Corps Tigurinia Zurich

coat of arms
Basic data
Canton :	Zurich
University :	University of Zurich , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Founding:	November 11, 1850 in Zurich (Tigurinia I), June 30, 2007 (Tigurinia II)
Association:	KSCV
Motto:	Fortes fortuna adiuvat!
Heraldic motto:	Sit ensis noster vindex!
Colours:
Circle Tigurinia I:
Circle Tigurinia II:
Homepage:	www.tigurinia.org

The Corps Tigurinia Zurich is a corps ( student union ) at the University of Zurich . It is obligatory and colored. Its colors are deep red – white – dark blue on white (Renoncen colors: deep red – dark blue), the hat color is red (summer: white striker). Tigurinia is a member of the Kösener Seniors Convents Association (KSCV).

history

Tigurinia I

Tigurinia - the name derives from Lat. Tigurum / Turicum for Zurich or, more correctly, from the Pagus of the Helvetic Tigurines - was donated on November 11, 1850 by three members of the former Corps Hilaria Zurich (1847–1849) and nine members of the Fuchsia Zurich connection, which existed only in the summer of 1850, quickly took one significant upswing and its tight organization made it a model for many other student connections in Zurich. In the first semester, she already made up 10% of Zurich's entire student body. Half of its members are Swiss and half German. Even when the Swiss members joined the Freicorps of the Zurich student body in the winter of 1856/57 in the conflict over the Principality of Neuchâtel ( Neuchâtel trade ), this did not affect internal cohesion.

Official relationships with German corps such as Hansea Bonn , Nassovia Würzburg , Rhenania Heidelberg , Franconia Munich , Guestphalia Berlin , Franconia Tübingen , Teutonia Gießen , Rhenania Strasbourg and Saxonia Leipzig have existed since the 1860s . Gustav Kern initiated the friendship relationship concluded in 1875 with Baltia Königsberg . It was geographically the furthest in Germany.

In 1862 Tigurinia joined the KSCV as a single corps. In 1881 she was the presiding suburban corps and appointed Vermeil as the chairman of the oKC.

University historical significance she attained on August 2, 1864 during the exodus of the Polytechnic of Rapperswil . As a university corps, Tigurinia was not actually affected, but declared its solidarity and was asked to take over leadership. The admission of members of the Polytechnic to the Corps was rejected at that time.

In 1870 there was a temporary suspension due to the mobilization of the German members, and in 1873 it was reconstituted by members of the Red Helvetia . During this time, the official ban on student fencing caused problems again and again.

Active and old men of the Tigurinia in the winter semester 1902/03

The corps was temporarily dissolved in 1882 for violating the Duel Act , but was able to continue to exist under the code name Teutonia . While no Kösener Corps could hold out at other Swiss university locations beyond the First World War , Tigurinia existed with further short interruptions (1884-1893, 1914-1918) initially until 1923, but then had to cease active operations again due to a lack of young people. Plans to move to Frankfurt am Main, as had already been decided in 1914 before the outbreak of the First World War, were not realized, nor was a repeatedly discussed merger with Franconia Munich. Instead, Tigurinia was relocated to Cologne in 1927 when it was reconstituted again. Until the relocation, Tigurinia was a member of the "Losen Verband" (LV), the association of the beating corporations in Zurich founded in 1915.

In Cologne, on May 13, 1928, an organized association of the old men of the corps was formed for the first time with the Association of Old Tigurines . On November 1, 1931, Tigurinia suspended her last time and decided to relocate to Zurich without reconstitution. With the expiry of the reconstitution period specified in the Kosen statutes and the death of the last member, the corps has expired.

Tigurinia is the only Kösener Corps in Switzerland that has existed for a longer period of time and has particular significance in terms of student history. Already in its first years it found interest and recognition from the university professors, who regularly attended its events. With a high proportion of Swiss military personnel (including General Ulrich Wille ), politicians and scientists, it also played a major role in non-university social life.

Tigurinia II

Tigurinia II was founded on June 30, 2007, consciously taking up the tradition of the earlier Tigurinia in Zurich, by members of foreign corps from Kösener. She also feels obliged to the traditions of the other Swiss corps that belonged to the KSCV, namely the Corps Alamannia Basel (1869–1878), the Corps Rhenania Bern (1870–1880) and the Corps Helvetia Zurich (Grün-Helvetia) in the KSCV .

Tigurinia II, which in the tradition of Tigurinia I considers itself to be close to the green circle, is also a member of the Kösener Seniors Convents Association and is today the only member corps that has its headquarters in Switzerland. Friendly relationships exist (again) with Rhenania Heidelberg and Teutonia Gießen .

From 2015 to 2019 Tigurinia II owned a corps apartment in Zurich Oberstrass near the university and ETH.

Members of the Tigurinia I

Surname	Life dates	activity	Illustration
Hans Baur	1870-1937	Swiss reformed pastor
Karl Friedrich Beug	1883-1965	German industrialist
Otto Binswanger	1852-1929	Psychiatrist and neurologist, professor of medicine at the University of Jena
Georg Bluntschli	1878-1948	Switzerland. Colonel of the artillery, artillery chief of the Gotthard crew
Richard Camenisch	1837-1904	Swiss lawyer and politician
Benno Credé	1847-1929	German surgeon and general doctor
Fritz Doerr	1858-1935	Leather manufacturer
Friedrich Erismann	1842-1915	Professor of Hygiene at Moscow University , City Councilor in Zurich
Victor Fehr	1846-1938	Landowner and officer, cantonal councilor in Thurgau for the liberal democratic party, co-founder and president of the Society of Swiss Farmers, colonel and brigade commander of the cavalry
Fritz fuck	1871-1929	Lawyer
Eugene of Gienanth	1846-1893	Industrialist
Robert Göldlin of Tiefenau	1832-1903	Swiss military doctor, chief instructor of the federal medical forces
Max Horn	1890–	Chairman of the Federal Association of Liberal Professions
Johann Friedrich Horner	1831-1886	Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Zurich
Hans Knüsli	1841-1921	Cantonal Councilor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Factory ; Member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Hans Mayenfisch	1882-1957	Banker, partner in the banking business Julius Baer & Co. (Zurich), art collector
Karl Mellinger	1858-1917	Full Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Basel
Hans von Meyenburg	1887-1971	Swiss pathologist, rector of the University of Zurich
Ernst Meyer	1908-1972	Insurance lawyer, board member of Allianz-Versicherungs-AG
Johannes von Muralt	1877-1947	Switzerland. Colonel Division, Chairman of the Fortifications Section, President of the Swiss Red Cross
Carl Passavant	1854-1887	Doctor and explorer
Carl von Peistel	1862-1930	Administrative lawyer in Prussia
Otto Schärrer	1877-1938	Government Councilor and President of the Government Council of the Canton of Schaffhausen
Max Schede	1844-1902	Surgeon, professor of medicine at the University of Bonn
Rudolf von Schoen-Angerer	1857-1943	Government Vice President in Minden, Breslau and Marienwerder
Anton Schrafl	1873-1945	Director General of SBB
Carl Schwenk	1852-1942	Entrepreneur, owner of the cement and concrete block works in Ulm
Albert Stadler	1817-1890	Swiss colonel division
Hermann Steinbuch	1863-1925	Corps Commander of the Swiss Army
Jakob Johann von Weyrauch	1845-1917	Mathematician, professor and rector of the Technical University of Stuttgart
Ulrich Wille	1848-1925	General and Commander in Chief of the Swiss Army

Members of the Tigurinia II

Surname	Life dates	activity	Illustration
Peter Hauser	* 1943	Swiss lawyer
Jürgen Herrlein	* 1962	German lawyer

See also

• Extinct corps
• Swiss student associations # Corps

swell

Tigurinia's archive is located in the State Archives of the Canton of Zurich .

literature

• Hans Erb: History of the student body at the University of Zurich 1833-1936 , Zurich 1937
• Heinrich Giesker: History of the Corps Tigurinia Zurich , Ms., undated
• Johannes v. Muralt: The Corps Tigurinia Zurich. 1850–1940 , Zurich 1940
• Max Richter: On the scale! History of the beating corporations in Switzerland. Contributions to Swiss academic life and foreign weapons students . Zurich 1978

Web links

Commons : Corps Tigurinia Zurich  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Erb: History of the student body at the University of Zurich 1833-1936 . Zurich 1937, p. 798