Berlin fraternity of the Märker

coat of arms

Basic data
University location:	Berlin , Germany
First foundation:	February 3, 1842
Association:	German fraternity
Position to the scale:	Duty
Colours:	black-crimson (pink) -gold
Address:	Podbielskiallee 15
Website:	www.maerker-berlin.de

The Berlin fraternity of the Märker is a student union founded on February 3, 1842 as Landsmannschaft Normannia Berlin (see below) in the umbrella organization of the German fraternity . It was founded on October 18, 1950 as the conversion of the Berlin fraternity Normannia while at the same time merging with the Berlin fraternities Franconia and Teutonia.

The Märker embody one of the very few successful mergers of three different associations in Germany with equal rights. Among them is Normannia, the second association that was re-established in Germany after the student persecution due to the Karlsbad resolutions - after Ulmia in Tübingen in 1840 - and Gedania / Franconia, a founding member of the Deutsche Burschenschaft (DB).

The Berlin fraternity of the Märker is a mandatory academic corporation at the Berlin universities and technical colleges. After the Second World War , the Märker was a founding member of the DB Blue Association.

Color

The colors are black-crimson-gold . A black cloth cap is worn as the occiput . Newly accepted members immediately receive the ribbon with all three colors, the Berlin fraternity of Märker is not familiar with the award of fuxen colors .

history

Landsmannschaft / Berliner Burschenschaft Normannia

On February 3, 1842, a Cerevisia or world pub was founded , which was established in February 1845 as the Landsmannschaft Normannia Berlin with the colors blue-silver-black. On July 23, 1855, the Corps Normannia split off , as a result of which two associations with the same name, the same date of foundation and similar colors existed side by side in Berlin. In 1905 some of the members split off from the Normannia Landsmannschaft to form the Normannia Corps. At Pentecost 1924 Normannia became a fraternity and a member of the DB and from then on referred to itself as the Berlin fraternity Normannia . Her pub was at Chausseestrasse 64 in Berlin. In February 1936, Normannia disbanded due to National Socialist conformity.

Berlin fraternity Gedania / Franconia

In the winter semester of 1877, a group of students from Gdańsk met in Berlin and on May 14, 1878 founded the Gedania Association , which was converted into the Berliner Burschenschaft Gedania on January 25, 1881 and, in July of the same year, a founding member of the General Deputy Convention - the forerunner organization the DB - belonged. In July 1884 Gedania was suspended by the University Court and immediately re-established as the Berlin fraternity Franconia . Franconia co-founded the Blue Circle in the DB in August 1919, but left it again in 1925 and founded the Blue Association in August 1927. The fraternity house was located at Ringstrasse 22 in Friedenau . In the spring of 1937 Franconia disbanded due to the National Socialist coordination.

Free / Berlin fraternity Teutonia

On June 17, 1887, an Academic Reform Association Teutonia with the colors purple-green-crimson was founded at the University of Berlin. In October 1888 this changed into the Free Fraternity of Teutonia with the colors green-white-purple. In 1910 Teutonia was accepted into the Rüdesheimer Deputy Convent, which was absorbed into the DB on January 4, 1919, and was now called the Berlin Burschenschaft Teutonia . On June 20, 1936, Teutonia disbanded because of the National Socialist Gleichschaltung, but ran a student comradeship from 1938 together with the Primislavia fraternity in Berlin , which was renamed the Werner von Siemens comradeship in 1940 .