Bremen Society of Freiburg im Breisgau

Bremen Society and Bremen Coat of Arms (Doeberl 1931)

The Bremen Society of Freiburg im Breisgau (BG) is an academic lecture society founded in 1886 and a group of friends of scientifically and socially interested students from Freiburg universities.

Self-image

The society is politically and religiously independent and is open to all students at Freiburg universities. The society deliberately distinguished itself from the classic connection system. The aim is to exchange ideas on socio-political and cultural topics through an independently organized public semester program. The supporting program of the semester includes lectures, readings, excursions, films, parties, balls, etc. This commitment is made possible by the support association of former active people, which is responsible for the premises in Werthmannstr. 16 and the semester budget comes up. Meetings take place in the BG, lectures are held and parties are celebrated. Four of the members or guests also live there. The life covenant principle is not mandatory, but is lived by many members.

history

The Bremen Society was originally founded on October 5, 1886 by six students from Bremen . Soon the circle expanded to include like-minded people from all over Germany, Europe and the world. Nonetheless, the connection was only registered with the university authorities on June 1, 1907 under the name "Bremer Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau. Association without colors and badges with unconditional satisfaction". For the 25th foundation festival in 1911, a songbook of the society was published by the Moritz Schauenburg publishing house .

During the First World War, the association published a war newspaper for members. For the winter semester. In 1930/31, the association indicates its membership numbers as follows: 172 old men, 30 foreign members, 13 active members. Like others, society was affected by the general dissolution orders and prohibitions under National Socialism. The long-standing pub of the connection at Albertstraße 50 Freiburg was rededicated as a Casa del Fascio in 1938 and temporarily made available to the foreign organization of the Duce supporters Fasci italiani all'estero .

Temporary conflicts arose when some of the leagues, including the BG, began to accept women in the 1970s. The lectures can occasionally be found in the scientific literature. The celebratory address for the centenary, for example, was given by Rolf Stödter on the subject of the city ​​and its citizens . a. (with reference to the occasion at the Bremen Society) published in a memorial for the lawyer Wolfgang Martens.

Members

Werthmannstrasse 16

• Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883–1970), biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
• John Meier (1864–1953), folklorist, founder of the German Folk Song Archive
• Friedrich Wilhelm Oelze (1891–1978), Bremen art patron, pen pal Gottfried Benns
• Theodor Spitta (1873–1969), politician
• Walter Müller (1877–1952), archaeologist, museum director
• Max Rumpf (1878–1953), sociologist
• Erich Bracht (1882–1969), pathologist, gynecologist
• Gustav Hartlaub (1884–1963), art historian
• Heinrich Noelle (1891–1964), politician
• Hans Sellschopp (1891–1978), National Socialist cultural functionary
• Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen (1901–1969), politician
• Ekhard Koch (1902–2000), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
• Rudolf Pamperrien (1896–1973), diplomat
• Klaus Unna (1908–1987), doctor and pharmacologist

literature

• Michael Doeberl , Otto Scheel , Wilhelm Schlink , Hans Sperl , Eduard Spranger , Hans Bitter and Paul Frank (eds.): Academic Germany , Volume 2: The German universities and their academic citizens . CA Weller Verlag, Berlin 1931. p. 767.

Web links

• Website of the Bremen Society

Individual evidence

1. ^ Edwin A. Biedermann: Lodges, clubs and brotherhoods. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-1184-8 . P. 285.
2. ^ List of members of the Bremen Society in Freiburg i. Breisgau: December 1928, Bremer Ges., 1928, 15 pages
3. ↑ The Academic Germany, Volume 2: The German Universities and their Academic Citizens. CA Weller Verlag, Berlin 1931. p. 767.
4. ^ Songs for the 25th anniversary of the foundation festival of the Bremen Society in Freiburg i. E.g. on July 17th and 18th, 1911.
5. ↑ Yearbook for Folk Song Research , Volume 14, Page 133
6. ↑ The Academic Germany, Volume 2: The German Universities and their Academic Citizens. CA Weller Verlag, Berlin 1931. p. 767.
7. ^ Freiburg: History: The Fascist House: How an Italian Casa del Fascio was opened 75 years ago in Freiburg. Badische Zeitung, accessed on September 13, 2015 . 
8. ^ The Presidential Convention, website of the Canitz Society. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on September 11, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
9. ^ Rolf Stödter: City and Citizens. In Peter Selmer , Wolfgang Martens, Ingo von Münch (eds.): Gedächtnisschrift für Wolfgang Martens, De Gruyter 1987, ISBN 3110111071 , pp. 733-747