Corps Germania Munich
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Ludwig Maximilians University Technical University University of the Federal Armed Forces University of Politics University of Applied Sciences |
| Foundation date | November 14, 1863 in Munich |
| Association | Weinheim Seniors Convent ( WSC ) |
| Motto | For honor and friendship! |
| Motto | Ensis sit noster vindex! |
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| Homepage | www.corps-germania.de |
The Corps Germania Munich is a striking student association in the Weinheim Senior Citizens' Convention (WSC) , whose members are known as "Munich Germans" . It includes students and graduates from Munich universities. Every male student or graduate of a Munich university can apply for membership in the Corps.
Color
The color of the Corps Germania consists of the corps boy ribbon in the colors “blue-gold-red” or the fox ribbon in “gold-red” worn by the foxes , each with golden percussion . A white flat cap is usually worn as headgear , old men often wear the more comfortable barrel .
Corp boys and foxes wear to formal events a blue Kneip jacket Chargierten and the Cub Major a white bekishe . The fox major also wears the fox ribbon crossed over the boy’s ribbon as a sign of his office.
organization
The core of the corps is the group of student members, the so-called active members , which are subdivided into the Corps Boy Convent (CC) and the Renoncen Convent (RC). The full members belong to the CC, the Renoncen (foxes) to the RC . Three corps boys are always entrusted with the management of so-called batches and determined by election from the CC. The batches step out of the narrow corps by their choice and use the characters x (senior), xx (consenior) and xxx (secretary) - the so-called batch stars - as an addition to their name for one semester. The senior is the highest representative to the outside world and heads the corps boys' convention. In addition, he represents the active members of the Philistine Convention. The Consenior leads the daily fencing lesson and is responsible for preparing the events for the active participants. The secretary is responsible for the corps' official corps.
The fox major has an important position: he heads the Renoncenconvent and trains the Renoncen in comment , corps history and university history. The renunciations are usually reciprocated after two semesters of mutual probation (and two contested games) in the closer corps ( reception ). After a few semesters as a corps boy and at least two more games, the corps boy is deactivated. Inactive corpsmen have essential obligations, e.g. B. Participation in all on-site events, so that they can prepare intensively for their exams.
After completing his studies, the previously inactive corps boy becomes the old man and usually remains associated with the corps for a lifetime. The old gentlemen of Germania are members of the Association of Old Munich Germanic peoples and provide advice to the young corps members. Representing the totality of the old men, this task between the General Convents of the Philistine is performed by the Philistine Committee.
The highest body of the Corps is the General Corps-Convent (ACC), which meets every semester. It is left to the latter to decide on essential questions relating to the cooperation of the Corps brothers and changes to the statutes. The ACC is also responsible for major financial issues. An honorary council tries to settle any disputes that may arise between members of the corps. The honorary philistine is a well-deserved old man of the corps, he is usually distinguished by decades of outstanding commitment to the corps.
history
From the foundation to the First World War
On November 14, 1863, Germania was donated by eight students around Bernhard Wieck from Schleswig at the Munich Polytechnic as a fraternity Germania . One of the founders, Heinrich Lindau from Ansbach, died a month later, a second founder, Wilhelm Buchheit from Aufsess, died in February 1864. Nevertheless, the young federation was able to win new members and thus ensure its survival. Initially the colors black-gold-red were worn, they can still be seen today in the heart shield of the corps coat of arms. As a fraternity, Germania rejected the determination of censorship, but acknowledged the principle of satisfaction with the weapon.
Germania renamed itself to Deutsche Landsmannschaft Germania on March 22, 1865 and might have remained a Landsmannschaft for a long time if the negotiations about joining the Wetzlarer Allgemeine Landsmannschaften-Seniors-Convent had n't failed because of the concerns of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft. Just two years later, exactly on December 10, 1867, Germania declared itself a corps and in February 1868 merged with the Corps Cisaria , Vitruvia and Rheno-Palatia to form the Polytechnic SC at the Polytechnic School in Munich (now the Technical University of Munich ) .
This Polytechnic SC (PSC) was to last for a total of more than seven decades - despite the ongoing disputes between the member corps, especially in the first 25 years, and regular exits and re-entries. The Corps Germania was the first of the Corps at the Polytechnikum, which was able to enter into official relations with the SC at the LMU and to set up scales with the Kösener Corps. This official relationship can rightly be described as the original cell of the cross-association Münchner SC from Kösener and Weinheimer Corps. The first courses with a foreign corps took place in Innsbruck in 1872 with the Corps Athesia Innsbruck .
Also in 1868, Germania declared itself a weapon corps , but the principle of life was adopted as early as 1874 . As a result, Germanic peoples only wore the ribbon of another corps in extremely rare cases; up to 1988 - i.e. in the first 125 years of Germania's existence - there were only five of these cases, one of them before the acceptance of the principle of life. As in all the following wars, the active Teutons volunteered to take up arms in 1870, and in 1871 all 31 war participants were welcomed back home. The tenth foundation festival "fell victim" to the cholera epidemic in 1873 , for this reason the 11th foundation festival was celebrated in a special way (see also the register sheet further down on this page). The Corpsphilisterverein Germania zu Munich was founded on Reformation Day in 1893, and in 1896 it joined the Munich Corpsphilisterverband (MCPhV), which had been in existence since 1889. The MCPhV is today the largest corps philistine association in Germany with over 1300 members from all corps in Germany and Austria. The time of the Prince Regent was shaped by - u. a. by Gabriel v. Seidl - very close relationships with the Munich artist society Allotria around Franz von Lenbach . Anecdotally, it should be noted here that the long-time corps servant of Germania, Franz Berr, sat as a model for the great Lenbach several times in 1893 for his Bismarck portrait ; Berr's forehead and eyes are said to have been confusingly similar to those of the former chancellor.
On November 9, 1907, the Cbr. Seidl planned and built corp house will be inaugurated after a year and a half of construction. The joy of this event was also expressed in various song texts, the following excerpt from the celebratory song specially composed by Otto Wiedemann for the inauguration ceremony is an example:
“And
Germania's proud hoard is firmly established like this house .
The blue-gold-red that unites us will
continue to bloom forever. "
In 1912, Germania joined the Weinheim Senior Citizens' Convention (WSC) together with the other corps of the SC at the Technical University , possibly a reaction to the break-off of relations between the Kösener corps of the University SC and the PSC two years earlier. A strong SC of the Weinheimer Corps emerged with nine corps at the time, seven of them still exist in Munich today. The 50th Federal Festival was celebrated with particular effort in 1913, among other things, the Corps had the festival poster designed by the then most famous graphic artist in Germany, Ludwig Hohlwein , and the festival ball in the Künstlerhaus on Lenbachplatz was the social highlight of the celebrations.
From the First World War to its dissolution in 1936
The First World War , which broke out only a year later , resulted in the loss of 19 of its Corps brothers for Germania, active operations ceased from 1914 to 1919, and in the years following the war, Corps life was shaped by the difficult economic conditions of the time.
Despite hyperinflation and the global economic crisis , the corporations experienced a considerable boom in the years between 1920 and 1933, and for Germania, too, the semesters with the highest number of active participants in its history fall during this period. The seizure of power by the National Socialists was initially welcomed at Germania, as one hoped, among other things, that the new government would be exempt from punishment.
But after a short time it became clear that the National Socialists would not be prepared to allow the corps , which were characterized by academic freedom and the Convention principle , to continue to exist. Even the binding introduction of the leader principle in student corporations ran counter to all the traditions that had emerged in over 130 years of student corps.
After the NSDStB's forced dissolution of the Corps in the winter semester of 1935/36, Germania maintained part of its traditions together with the Corps Vitruvia, with which a particularly close relationship had existed for a long time, in the comradeship "Andreas Hofer" as best it could further, a re-establishment of the corps in its old form was beyond the conceivable possibilities at this time. Scale lengths, for example, were only fought very rarely and under strict secrecy during this time - partly because of the associated risk of losing the ability to hold civil service to those involved - the National Socialists did not stop at this question, which was essential for the Corps. This period also saw the loss falls from 21 Corp brothers on all war fronts of the Second World War . In the battle of Stalingrad alone , three Teutons fell.
From the re-establishment in 1949 until today
The rule of the National Socialists almost cost Germania its existence; It is only thanks to the commitment of the Philistine chairman at the time, Friedrich Kohler, that on July 15, 1949 the decision was made to rebuild the Corps. On November 10, 1949, Germania was reconstituted through active reports from eight old men and with the resumption of old traditions and has existed without interruption ever since. Not all members accepted during the comradeship period and shortly after the re-establishment were ready to fight for the colors of Germania. The Corps separated from these members, including the later Federal Minister of the Interior, Friedrich Zimmermann , after a period of two semesters. Nevertheless, in the following years Germania was able to be filled with life. And so a carefree 100th federal festival could be celebrated in 1963. Despite some problems, the so-called student movement , which was difficult for student corporations, was also overcome.
Germania is a founding member of the Munich Senior Citizens' Convention (MSC) , which has been the only SC in Germany to unite the corps of KSCV and WSC at the Munich universities since 1951 . While in the early days of the Corps it was mainly the students of the TH who found their way into the Corps, the Munich Teutons now belong to all Munich universities, including - since its establishment in the mid-1970s - the University of the Federal Armed Forces . There are special relationships with other corps outside the circumstances with the Kösener corps Gothia , Lusatia and Marchia Brünn zu Trier .
Corp house
The Germanenhaus was specially adapted to the needs of a student union by the Munich builder and corps student Gabriel von Seidl in the planning phase. The house was built in 1906/07 at a total price of almost 204,000 marks. Because of the importance of its builder for Munich's building history and its well-preserved facade, the house has been a listed building since 1980 .
The house is characterized by a representative exterior and a functional interior. After entering the portal , a flight of stairs leads to the vestibule with two supporting columns with the memorial for the corps brothers who died in the two world wars. On the same floor is the library with a stucco ceiling, where the regular corps boys' convention takes place. On the second floor there is a Kneipsaal with an adjoining, wood-paneled meeting room of the old gentlemen , in which the fox hour takes place.
On the top floor there is a nine-meter-high, wood-paneled ballroom with a parquet floor and large wall mirror and illuminated by crystal chandeliers with Drachenfels , where celebrations for up to 200 people are possible. The ceiling of this ballroom is suspended "into the roof structure" on steel straps. A few student booths as well as the bathroom and kitchen of the active people are located above the ballroom, while the functional areas such as the drum floor , archive, wine cellar, other accommodation and the catering kitchen are located in the basement.
During the Second World War and in the post-war period, the house suffered considerable damage; the roof and the ballroom immediately below were badly damaged by a bomb hit in 1944. In addition, valuable interior paneling was lost in the war and post-war years due to its use as fuel, as were items related to the history of the corps due to looting . In addition, the house was rented to Bayerischer Werbefunk in the post-war years, so that only limited use by the Corps was possible until 1957. After legal disputes with the Bavarian state and the end of the tenancy, active operations in the renovated corp house were resumed in 1960. A planned demolition in the early 1960s was prevented.
Known members
- Georg Hahn (1841–1889), landscape and genre painter
- Eugen Jäger (1842–1926), publisher and publicist, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, first senior of the Corps Germania
- Bernhard Wieck (1845–1913), engineer, director of the Berliner Grundrentengesellschaft
- Max Thomas Edelmann (1845–1913), engineer, professor of physics at the TH Munich, founder and owner of
- Gabriel Ritter von Seidl (1848–1913), architect, Kgl. Professor, Honorary Conservator of the Bayer. National Museum, honorary member of Bayer. Academy of Arts
- Ludwig Marckert (1850–1904), Munich architect of historicism
- Gabriel Ritter von Sedlmayr (1850–1931), economist, owner of the Franziskaner-Leist brewery (today: Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu), member of the board of directors of Bayer. Brewers' Association,
- Michael Doeberl (1861–1928), historian, professor of Bavarian national history
- Fritz Medicus (1869–1945), board member of VEW
- Hans Erlwein (1872–1914), architect, Dresden city planner, member of the Dresden magistrate, professor and builder of the Baruthia corp house
- Emanuel Christa (1874–1948), professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Erlangen
- Max Edelmann (1874–1940), physicist, professor, manufacturer of scientific instruments
- Erwin Ferber (1885–1976), university professor for inorganic-chemical technology, rector of the TH Breslau 1937–1944
- Karl Eymann (1888–1962), engineer, director of IG Farbenindustrie AG
- Roland Betsch (1888–1945), engineer, writer
- Friedrich Kirchhoff (1890–1978), entrepreneur in mechanical engineering
- Carl Knott (1892–1987), engineer, director of the Siemens-Schuckert-Werke
- Richard Rothe-Roth (1898–1972), naval officer, rear admiral, last admiral chief of staff in the Navy
- Karl Roemer (1899–1984), lawyer, from 1953 to 1973 first German General Advocate for the establishment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg ECJ
- Fritz Junghans (1901–1962), lawyer, President of the ADAC from 1938 to 1945 (then DDAC), honorary NSKK Oberführer
- Wilhelm Reissmüller (1911–1993), publisher, editor of the Donaukurier
- Kurt Böhner (1914–2007), prehistorian and archaeologist, director of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz
- Herbert Kupfer (1927–2013), engineer, professor of solid construction and former President of the Technical University of Munich
- Franz Obermayr (* 1952), former Vice Mayor of Linz (FPÖ), member of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
- Markus Buchheit (* 1983), politician and MEP
Holder of the Klinggräff Medal
The Klinggräff Medal of the Stifterverein Alter Corpsstudenten was awarded to:
- Bernhard Holaubek (1993)
- Raphael Schretzenmaier (2018)
Conditions
Cartel Corps
On February 14, 2009 the cartel agreement between the Corps Baltica-Borussia Danzig zu Bielefeld (WSC) and Germania was confirmed by the ACC of Germania, Baltica-Borussia as the older Corps had already agreed to it. The two corps had been friends since 1988 . For Germania, this already meant turning away from the strict principle of life and is therefore to be seen as an important step for the future viability of the corps - a deliberate breach of the more than one hundred year old tradition of the Germania life corps.
Friendship relationship
Since 1990 there has been a friendship relationship with the Corps Frankonia-Brünn zu Salzburg in the KSCV. This relationship has a meaning that goes beyond the special relationship between the two corps, as it is one of the few between corps from the two corps student umbrella organizations KSCV and WSC .
In September 2009 a friendship relationship was concluded with the Weinheimer Corps Rheno-Nicaria Mannheim . The agreement on mutual support and the joint exchange of ideas on university issues, which has existed since 2006, has been expanded accordingly.
Cooperations
With the Weinheimer Corps Franco-Guestphalia Cologne there has been a cooperation agreement on university issues since the summer semester 2007, on the joint implementation of seminars and mutual personal support. The corps involved see this cooperation as a trend-setting reaction to the Bologna Process .
No longer existing friendship relationships
Before the Convent of Germania adopted the principle of life in 1874, a friendship relationship with a foreign corps was concluded twice:
From 1868 to 1875 there was a friendship relationship with the Corps Rhenania Stuttgart . This relationship was broken on the part of Rhenania because of the acceptance of the principle of life by Germania.
From 1874 to 1878 there was a friendship relationship with the free Corps Frankonia Prague, which existed at the Technical University in Prague . This relationship ended with the longstanding suspension of France and the subsequent connection of the resurrected Corps to the KSCV. To date, this relationship has not been renewed.
literature
- Hans Herpich: Monumenta Germaniae, commemorative sheets for the 100th Federal Festival of the Corps Germania in Munich , Ingolstadt 1965.
- Hans Herpich: Monumenta Germaniae II, memorial sheets of the Corps Germania zu Munich , Ingolstadt 1968.
- Hans Herpich and Hans Schmuck: 100 Years of Corps Germania in Munich, commemorative publication on November 14, 1963 , Ingolstadt 1963.
- Richard Fick (Ed.): On Germany's High Schools, An illustrated cultural-historical representation of German higher education and student systems , Berlin and Leipzig 1900, p. 469 f.
- Detlev Peiper and Günter Raab: Monumenta Germaniae IV, 130 years of Corps Germania in Munich , Ingolstadt 1993.
- Hans Schmuck: Monumenta Germaniae III, memorial sheets of the Corps Germania in Munich , Ingolstadt 1978
- Friedrich Schneider and Ferdinand Stegmann: Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Corps Germania in Munich 1863-1913 , Munich 1913.
- Hans Schüler: Weinheimer SC-Chronik , Darmstadt 1927, pp. 620–657
- Michael Doeberl u. a. (Ed.): Das akademische Deutschland , Volume 2: The German universities and their academic citizens , Berlin 1931, pp. 959–960
- Paulgerhard Gladen : The Kösener and Weinheimer Corps. Their representation in individual chronicles . 1st edition. WJK-Verlag, Hilden 2007, ISBN 978-3-933892-24-9 , pp. 228-229 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Hans Eberhard : Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 144.
- ^ Herbert Scherer: The first years of the Polytechnisches SC in Munich (1868-1870) . In: then and now. Yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research 12 (1967), p. 71.
- ↑ Veronika Hofer (Ed.): Gabriel von Seidl. Architect and nature conservationist , Munich 2002, pp. 17, 191.
- ^ Günter Kloss: Hans Erlwein (1872–1914. City planning officer in Bamberg and Dresden) , Petersberg 2002, p. 78.
- ^ Hochstetter, Dorothe: Motorisierung and "Volksgemeinschaft" - the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK), 1931–1945, Munich 2005, pp. 209, 224 and 286
Web links
Aachen: Marko-Guestphalia • Delta • Montania • Saxo-Montania • Palaeo-Teutonia • Saxonia-Berlin • Franconia Fribergensis . Bayreuth: Pomerania-Silesia. Berlin: Berlin . Bielefeld: Baltica-Borussia. Braunschweig: Rhenania ZAB • Teutonia-Hercynia • Marchia • Frisia. Clausthal: Hercynia • Montania • Borussia. Darmstadt: Hassia • Rhenania • Franconia • Obotritia • Chattia. Dresden: Old Saxony • Teutonia. Freiberg: Saxo-Borussia • Göttingen: Agronomia Hallensis • Frisia . Greifswald: Marchia . Hamburg: Irminsul • Rhenania. Hanover: Saxonia • Slesvico-Holsatia • Hannovera • Hannoverania Hanover • Normannia . Heidelberg: Thuringia . Kaiserslautern: Franconia-Berlin. Karlsruhe: Franconia • Saxonia • Alemannia • Friso-Cheruskia . Kiel: Alemannia. Cologne: Silingia • Franco-Guestphalia. Lüneburg: Cheruscia. Magdeburg: Alemannia-Thuringia . Mannheim: Hermunduria-Leipzig • Rheno-Nicaria . Munich: Cisaria • Vitruvia • Germania • Normannia-Vandalia • Suevo-Guestphalia • Saxo-Thuringia • Alemannia . Stuttgart: Teutonia • Rhenania • Stauffia • Bavaria • Germania .
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 13.6 ″ N , 11 ° 35 ′ 0.2 ″ E