Carl to the three eagles

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The house "Zum Tournier" around 1880, box house from 1837–1933

" Carl to the three eagles " was a Masonic lodge in Erfurt that existed from 1814 to 1933.

precursor

Compared to the neighboring cities of Weimar, Gotha and other residential cities, it came relatively late and now with difficulty to found a Masonic lodge in Erfurt.

La Paladienne

In 1768 the "La Paladienne" lodge was founded. However, it only existed for a short time.

To the three sources

The next attempt didn't last long either. He began when in 1782 the University of Erfurt in Imperial Courts had obtained a decision that the 1520 by the Hildesheim citizens Tilo Brandis donated Saxony College of the University, which in the meantime at the Universities of Göttingen and Helmstedt had been transferred should come back to Erfurt. Jakob Friedrich Sinnhold , professor of philosophy, became head of the college . A Hildesheim student, Johann Christian Rudolf Reuter, who may have been affected by the relocation of the college, also belonged to the college. He pretended to belong to an old English Masonic lodge and offered Sinnhold to help found such a lodge in Erfurt and to obtain a "constitution" from the "Grand President, Vice-Grand President and the Councils of the High Tribunal of Free and Accepted Masons in Germany" and then obtain confirmation from the "Tribunal of the 9 Knights" in England. This was also requested on October 31, 1783. The box should be called "To the three springs" . After a corresponding certificate with a seal and accessories had been delivered on March 24, 1784, Sinnhold, the medical professor Johann Friedrich Weißenborn, the law professor Johann Justin Weißmantel and the lawyer Johann Weißenborn met on April 30th in Sinnhold's house at Eichengasse 7 for the founding meeting. The student Reuter, a Mr. Rör, a businessman from Hamburg, and a Mr. von der Mühlen were also present as "installers". The lodge name "To the three sources" was confirmed. As grand master of sense Hold was selected. After the "plumbers" bill for 223 marks had been paid on the same day, the gentlemen from abroad left. Another bill followed for 234 marks, which was no longer paid because it turned out that the "constitution" had been forged with the seal of Reuter and that there was no "Tribunal of the 9 Knights" in England. On November 14, 1786, the lodge decided to dissolve it.

Carl on the three wheels

After the Erfurt governor Karl Theodor von Dalberg , who was himself a member of the Illuminati Order, had learned of the fraud, he introduced Sinnhold to the Weimar court counselor, Johann Joachim Christoph Bode , who had already adopted a new constitution for the Great Mother Lodge on December 12, 1786 Eclectic Masonic Association . The name of the lodge should now read "Carl to the three wheels" with reference to Dalberg and the coat of arms of the city of Erfurt . It was inaugurated on February 9, 1787, at which in addition to Sinnhold and Bode u. a. Chamberlain Hellmolt from Gotha , Hofrat Beulwitz from Rudolstadt and the theologian Johann Joachim Bellermann also took part, confirmed. As a result of the turmoil of the revolution, however, this lodge had to stop its work again in 1794.

On March 17, 1803, the lodge resumed its work. She subordinates herself to the Great National Mother Lodge “To the Three Worlds” in Berlin. At first, the lodge was headed by high-ranking Prussian officials who shaped its character. During the time of the French occupation, many French were also accepted. Since the lodge refused to dissolve itself after the Prussian reconquest of Erfurt, it was closed by decree on May 20, 1814.

Carl to the three eagles

On June 21, 1814, the company was re-established with new management staff and the new name " Carl to the three eagles ". The conference location was initially the Bishop's Palace on Hermannsplatz. In 1817 the first floor with two halls, three rooms, a kitchen and ancillary rooms was rented in the house "Zum Tournament" , which was somewhat hidden in the old town of Erfurt , at 17 tournament street. In 1837 the lodge finally acquired the entire "Zum Tournament" building as a lodge house. As more and more men from "industrial and commercial circles" were accepted from the middle of the 19th century, the medieval building was extensively rebuilt and expanded several times, for example in 1851, 1881 and 1911. It finally had several splendidly equipped halls and a library and smaller lounges.

In 1933 the lodge was closed and expropriated by the National Socialist government. Your box house "Zum Tournament" was given to the city of Erfurt.

Succession

When an Erfurt lodge was re-established in 1993, the choice fell on the giant red star in Orion when it came to finding a name. The constellation of Orion was already seen in Greek mythology as the great hunter of the sky. He was also well known to the Sumerians . The lodge under the name "Alpha Ori" could not survive the difficult early days of a young lodge and so the activities gradually fell asleep. With the establishment of a deputation box, the "Alpha Ori # 997" box was re-established on March 16, 2008 in the state capital of Thuringia. The AFuAM lodge "Hermann zur brotherly unity" in Mühlhausen acts as the mother lodge . Since September 20, 2009 the "Alpha Ori" has been an orderly, independent and fair lodge within the AFuAM of Germany. The light was brought in with a solemn act.

Well-known Erfurt Freemasons

literature

  • Johannis Lodge Carl to the Three Adlers (Erfurt): The St. Johannis Lodge Carl to the three eagles in the Oriente in Erfurt to the very venerable St. Johannis Lodge which exchanges letters with it. printed by Br. Uckermann, Erfurt 1837.
  • Friedrich Bachmann: Festschrift for the jubilee of the centenary of the St. Johannis Freemason Lodge "Carl zu den drey Adlern" in the Or .: Erfurt , Erfurt, February 20, 1887 [1]
  • Edgar Thon: Directory of the book collection of the St. Johannis Lodge Carl on the 3 eagles in the Orient in Erfurt. Richters publishing house, Erfurt 1909.
  • Adolf Scholtz: History of the St. Joh. Freemason Lodge Carl to the three eagles in the Oriente Erfurt. avail. u. ed. to celebrate d. 125 years of existence d. Lodge on February 19, 1912. Self-published by the Lodge, Erfurt 1912.
  • Steffen Raßloff : Escape into the national community: the Erfurt bourgeoisie between the Empire and the Nazi dictatorship. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar 2003, p. 94f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Christian Gädicke: Freemason Lexicon. Berlin 1818.