulation as used goods.
At some German grammar schools that have exchange and sponsorship programs with schools in Kaliningrad , it is now customary for graduates to be presented with a pin when they receive their certificates.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt : Königsberg from A to Z. A city dictionary. Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7612-0092-7
- ↑ a b Traditionsgemeinschaft Herzog-Albrechts-Schule and Hindenburg-Oberschule zu Rastenburg / East Prussia: Festschrift for the 425th anniversary of the founding year 1546 of the Herzog-Albrechts-Schule and the 150th anniversary of the founding year 1821 of the Hindenburg-Oberschule in Rastenburg in East Prussia . Hamburg 1971, p. 20
- ↑ In: Rüdiger Döhler (Ed.): Corps Masovia. The 175-year history of Königsberg's oldest and Potsdam's first corporation in the 21st century. Munich 2005, ISBN 3-00-016108-2
literature
- Hans Lippold: The Albertina and the Albertus . Einst und Jetzt , Vol. 17 (1972), pp. 137-144