Bonner Wingolf

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Color map of the Bonner Wingolf from 1905

The Bonner Wingolf is a Christian , non-denominational student association. Like all Wingolf connections, the Bonn Wingolf rejects duel and mensur . It was founded on December 19, 1841 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . This makes it the oldest Wingolf connection. Forerunner was a theologians' association whose beginnings go back to the 1820s. The association adopted the motto “Fromm, Frisch, Froh, Frei” based on gymnastics father Jahn and his gymnastics movement. He was the first to wear the colors black-white-gold, which later became the federal colors of the Wingolfsbund , of which he is a founding member.

history

From its foundation to its dissolution in the summer semester of 1849

Towards the end of the 1820s, an association of students, predominantly theologians, arose in Bonn, who agreed to reject the duel. The regular meeting place was called the theologian pub, which was carried over to the association. Probably the most prominent member was Gottfried Kinkel . At the end of the 1830s the theologian pub split into an older and a younger theologian pub. While the former soon died out, the latter prospered.

The "younger theologian bar" in SS 1841

The association had a lively exchange with related associations in Jena and Halle.

In the winter semester of 1841/42, this association developed into a connection that was called Wingolf from November 30, 1841. The formal establishment took place on December 19, 1841. As a distinguishing mark, the connection initially only wore a black beret. The founders were Christian Bickenbach , Otto Ludolf Brockhaus, Richard Engelbert , Ernst Jungk , Otto Reinhardt (theologian) , Albrecht Schöler , Clamor Topp and Karl Friedrich Zickwolf. On the first official club evening on January 7, 1842, Willibald Beyschlag and Friedrich Wilhelm Becker were also accepted. Numerous other members of the theological bar, including Gustav Wurm, joined the new association in the following semesters. Schoeler, Wolters, Beyschlag and Wurm also belonged to the cockchafer association founded by Johanna and Gottfried Kinkel .

The founders of the Bonn Wingolf Engelbert and Reinhardt at the 65th Foundation Festival in 1906

The association rejected the duel and placed itself under the principles of morality, science and sociability. Schoeler also explicitly counted religiosity among the principles. Only those who personally recognized the rejection of the duel as binding could become a full member of the association. In addition to the weekly club evenings and pubs, there were semester opening and closing commers as well as a celebration of devotion (devotion) and, in winter, the big foundation festival.

From the beginning, the association did not see itself as confessional. In the summer semester of 1843, almost a quarter of the members were not of Protestant faith. The new admission of many Catholics is noted. Catholic theologians were also among the members. Among them was the later well-known Old Catholic and Mayor of Boppard Joseph Syrée.

Because almost half of the students at the Protestant faculty in Bonn at that time came from abroad, the association had numerous foreigners in its ranks from the start, including English, a French, Finns and Swiss. Friendly relations were also maintained with Concordia Utrecht, which is recognized as equal. At the end of the summer semester of 1842, several members left Bonn for Berlin. The association therefore decided to set up a branch in Berlin. In order to have a certain level of leadership from the beginning, Zickwolf was appointed spokesman, who on February 9, 1843, reported the founding of the Berlin branch on January 28, 1843 to Bonn. However, it was only a forerunner of the later Berlin Wingolf , which was only founded on August 11, 1843, now under the direction of the graves, which also belonged to the Bonn connection.

On July 5, 1844, the Halle association split . The Wingolfite direction was led by Rohde, who also belonged to the Bonn and Berlin connections, and became the first speaker. In the following, Germania only maintained relationships with this association, which from December 20, 1844 called itself Wingolf.

During the summer semester of 1844, the connection was renamed Germania. According to Grashof, the reason was that they rubbed against the masculine gender of the name Wingolf. Schoeler thinks that the name Germania was simply more familiar to the public. Both agree that a change of direction was not associated with it.

Albrecht Schoeler's pipe head from 1842

When the connections from Berlin, Halle and Erlangen ( Uttenruthia ) met in Schleiz from May 27 to 31, 1844 to agree on a closer union, the Bonn Wingolf was also invited. Why he did not appear is lost in the darkness of history. Waitz claims, referring to Luthardt, that personal meetings with other associations were forbidden. This claim seems doubtful, however, because it is reported elsewhere that representatives were sent to Erlangen and presented the Uttenruthia as a gift with a commemorative book with the title: "The Wingolfiter in Bonn to their brothers in Erlangen to celebrate the 100th university anniversary in August 1843" . The further assertion that the invitation to Bonn did not arrive there can now be considered refuted (This is printed again and again in the history tables of the membership lists of the Wingolfsbund “Vademecum Wingolfiticum”. The letter is in the archive of the Bonn Wingolf.) The association accepted the resolutions from Schleiz and explained that members from the brotherly associations were accepted "per se". It is therefore counted among the founding connections of the Wingolfsbund.

Color map of the first Wingolf house in Bonn at Talweg 47

Later, however, the relationship with Erlangen and Halle clouded over. Lively contacts and exchanges of members continued with Berlin.

In 1845, the connection sets first the colors black, white and gold at what later Berlin and Halle, 1850, by the from the Erlanger Uttenruthia incurred Erlanger Wingolf was acquired. Today 22 of the 35 active wingolf clubs wear these colors.

On site, the association continued to advocate the general rejection of the duel, eventually formed the "general public" with all other corporations except the corps and finally founded the so-called AC on December 21, 1846 with the fraternity associations Fridericia and Franconia but only existed until April 30, 1847. Obviously in connection with this association, in whose founding declaration the Germania is also referred to as a "fraternity", Waitz then concludes that the Germania has mutated into a fraternity. The main aim of this agreement, however, was the creation of a joint honorary jurisdiction and general cooperation in student affairs. In addition, Germania clearly distinguished itself from the fraternities. Konrad Duden writes in his Historiography for the year 1846: “The same principles also regard the fraternity connections as their foundations. But while they grasped their principles only as carriers and formers of the individual personality in connection with the excellent free citizen, the founders of our association took these three principles from the essentially Christian standpoint. They wanted to see these three categories captured in the general Christian spirit. The association did not only want to delimit its purpose in the formation of a free and liberal citizen, but rather - to summarize its ideal purpose here - it wanted to work in common striving to make the personality a unified, free, area of ​​life of true humanity lead: and this again seems to him nothing other than freedom in Christ. The religious principle, then, insofar as general, animating love is not dogma (because there was no church connection to be formed according to convicle) should be that which carries and fertilizes these three categories ... ".

The decline of Germania began in 1846, and although it existed until the summer semester of 1849, its effectiveness had obviously decreased significantly. The reports in the federal book about this time were added later and are not very informative. The revolutionary turmoil is reported, but not that they participated in any form. After almost all members wanted to leave Bonn after the summer semester of 1849, the connection was broken, but it was decided to meet again in 1853. This meeting also took place. It was decided to try to re-establish Germania.

The re-establishment from 1856 until today

From 1854 on, members of the brother associations came to Bonn and tried to found a wingolf there again. It is not known to what extent there were already contacts with the members of the "old association" during this time. The actual establishment of a Wingolf association did not take place until 1856, largely supported by members - the Halle Wingolf . They viewed the association they had founded, at least initially - as a new foundation, but adopted the Wingolf colors and the motto from their predecessor. Efforts were made as early as 1858 to acquire the Germania flag and other connecting objects that had been found by the station inspector.

In 1859 Schoeler (speaker from the winter semester 1842/43 to the winter semester 1843/44) wrote to the association that it should become aware of its previous history. From the 1960s at the latest, the members of the so-called “old club” join the Bonn Wingolf from 1856 in droves. Bungeroth (President of the Theologenkneipe in the summer semester of 1841) justifies his joining in 1867: “I join Wingolf because I can assure you with my hand on my heart that what has now become of this beginning, we founders before the Soul has floated. "Grashoff (spokesman in the winter semesters 1844/45 and 45/46) writes:" That, due to the traffic that was plowed in August last year, I like the current Bonn Wingolf and definitely as the legitimate successor of the Germania (Wingolf) there (of which I was a member from 1842 to 1846). "Römer (speaker in the summer semester 1845, summer semester 1846 and winter semester 1846/47) writes:" I believe (namely when he was in Bonn) to have gained the conviction that you in in the same way as we, cherish and sustain moral conviviality on Christian soil with joyful seriousness. "

Kneipsaal of the Bonner Wingolf

The Bonner Wingolf celebrated the year 1856 as the founding date until 1891. Only when u. a. the sons of Engelbert (spokesman in the summer semester of 1842) and Schoelers strongly advocate backdating, the Bonn Old Masters' Convention finally agrees. Wilhelm Stammer, who joined Germania in 1845, justified his support for the backdating, among other things, with the fact that the Bonn Wingolf had already declared at the celebration of the (university) anniversary in 1868 that he considered himself a continuation of Germania. However, for reasons of cost it was decided not to have a big foundation party. This was then made up for at the 60th Foundation Festival in 1901. Keller reports that Engelbert held the solemn celebration (devotion), Reinhardt (1st elected spokesman for the foundation in 1841) the ceremonial speech at the Kommers and afterwards both of them stabbed a country father with one of the old berets .

In 1893/94, the connection acquired their first connection house in Bonn Talweg 47, which was replaced in 1930 by a much larger house in Koblenzer Straße 104, today's Adenauerallee.

Wingolfshaus Adenauerallee 104, 2008

On February 23, 1936, the connection broke up under pressure from the National Socialists. The house came into the possession of the university. The re-establishment took place on December 20, 1948. The official reopening of the house on Koblenzer Strasse took place on December 20, 1959.

The connection provided the suburb of the Wingolf Association several times, most recently from 1991 to 1993, and was instrumental in the re-establishment of the so-called Diezer Convention with the Giessen and Marburg Wingolf in 1991 , which had set itself the goal of renewing the Wingolf idea. A short time later it was achieved that the Wingolfsbund demanded from the members of its connections that they profess Jesus Christ as their Lord.

Known members

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

  • Adolf Krummacher

  • Konrad Duden

  • Friedrich von Bodelschwingh the Elder Ä.

  • Fritz von Bodelschwingh

literature

  • From Wingolf , Halle, 1853, Bonnenser Wingolf, p. 75 ff.
  • From the Wingolf , Marburg, 1860, Bonnenser Wingolf, pp. 55 ff u. 355 ff.
  • From Wingolf, Blossom Harvest , 1875, Bonner Wingolf.
  • Hans Keller: History of the Bonner Wingolfs . in: Hans Waitz : History of Wingolfsverbindungen , Verlag old Wingolfiten: Darmstadt 1914, pp. 71–132.
  • Hans Waitz: History of the Wingolfsbund communicated and presented from the sources; Johannes Waitz and Wingolfsverlag mb H. Darmstadt Wolfratshausen 1926.
  • August Grashoff (Bo42): Bonn memories from autumn 1842 to autumn 1846 . In: Mitteilungsblatt des Bonner Wingolf , 1927, p. 1 ff.
  • Otto Imgart, Der Urwingolf am Rhein in the 1930s and 1940s Wolfratshausen Wingolfsverlag mbH Wolfratshausen 1927.
  • Robert Ulrich Giesecke, Martin Trautner: From the beginnings of Wingolf (1841-1849) Bonn 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ history of Bonn Waldensian Wingolf . In: From the Wingolf , Marburg 1860, p. 55 f.
  2. ↑ Hans Waitz: History of the Wingolfsbund communicated and presented from the sources, Johannes Waitz and Wingolfsverlag mb H., Darmstadt Wolfratshausen 1926, p. 39 f.
  3. ↑ Otto Imgart, The Urwingolf on the Rhine in the 30s and 40s Wolfratshausen Wingolfsverlag mbH Wolfratshausen 1927, p. 5 u. 7th
  4. ↑ Otto Imgart, Der Urwingolf am Rhein in the 1930s and 1940s Wolfratshausen Wingolfsverlag mbH Wolfratshausen 1927, p. 6.
  5. ↑ Secretary's report from 1842 in Giesecke / Trautner From the beginnings of Wingolf (1841-1849) , p. 48 ff.
  6. ↑ Hans Keller: History of the Bonner Wingolfs . in: Hans Waitz : Geschichte der Wingolfsverbindungen , Verlag alter Wingolfiten: Darmstadt 1914, p. 78, quoting Schoeler's diary of January 30, 1842.
  7. ↑ August Grashoff (Bo42): Bonn memories from autumn 1842 to autumn 1846 . In: Mitteilungsblatt des Bonner Wingolf , 1927, p. 4.
  8. ↑ Otto Imgart, Der Urwingolf am Rhein in the 1930s and 1940s Wolfratshausen Wingolfsverlag mbH Wolfratshausen 1927, p. 9.
  9. ↑ August Grashoff (Bo42): Bonn memories from autumn 1842 to autumn 1846 . In: Mitteilungsblatt des Bonner Wingolf , 1927, p. 2 u. 4 ff.
  10. ↑ Otto Imgart, Der Urwingolf am Rhein in the 1930s and 1940s Wolfratshausen Wingolfsverlag mbH Wolfratshausen 1927, p. 10.
  11. ↑ Hans Keller: History of the Bonner Wingolfs . In: Hans Waitz: Geschichte der Wingolfsverbindungen , Verlag alter Wingolfiten: Darmstadt 1914, p. 86.
  12. ↑ Hans Waitz: History of the Wingolfsbund communicated and presented from the sources, Johannes Waitz and Wingolfsverlag mb H., Darmstadt Wolfratshausen 1926, p. 44.
  13. ↑ Fr. Büchsel: History of the Halenser Wingolf . In: Hans Waitz: Geschichte der Wingolfsverbindungen , Verlag alter Wingolfiten: Darmstadt 1914, p. 441.
  14. ↑ Otto Imgart, Der Urwingolf am Rhein in the 1930s and 1940s Wolfratshausen Wingolfsverlag mbH Wolfratshausen 1927, p. 10.
  15. ↑ August Grashoff (Bo42): Bonn memories from autumn 1842 to autumn 1846 . In: Mitteilungsblatt des Bonner Wingolf , 1927, p. 1.
  16. ↑ Hans Waitz: History of the Wingolfsbund communicated and presented from the sources, Johannes Waitz and Wingolfsverlag mb H., Darmstadt Wolfratshausen 1926, p. 48.
  17. ↑ Otto Imgart, Der Urwingolf am Rhein in the 1930s and 1940s Wolfratshausen Wingolfsverlag mbH Wolfratshausen 1927, p. 9.
  18. ↑ Bundesbuch II, page 145/146 (not published, but quoted by Keller. In: Hans Waitz: Geschichte der Wingolfsverbindungen , Verlag alter Wingolfiten: Darmstadt 1914, p. 104 f.)
  19. ↑ Hans Keller: History of the Bonner Wingolfs . In: Hans Waitz: Geschichte der Wingolfsverbindungen , Verlag alter Wingolfiten: Darmstadt 1914, p. 107 ff.
  20. ↑ Circular to the Philistines of the Bonn Wingolf regarding the dating of the foundation festival from December 19, 1856 to December 19, 1841 from December 12, 1891, p. 2.
  21. ↑ Circular to the Philistines of Wingolf in Bonn regarding the dating of the foundation festival from December 19, 1856 to December 19, 1841 from December 12, 1891, p. 4.
  22. ↑ Hans Keller: History of the Bonner Wingolfs . In: Hans Waitz: History of Wingolfsverbindungen , Verlag old Wingolfiten: Darmstadt 1914, p. 128 f.
  23. ^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 25.

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