Araucania fraternity

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Araucania fraternity

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Basic data
University location: Santiago de Chile
Founding: March 31, 1896
Corporation association : Federation of Chilean Fraternities (BCB)
Color status : colored
Colours: black red Gold
Colours:
Fox colors:
Type of Confederation: Men's association
Position to the scale : exposed
Motto: Honor - discipline - unity
Website: www.baraucania.cl

The Araucania fraternity is a student fraternity in Santiago de Chile and one of five fraternities in Chile . It was founded on March 31, 1896 by six German-Chilean students and is the oldest student association of German tradition outside of Europe.

history

The fraternity was founded on March 31, 1896. Among the founders of the medical student's Christoph Martin emphasized that the son of Jena Urburschenschafters drove forward Carl Martin, the idea to form a fraternity in Santiago de Chile.

An old man from the Araucania fraternity launched an initiative in 1924 to found the Montania fraternity ( Concepción ).

In 1937, the Araucania launched a push to counter the influence of National Socialism among the German-Chileans.

An old man from the Araucania founded the girls' Erika Michaelsen in Santiago de Chile in 1969 .

Couleur, motto, circumstances

The name Araucania refers to Araucania and was chosen as a sign of the roots of the German-Chileans in their Chilean homeland. The Araucania uses the colors black-red-gold as an expression of their origin , which they also wear in their boys' band with golden percussion , there is also a black and red fox band for the foxes . A black cap is worn as headgear . The Araucania has the motto honor, discipline, unity . As a founding member, she is a member of the Federation of Chilean fraternities , which has a friendship agreement with the German fraternity . She maintains a cartel with the fraternity of Montania ( Concepción ).

Known members

  • Osvaldo Koch Krefft (1896–1963), Chilean politician, Minister of Justice, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Christoph Martin (1874–1958), founding member, physician
  • Wilhelm Münnich (1876–1948), founding member, doctor and intendent of the province of Valparaíso

literature

  • Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (Ed.): Nature and origin of the German fraternity "Araucania" existing in Santiago in Chile , in: Deutsche Kolonialzeitung Vol. 16, 1899, p. 74.
  • Klausdieter Dudel: German fraternity in Chile. In: Burschenschaftliche Blätter , 74th year 1959, pp. 6-8.
  • Michael Doeberl , Alfred Bienengräber (Ed.): The academic Germany. Volume 2: The German universities and their academic citizens . CA Weller, Berlin 1931. p. 1083.
  • EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 202.
  • W. Dachsel (Ed.): Handbook of the German Burschenschaft. Berlin, 1998, pp. 135-137.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Axel Borsdorf : Chile: Art and travel guide with regional studies and excursion suggestions. Stuttgart 1987, p. 53: Described here as popular contact points for German television teams and globetrotters .
  2. ↑ Georg Heer : Sources and representations on the history of the fraternity and the German unity movement. Volume 16, Heidelberg 1939, p. 199.
  3. ↑ Journal for cultural exchange . Stuttgart 1972, p. 53.
  4. ^ Paul Rohrbach : To the devil's handwriting. World history experienced two generations. Hamburg 1953, p. 260.
  5. ^ The German university newspaper unites with university service . 1977, p. 147.
  6. ↑ Fedor von Zobeltitz : I loved living so much. Life memories. Berlin 1934, p. 158. This is the only fraternity in South America .
  7. ^ History of the Vulkania fraternity, Vulkania homepage
  8. ^ History of the fraternity Montania, homepage of the Montania
  9. ↑ Liga Chileno-Alemana (ed.): Los alemanes y la comunidad chileno-alemana en la historia de Chile , 2001. p. 196.
  10. ↑ Christel Converse: Chile , in: Thomas Adam (Ed.): Germany and the Americas , ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara 2005, pp. 234-239. Here: p. 238.
  11. ↑ http://www.memsantiago.cl/uberuns.htm
  12. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ^ Negotiations of the German Scientific Association in Santiago de Chile. Volume 7, Santiago de Chile 1913, p. 147.
  14. ↑ Peter Krause : O old lad glory. The students and their customs. 5th edition. Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1997, p. 129.
  15. ↑ http://www.marburger-konvent.de/community/couleurinfo/verbindungen,b_araucania_santiago_de_chile.html  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.marburger-konvent.de  
  16. ↑ Heinz Amberger (Ed.): Burschenschafter-Handbuch. Bochum 1955, p. 134.
  17. ^ Karl Kohut, Dietrich Briesemeister , Gustav Siebenmann (ed.): Germans in Latin America - Latin America in Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1996, p. 186.
  18. ↑ http://www.bcb.cl/geschichte

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