General German fraternity

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The Allgemeine Deutsche Burschenschaft ( ADB ) is a fraternity corporation that was founded in Jena in 2016 from then 27 member associations with 3,600 members. The association currently has 27 members. The founding members were mostly former members of the Deutsche Burschenschaft (DB), which had split in a dispute over the direction.

It is to be distinguished from the Allgemeine Deutsche Burschenschaft of 1818 , a short-lived phenomenon in connection with the original fraternity , and the Allgemeine Deutsche Burschenbund , a reform fraternity that existed from 1883–1934.

Features and principles

Flag of the original fraternity from 1816

The principles of the Allgemeine Deutsche Burschenschaft refer to the Jenaische Urburschenschaft of 1815. Accordingly, the association colors are black, red and gold and the association symbol shows a golden oak leaf on a red, black and red background. The motto is honor, freedom, fatherland . The member fraternities are color-bearing, weapons student corporations, which have committed themselves to the principle of life covenant. You have the duty to oppose all efforts that contradict the principles of freedom, democracy and the rule of law

Politically, the General German Burschenschaft is positioned between the far-right German Burschenschaft (DB) and the New German Burschenschaft (NeueDB or NDB), which is considered comparatively liberal .

history

prehistory

Within the German fraternity, there has long been a conflict between groups around the fraternity , which are described as relatively nationalistic and in some cases as right-wing extremists, and relatively liberal groups. In part, the conflict arose from the question of whether the criteria for admission to member associations should be ethnically defined. In the 1990s, this already led to the separation of the New German Burschenschaft, which did not end the conflict within the remaining German Burschenschaft.

In 2003, the Stuttgart Association of the German Burschenschaft created the Stuttgart Initiative (SI), which was originally intended as a discussion platform to overcome contradictions, but developed over time towards a counterweight to the Burschenschaftlichen community.

After the conflicts within the German Burschenschaft broke out in 2011 because of a member of the Hansea Mannheim fraternity whose parents come from Hong Kong , the Stuttgart initiative expanded in 2012 to become the Burschenschaftliche Zukunft (IBZ) initiative , which brought together numerous relatively liberal groups. After most of the IBZ member associations had left the DB , an association founding committee was created from the ranks of the IBZ with the participation of other student associations with the aim of founding a new association. From 2013 to 2015, this committee organized six conferences in Braunschweig , Stuttgart , Gießen , Munich and twice in Jena .

Foundation in Jena

The green fir tree in Jena, founding place of the original fraternity, seat of the B! Arminia in the castle cellar

After intensive preparation, the year after the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the original fraternity in 2016, the general German fraternity was founded. On September 30, 2016, the ADB was proclaimed in front of the founding place of the original fraternity, the Gasthaus Grüne Tanne in Jena, and officially founded on October 3 with the signing of the founding deed by representatives of the 27 founding fraternities. On the founding weekend, fraternity members were the target of several damage to property, bodily harm and theft by suspected left-wing extremists .

Association life

The ADB boys' day takes place every year in Jena.

In 2017, the ADB took part in the festive event for the 200th anniversary of the Wartburg Festival .

The Sudetia fraternity in Munich joined the ADB on the 2018 Boys' Day.

At the end of 2019, the ADB had 27 member unions at 18 university locations.

Chairing fraternity

Association magazine

The association magazine Der Burschenschafter. Periodical of the General German Burschenschaft. has been published every six months since 2017 in printed form (print run: 1,900 copies) and freely accessible online as a PDF file and is published by the respective chairman of the fraternity.

See also

Web links

supporting documents

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  2. ↑ a b c d Founding of the General German Burschenschaft. In: faz.net. Retrieved February 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Principles - General German Burschenschaft. In: Allgemeine-burschenschaft.de. Retrieved February 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Stuttgarter Burschenschaften: Criticism of “wax-soft demarcation” from the right-wing conservative umbrella organization - Stuttgart - Stuttgarter Zeitung. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de. Retrieved February 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Thomas Steiner: The split of the German fraternities is sealed. In. Badische Zeitung from October 1, 2016 (accessed on February 19, 2018)
  6. ↑ New umbrella organization is about to be founded in Spiegel Online on June 12, 2015, accessed on February 21, 2019
  7. ↑ Fraternities founding a liberal umbrella organization in Jena , Thüringer Allgemeine from September 30, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2019
  8. ^ Peter-Philipp Schmitt: New Burschenschaft Association. Against the right image. In: FAZ of October 4, 2016 (accessed on February 28, 2019)
  9. ^ Fabian Klaus: Acts of violence against fraternity members in Jena. , In: Thüringer Allgemeine from October 6, 2016 (accessed on February 28, 2019)
  10. ↑ One year after it was founded, all 28 fraternities are still there. In: Thüringische Landeszeitung from September 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ Jensen Zlotowicz: fraternity members present twice. In: Thüringer Allgemeine from March 30, 2017.
  12. ^ General German fraternity. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
  13. ^ Members - General German Burschenschaft. In: Allgemeine-burschenschaft.de. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Cathrin Elss-Seringhaus: Moving away from the reactionary image Saarbrücker “Germania” is chairing the new “more liberal” fraternity association. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung of October 8, 2016 (accessed on February 20, 2019)
  15. ↑ a b online edition on the website of the Allgemeine Deutsche Burschenschaft .