Corps Teutonia Hall

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coat of arms
Coat of arms Teutonia Hall
Basic data
Corps boy colors: Corpsboy colors Teutonia Hall
Fox colors: Fox colors Teutonia Hall
Circle: Circle Teutonia Hall
Motto: Fides constantia virtus!
University : Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Association: KSCV
Founding: 0August 6, 1853
Suspension: October 11, 1935
Extinguished: May 20, 2001

The Corps Teutonia Halle was a student union in Halle (Saale) . Before joining the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV), Teutonia played a key role in establishing the General Landsmannschafts-Convent (ALC), the earliest forerunner of the Coburg Convent (CC), in 1868 .

history

On April 16, 1853, six high school graduates from Torgau high school with two high school graduates from Wittenberg high school and one from Magdeburg high school founded the "Torgovia" wreath with the colors blue-white-blue. The founding pub was Rawald's wine cellar next to the playhouse, which was also used as a pub in the early days. The Corps Saxonia Halle protested against the chosen colors , whose renonces wore the same colors, which is why they were changed soon afterwards. After registering with the university senate, the wreath was used on August 6, 1853 to connect with the colors blue-white-red (vu), blue hats and the motto “Fides constantia virtus!”, The first letters of which also formed the circle. Since then, August 6th has been considered Foundation Day.

The motto can also be used to derive the principles that were stated at the time of foundation as “loyalty, self-control, manly advocacy for modesty, ambition and brotherhood”.

A few years after the foundation, Torgovia adopted the principle of unconditional satisfaction . She made most of the scales with the Halle Senioren-Convent (SC), which on May 16, 1855 announced the establishment of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) in the hope that Torgovia would join the SC. First, however, it was decided in 1856 to accept the species designation Landsmannschaft and in the same year a first cartel was closed with the Landsmannschaft Teutonia Bonn.

Fraternity tendencies

This was followed in 1858 by other cartels with Gothia Königsberg and Dresdensia Leipzig , both of which also entered into a cartel with Teutonia Bonn.

After Torgovia was discredited by the other connections at the end of the summer semester 1860 because of various incidents, negotiations with the fraternity Germania about a merger took place in early 1861, but no agreement could be reached.

Under the influence of the cartels - Gothia was already fraternized, Teutonia Bonn had called itself fraternity since 1859 and Dresdensia since February 1861 - Torgovia changed the name to “fraternity connection” Teutonia and the colors to red-white-blue on March 11, 1861 (vu) and the hat color is too red. Although they had always rejected the idea of ​​a fraternity, they hoped not to alienate potential offspring by using the title “Landsmannschaft” and by changing their name to avoid disrepute. The name Torgovia had already been felt to be too narrow, and as early as 1858 they considered changing it for the first time. However, the statutes and applied principles were adhered to.

Since both corporations developed in different directions, a break with Dresdensia occurred in October 1862. In November 1863 the term “fraternity” was dropped and the old colors were reverted to. After the name "Landsmannschaft" had been accepted again in March 1865, the cartel with Gothia was amicably resolved.

Founding of the General Landsmannschafts-Convent

Participant in the founding of the ALC in Zwingenberg

Early on, some Teutons began to want an umbrella organization that would encompass the national teams. Then a Teuton was sent to Tübingen in the winter semester of 1866/67 , where he came into contact with the Ghibellinia Landsmannschaft. The latter turned to Teutonia in a letter dated July 2, 1867, and suggested that they enter into a relationship in such a way that they should associate with one another. Teutonia agreed, but asked to get in touch with Teutonia Bonn, which was part of the cartel and which, despite being named differently, was basically a country team. The Landsmannschaft Verdensia Göttingen joined this group at the beginning of 1868, and Teutonia suggested that they meet for discussions in Kassel .

The Landsmannschaft Teutonia Bonn, Teutonia Halle, Verdensia Göttingen and Ghibellinia Tübingen met in accordance with the proposal on March 1, 1868 in the Ciniotti restaurant in Kassel, whereby the Landsmannschaft Makaria Würzburg had refused to participate. Teutonia had previously worked out statutes at the convent, which were then adopted under the leadership of a Teuton in Kassel with almost no changes.

In the meantime, Teutonia Bonn officially called itself Landsmannschaft again and Makaria Würzburg had joined the young General Landsmannschafts-Convent (ALC), which officially met in Zwingenberg (Bergstrasse) for the first time on June 2, 1868 .

When the Pomerania country team had to suspend in the course of the Franco-German war, the other members of the Teutonia joined forces.

After the association's meeting place initially changed annually between the cities of the member associations, from 1872 they met exclusively in Coburg , after which the association was renamed the “Coburger Landsmannschafter Convent” (Coburger LC) in 1873. Later, the German Landsmannschaft (DL) developed from this association via detours , from which, after the merger with the representative convent (VC) of the gymnastics associations, today's Coburg Convent (CC) emerged.

In the period that followed, several other compatriots joined the Coburg LC, and shortly after the association was founded, Teutonia was able to expand its cartel circle in 1873 to include Makaria Würzburg and Verdensia Göttingen.

Problems arose for the first time in 1875, however, due to which a large part of Makaria Würzburg resigned and joined the Würzburg Seniors' Convent as Corps Guestphalia . The relationships between Teutonia Bonn and Verdensia Göttingen also joined their respective SC shortly thereafter, whereby Teutonia lost its most important relationships. After Ghibellinia Tübingen was excluded after the congress in 1876, Teutonia also resigned from the association on February 6, which later disbanded at the request of the Neoborussia Halle .

Transfer to the Halle Senior Citizens' Convention and relationship building

Representative of the yellow circle: v. o. n. u. - Wynen (Teutonia Bonn), Wolff (Palaio-Alsatia and Makaria Munich), Jaericke (Hercynia Göttingen), Schlüter (Palaio-Alsatia and Guestphalia Marburg), Bolinger (Palaio-Alsatia)

After the end of the Coburg LC it became clear to the members of the Teutonia that they were not pursuing the same goals as the other country teams. With an overwhelming majority of the elderly and active, Teutonia finally decided to transfer to the Halle SC, in which she renounced from March 6, 1878 and to which she was reciprocated on December 3, 1878 together with Salingia .

Teutonia Bonn had to suspend in the meantime and so Teutonia Halle actively supported its old cartel in 1880 with the reconstitution, whereupon the old cartel, which was only interrupted by the earlier transfer to the SC of Bonn Teutonia, was renewed on October 26, 1880.

Teutonia integrated well into the Halle SC and had a very stable membership for years, which even made it possible to participate in the reconstitution of Baltia Greifswald (1883), with which Teutonia had established a friendship on July 3, 1878 .

An unpleasant relationship for Teutonia had existed since May 28, 1879 with Corps Teutonia Berlin . This had sent a Jewish two-band man, the later Social Democratic member of the Reichstag, Bruno Schönlank (journalist) , to Halle. When he was supposed to represent the Halle SC at the following Kösener congress, he behaved so wrongly that he was discredited by the Kösener and Teutonia Halle then awarded him an ip dimission . That is why the decision was made in Halle that no more Jews should become Teutons, as they were generally deemed unsuitable for corps students. As a result, the relationship with Teutonia Berlin was broken and the relationship with Baltia Greifswald only existed until 1885.

In 1891, Teutonia was one of the first connections in Halle to be able to acquire its own house at Friedrichstrasse 40 (today August-Bebel-Strasse). It was rebuilt and enlarged for the 60th Foundation Festival in 1913.

  • Exterior view of the house before the renovation (around 1895)

  • Teutonia's Kneipsaal before the renovation (around 1895)

  • Teutonia's Kneipsaal before the renovation (1902)

  • Exterior view of the house after the renovation (around 1914)

  • Entrance portal of the house after the renovation (1913)

Around this time a new circle was formed within the KSCV, which mainly - but not only - comprised former country teams. Through the conclusion of relationships with the Corps Palaio-Alsatia (1887), Makaria Munich (1891), Guestphalia Marburg , (1893), Borussia Berlin (1893), Hercynia Göttingen (1894) and Franconia Würzburg (1895), Teutonia also belonged to this so-called “yellow circle” , which quickly broke up again, so that Teutonia had lost all conditions except Makaria and Hercynia by 1902.

First World War and Weimar Republic

Halle volunteers (1920)

During the First World War , activities in Halle were only possible to a limited extent, as most of the active people were in the field. The Corpszeitung, which was set up in 1913 and replaced the previously published annual reports, reported on this in detail.

After the war, some Teutons took part as temporary volunteers in the suppression of the communist uprising, in the course of which the young active Heinrich Vathje fell.

The cartel with Palaio-Alsatia was renewed in 1911, but broke up just like the cartel with Hercynia shortly after the First World War. From then on, frustrated by past experiences, Teutonia was very reluctant to take part in relations politics. A contemplated connection to the red circle or the South German cartel was never implemented, and the Makaria cartel was finally broken in 1923. At the beginning of the 30s, a connection to the black circle began.

The following years meant a heyday for Teutonia and up to and including 1932 over 80 students could be accepted.

Suspension and passing on tradition

Full coat of arms of the Corps Saxonia Konstanz

After the National Socialists came to power, the pressure on the student body increased and, like almost all Halle corps, Teutonia had to suspend on October 11, 1935 after more than 80 years of uninterrupted existence. It was the only corps in Halle that had never had to suspend between its foundation and its forced dissolution in 1935.

After the end of the Second World War , a reconstitution in Halle seemed hopeless because of the political conditions in the Soviet occupation zone. Therefore, on December 10, 1949, Teutonia, together with the Halle Corps Guestphalia , Saxonia , Borussia and Neoborussia as well as Palaio-Alsatia, participated in the foundation of the Corps Saxonia Frankfurt , which has been based in Constance since 1984 and continues the tradition of Teutonia.

Teutonia Halle became extinct on May 20, 2011.

Conditions

Members

The brothers Konrad u. Ernst Biesalski

Others

As of 1861, Teutonia owned a variety of corp dogs . "Boxer" had his place in the bar next to the barrel and feasted on what was going on, so that at the end of the bar he often shared the fate of the Teutons. In the mid-1860s there were three poodles (black, white and brown) among which the black "Othello" stood out. Not only could he march through the room on his hind legs and carry a bat as a rifle, but he also knew how to wait quietly in his chair during a pub for someone to allow him to “speak” or “sing”. The first consisted of a loud bark, the second a howl. The sausage that he got for Christmas was hung on a crossbar, from where he took it down with the help of a chair.

In the 1870s, two Newfoundland dogs (Hektor and Ralf) and an Ulmer mastiff named Kastor were kept. The black Newfoundland dog "Berry" was able to distinguish the different colors of the corporations and one day tore all the hats in the cloakroom that did not belong to Teutonia.

In the 1880s, when Protcentum was widespread in the KSCV, it was mandatory for a Teuton to replace both the band and the cap every two weeks so that there were no signs of wear and tear.

The corps story written by Karl Rembert was published for the 60th foundation festival. It was praised beyond measure by the prominent student historian Wilhelm Fabricius and is still considered one of the most humorous and best-written corps stories to this day.

  • Max Kauffmann with Corpdog at the end of the 1860s

  • The corp dog Herr von Nickel, around 1890

literature

  • Ernst Biesalski / Konrad Biesalski / Siegfried Schencke (eds.): On the Saale bright beach! - Reminder sheets from 70 years of the Corps Teutonia zu Halle ; Berlin 1923.
  • Ernst Biesalski, Konrad Biesalski, Siegfried Schencke (eds.): On the Saale bright beach! Part II - memorial sheets from 75 years 1853–1928 of the Corps Teutonia zu Halle ; Berlin 1928.
  • Fritz Böhl: Thirty Years of a Corporation - A memorandum for the 30th anniversary of the Corps Teutonia Foundation Festival ; Hall a. P. 1883.
  • Wilhelm Fabricius : The German Corps - A historical representation of the development of the student liaison system in Germany up to 1815, the Corps up to the present ; second revised and enlarged edition Frankfurt am Main 1927.
  • Paulgerhard Gladen : The Kösener and Weinheimer Corps. Their representation in individual chronicles ; Hilden 2007; P. 173.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm König: From two centuries - history of the student body and student corporation at the University of Halle ; Halle an der Saale 1894.
  • Karl Rembert : History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913.
  • Richard Senger: 105 years of Teutonia Halle , in: Sachsenblatt - Corpszeitung der Saxonia zu Frankfurt-M. No. 29 (4/1958); Pp. 29-34.

Web links

Commons : Corps Teutonia Halle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 18.
  2. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; Pp. 18/23.
  3. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 67.
  4. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm König: From two centuries - history of the student body and student corporation at the University of Halle ; Halle an der Saale 1894; P. 231.
  5. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 89.
  6. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; Pp. 93-96.
  7. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; Pp. 124/134.
  8. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; Pp. 134-135.
  9. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 147.
  10. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 145.
  11. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 159.
  12. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 153.
  13. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 161.
  14. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; Pp. 161-162.
  15. ^ Fritz Böhl: Thirty Years of a Corporation - A memorandum for the 30th anniversary of the Corps Teutonia Foundation Festival ; Hall a. P. 1883; P. 13.
  16. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 162.
  17. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 164.
  18. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 168.
  19. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm König: From two centuries - history of the student body and student corporation at the University of Halle ; Halle an der Saale 1894; P. 235.
  20. ↑ a b Fritz Böhl: Thirty Years of a Corporation - A memorandum for the 30th anniversary of the Corps Teutonia Foundation Festival ; Hall a. P. 1883; Pp. 17-18.
  21. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; Pp. 383-384.
  22. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 377.
  23. ^ Karl Rembert: History of the Teutonia Corps in Halle a. S. - A commemorative publication for the 60th anniversary of the Foundation in 1913 ; Hall a. P. 1913; P. 225.
  24. ↑ a b Paul Gerhardt Gladen: The Kösener and Weinheimer Corps. Their representation in individual chronicles ; Hilden 2007; P. 173.