Corps Misnia IV

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Misnia IV coat of arms

Misnia IV was a corps in Leipzig and Erlangen that lived from 1942 to 1949. The name stands for Meissen and recalls the extinct Corps Misnia I – III in Leipzig.

Foundation of the SC comradeship

In 1935/36 the Leipzig Corps Lusatia , Saxonia , Thuringia IV and Budissa were officially dissolved. In order to maintain the connection to the young generation of students and to continue the tradition of the Senior Citizens' Convention in Leipzig . On December 13, 1937 , the boards of the old gentlemen's associations founded a comradeship of the National Socialist German Student Union .

Saxonia made the corp house available to her, but removed all traditional corps student objects. The first comradeship leader was Helmut Römisch, a staunch National Socialist who fell in 1942. Lusatia took over the leadership of the common old manor. The camaraderie was assigned special tasks such as “land service” and “border country work”. This included harvesting on the eastern border of the Reich and looking after "German abroad" students in Leipzig. Under the Baltic German comradeship leader Walter Masing , the comradeship took on the name Margrave of Meissen at the German Student Day on June 22, 1938 . With this she reminded of the founder of the university and Margrave of Meissen Friedrich the arguable . The camaraderie included old-style pubs , drumming hours with the light saber, and men's evenings based on the model of the Corps Lusatia.

In all four Leipzig Corps together there weren't as many theologians in the entire 20th century as in the short period of the SC comradeship. The Reichsstudentenführer Gustav Adolf Scheel , a pastor's son, was of course aware of this.

"Margraviate" corporation

Shield of the Margraviate (reconstruction helmet. White, 2013)

During the Second World War students were active in the comradeship who had not yet been drafted into the Wehrmacht or who were no longer fit for front duty after being seriously injured. Many of the relatives were medical students who had been assigned to study in Leipzig after having been tried in the front and belonged to the student companies . These included Hans-Joachim Funfack and Wolf Sturm .

Under the influence of Lausitzers, the comradeship leaders Eberhard Kratochvil (killed in 1941 in Russia) and Karl Hirth in 1940 converted the comradeship into a corporation based on the old model. She gave herself her own constitution and chose the colors black-gold-blue (fox band gold-blue). The circle had two intertwined uppercase M . Internally she called herself "Margraviate". The active ones referred to themselves as "Margraves" and their corporation house as "Margraves House". Based on the Kösener letter style, they introduced the “Margravial greetings before!”. When the Speer construction staff had the Saxonia corp house confiscated in the winter semester 1940/41 for reasons important to the war effort, those active in Leipzig restaurants had to evade.

Foundation of the Corps Misnia IV

In the summer semester of 1942, the active members of the comradeship leader Hans-Joachim Funfack moved into the fully preserved corps house of Lusatia at Karlstrasse 7. After questioning all comrades in the field , the members of the corps student-minded core decided to found a corps based on Kosen principles. After the comradeship name and the earlier Corps Misnia I-III , they called it Misnia . They took over the circle of Misnia III. They set the foundation day on June 22, 1938. In her coat of arms, Misnia anchored the names of the four corps whose tradition she wanted to continue: Lusatia, Saxonia, Thuringia and Budissa. It took over that of the "Margraviate" from 1940 as a coat of arms : "Loyalty, honor, bravery". The by Corp fellow-Convent elected senior was in personal union also leader of camaraderie Margrave of Meissen . It officially existed until 1945 and had numerous members who were not accepted into the corps. Corps and comradeship were therefore not identical.

Color

Compasses and colors of Misnia IV

The "Meißner" named corps members wore the ribbon in the colors dark blue-gold-crimson according to the blue of Saxonia, the gold of Budissa, the crimson red of Thuringia (IV) and the color sequence of the Lusatia (fox colors: dark blue-crimson). They wore a dark blue hat in a large Biedermeier format, three active people who had already moved to Lusatia in 1943 wore the Lausitz hat . The ribbon was worn internally over the Wehrmacht uniform. Stock charged wore Pekeschen of Lusatia.

Leipziger Waffenring

With the Corps constitution, the introduction of compulsory censorship on bell strikers was resolved. On November 18, 1942, Misnia fought the first censorship, which was followed by a series of others, mostly at the Lausitzerhaus. The counterparts were local younger old men Kösener Corps as well as the Leipzig connection Albertina and the country team Plavia camouflaged in a comradeship . With this and the Afrania country team , Misnia decided on November 15, 1943 to found a general arms ring in Leipzig "in order to give form and direction to the constantly growing urge in all circles of German students for a renaissance of old German arms student ideals". However, she had to terminate the company early for security reasons. As early as the end of 1942, the Wehrmacht leadership had forbidden members of the student companies to hold courses for military reasons. Regardless of the disciplinary measures threatened by the Wehrmacht and Reich student leadership , Misnia continued the fencing business until the end of the summer semester of 1944.

Attempted to re-establish the Kösener SC association

In May 1944, the Convent des Corps Misnia decided to reconstitute a Kösener association with like-minded camouflaged corps from other universities. Under the letterhead of camaraderie Margrave of Meissen , but in traditional style Kösener letter, invited Misnia a Kommersbuch following to Leipzig, followed by "visiting the traditional sites of KSCV in Kosen" Bünder one. The list of participants from Kommers in Leipzig has been preserved. The comrades "Yorck" ( Corps Rhenania Bonn ), "Schwabenland" ( Corps Suevia Freiburg ), "Axel Schaffeld" (SC zu Heidelberg), "Carl Almenröder" (SC zu Marburg) and "Theodor Körner" ( Corps Franconia Tübingen ) as well the 1943/44 (without comradeship) reactivated Corps Bavaria Würzburg . Rhenania Bonn, Franconia Tübingen and Bavaria Würzburg agreed and sent representatives.

Rudelsburg

After negotiations at the Lausitzerhaus in Leipzig on June 10, 1944, the four corps signed the agreement drawn up by Misnia the next day at the Rudelsburg . In it they committed themselves to the unconditional satisfaction with the weapon, to the determination of the gauges and to the maintenance and care of weapons student customs and comments . They agreed on a joint convention to be held annually before Pentecost, the introduction of regular registration, ongoing mutual invitations and an official interview . The original document of the agreements is in the archive of the Corps Lusatia Leipzig .

Gestapo proceedings

For reasons related to the war, the Kosen agreements were no longer applicable. A former leader of the Heidelberger SC comradeship denounced the comradeship Margrave von Meißen at the Baden Gauustudentenführung , which reported the incident to the Secret State Police (Gestapo). This initiated a preliminary investigation into a "treasonable company and attempted re-establishment of parties". The Misnia activists responsible for the Kosen meeting had meanwhile been transferred to their units and escaped official summons; however, the Dresden Gestapo control center heard the Lusatia AHV chairman, who was accused of being the intellectual author , and the Reich Security Main Office summoned the new Meissner senior, who was no longer able to serve at the front, to Berlin. The proceedings got lost in the turmoil of the last months of the war.

Relocation to Erlangen

During the Second World War , 22 Meissner men (a quarter of the Corps brothers) had died, including ten of fifteen active soldiers in 1939. In addition, the continuation of the corps operations in the Soviet occupation zone proved impossible. Misnia therefore decided on December 7, 1946 to relocate to the American zone of occupation , to the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen . With three corps boys who had returned home seriously wounded from captivity , Misnia Leipzig zu Erlangen began active operations on December 14, 1946 - as the first corps after the war and without the support of an old man. She participated in the establishment of an "SC-Notgemeinschaft" and, contrary to the prohibition of the American military government, on April 4, 1948, fought the first scales . The corps was active in university politics. Martin Schimmelpfennig from Meißner sat in the presidium of the General Student Committee (AStA) in 1948/49.

Relative Corps

On October 30, 1948, Misnia IV agreed official interviews with the Corps Hannovera and Thuringia Jena in Hamburg . At a meeting at the house of Rhenania Bonn on December 17, 1948, the representatives of Lusatia, Saxonia, Thuringia and Budissa recognized the Misnia as a corps and “continuation of the four corps of the Leipziger SC”. Some of the old men of this corps, mostly from Lusatia, became corps bow bearers at Misnia ; most later received the ribbon .

Continuation as Lusatia

The active people in Erlangen were only given permanent and effective support by the Lusatia lordship, which was closely linked to the Misnia during the war. The three other Leipzig corps went their own way. The CC of the Misnia realized that a common corps of the SC in Leipzig could not be maintained. When he failed to join the Erlangen Seniors' Convent , he decided to join the Lusatia completely. Misnia Leipzig zu Erlangen suspended on December 3, 1949. Lusatia immediately reconstituted and reciprocated 26 Meißner with a band. Eight others who had not (yet) been able to fence for reasons related to the war became corps bow bearers . Lusatia recognized all the lengths of the Misnia and took over the relationships with Hannovera (later Kartell again) and Thuringia Jena (later friends). The Misnia charged remained in office for the current semester as Lusatians. Misnia IV was not in the Kösener Seniors Convent Association ; after the oKC decision in 1961, however, it was included in the Kösener corps lists from 1971, 1981 and 1996. The 1996 edition provides a complete list of members, including 90 Meißner men.

Members of the Misnia IV

Sorted by age of reception

literature

  • Erich Bauer : From comradeship to corps - the founding history of Misnia IV in Leipzig [1937–1942] . Once and Now, Yearbook of the Association for Corps Student History Research, Vol. 18 (1973), pp. 114-131.
  • Rosco GS Weber: The German Student Corps in the Third Reich . London 1986. Translated by Manfred Meyer: The German Corps in the Third Reich. With a research report by Wolfgang Wippermann . SH-Verlag, Cologne 1998, pp. 215-218 (Weber) and p. 253 (Wippermann).
  • Egbert Weiss : The Constitution of Comradeship Margrave of Meissen. A contribution to the history of the Corps Misnia IV . Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 19 (1974), pp. 122-140.
  • Egbert Weiß: Leipzig scale lengths in World War II. Continuation of the history of the Corps Misnia IV [1942–1944] . Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 20 (1975), pp. 60-77.
  • Egbert Weiß: Leipziger Corpsleben in World War II. Continuation of the history of the Corps Misnia IV [1944/45] . Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 21 (1976), pp. 137-152.

Web links

Commons : Corps Misnia IV  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Kösener Corpslists 1960 list two theologians for Lusatia (No. 3/788 and 3/804) in the reception years 1900 to 1935, one for Budissa (No. 88/290), and none for Saxonia and Thuringia.
  2. ↑ Schimmelpfennig was later a lawyer and notary in Lüneburg. Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 100/68; 87/1097.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Message from Egbert Weiß with reference to the newsletter of the comradeship and old gentry Margrave of Meißen No. 2/3 from December 1940; see also the theologians' decree
  2. ↑ Commercial participant in Leipzig
  3. ^ E. Bauer: A reconstitution of the KSCV in June 1944 . Deutsche Corpszeitung 53rd (70th) year, No. 2/1953, p. 7.