Fraternity of Normannia in Heidelberg

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Basic data
University location: Heidelberg , Germany
Founding: January 22, 1890 in Heidelberg
Association: German fraternity (DB)
Colours: Black, crimson, and gold on a white background with gold percussion
Motto: Honor, freedom, fatherland !
Website: burschenschaft-normannia.de

The fraternity Normannia zu Heidelberg is an obligatory fraternity from Heidelberg . She is a member of the German Burschenschaft (DB).

history

Origins and establishment

The Germania reform fraternity, founded in 1883, was suspended again in 1884, after which there was no local reform fraternity for four years. In the winter semester of 1889/90 a new fraternity was founded by some of the reform fraternities residing in Heidelberg (mainly Tübingen Teutons and Gießen armines). Although not intended to be the successor of Germania, some Germanic tribes joined it. The colors black-red-gold with golden percussion were used . During the 8th Bundestag of the General German Boys' Union (ADB) in Eisenach, Normannia joined this. Since all of the founding members were about to take their exams, Normannia had to adjourn in 1891.

To grow

In 1911 the free fraternity Cimbria Heidelberg was integrated into the fraternity and for a short time their colors gold-green-white were worn with a silver-gray silk hat. During the First World War , the entire Aktivitas got involved, in 1918/19 the connection was rebuilt despite many dead and relocations to other university locations. In 1930, the Normannia consisted of 56 old men, 17 active and 52 inactive.

time of the nationalsocialism

In 1933 the ADB was dissolved and its member fraternities were transferred to the German fraternity in 1934. Before the transfer, the ADB fraternities Rheno-Cheruskia Münster, Gothia Tübingen and Palatia Gießen merged with Normannia. In 1937, the Normannia dissolved like the DB itself. Like most connections, a comradeship Normannia was founded to continue the connection life , but this was officially dissolved. The traditional objects relocated to Osnabrück were destroyed during the Second World War , 17 Normans were killed.

Re-establishment

Not yet re-founded, the members of the Rheno-Cheruskia left Normannia. Most of the members of the Palatia Gießen and some Goths from Tübingen were merged into the Sugambria Bonn fraternity . On November 11, 1950, Normannia was re-established in Heidelberg's Hirschgasse . In 1951 she joined the German Burschenschaft (DB). In 1957 Normannia became a member of the Red Direction . She was accepted into the Burschenschaftliche Gemeinschaft (BG) in 1962, from which she left in 2013. In 1963, Normannia joined the North German cartel . From 1978 to 1986 the fraternity remained without activity. In 1993 the old men of the Rheno-Arminia Heidelberg fraternity were accepted into Normannia. In the mid-2000s, Normannia separated from large parts of Aktivitas due to political differences. In 2009/10 she was the chairman of the German Burschenschaft.

Political orientation and controversy

Villa Stückgarten , House of Normannia

According to the authors of the Heidelberg student magazine Ruprecht , members of the fraternity expressed themselves “very nationally ” in the early 1990s . Anna Hunger from the left-liberal taz counted the fraternity Normannia zu Heidelberg in 2012, alongside the fraternity Danubia Munich and the old Breslau fraternity of the Raczeks, to the "right wing" of the German fraternity. On the other hand, Marijan Murat von der Zeit attests to a “central-liberal” orientation. The speakers at the house included u. a. Peter Kienesberger , Klaus Kunze , Erik Lehnert , Alfred Mechtersheimer , Michael Nier , Karl Richter , Reinhard Löffler and Gerhard Stratthaus .

In 2000 a left-wing extremist arson attack was carried out on the fraternity's house . The fraternity house was also the target of paint bag attacks by strangers several times.

In 2013 a left alliance demonstrated against a seminar of the German fraternity, which took place at Normannia. The local Antifa group and the DGB demanded that “innkeepers in Heidelberg should not serve fraternity members in Coleur [sic!].” Michael Paulwitz, old man of Normannia, expressed “concerns about the shift to the left by the SPD and the Greens , those with proven left-wing extremists try to drive people who think differently out of the city. ”Other members felt that the“ accusation of racism had pushed them into a position [...] that they did not represent. ”

Members

Membership directory :

  • Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. Directory of the members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934. pp. 1051–1052.

literature

  • Hans-Georg Balder: The German (n) Burschenschaft (en) - Your representation in individual chronicles. Hilden 2005, p. 220f.
  • Gerhart Berger, Detlev Aurand: ... Weiland Bursch zu Heidelberg ... A commemorative publication by the Heidelberg corporations for the 600th anniversary of Ruperto Carola . Heidelberg 1986, pp. 192-195.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 67.
  2. ↑ Rita Specht: Wartburg Festival 2017 in view . In: Thüringer Allgemeine , June 8, 2009.
  3. ↑ Graffiti spraying ... bearing colors . In: Ruprecht , December 1993.
  4. ↑ Anna Hunger: Honor, Freedom, Fatherland . In: taz , November 10, 2012.
  5. ^ Tilman Steffen: Fraternity members replace need with misery . Zeit Online , November 24, 2012.
  6. ↑ Erik Lehnert: Sexism in the "mirror" . Secession online, November 14, 2011.
  7. ↑ Hans-Georg Balder: History of the German Burschenschaft . WJK-Verlag, Hilden 2006, ISBN 3-933892-25-2 , p. 538.
  8. ↑ Colored bags and letters of confession in Heidelberg , IfTuZ blog
  9. ↑ a b c d Xiaolei Mu: Pressure against the right . In: Ruprecht , January 27, 2013 ( PDF ).
  10. ↑ Reinhard Lask: Normannia does not understand "vehement protest" . In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , January 28, 2013.