Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin

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Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin
Corps coat of arms of the Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin.
University : Free University of Berlin
Technical University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
Foundation date: November 16, 1851 in Berlin
Umbrella organization: KSCV
Seniors Convent: Berlin Senior Citizens' Convention (KSCV)
Motto: Fortes firmat concordia
Heraldic motto: Nulla sine ense virtus
Colours:
Band Vandalia-Teutonia.jpg
Fox colors:
Fox ribbon Vandalia-Teutonia.jpg
Circle:
Circle Vandalia-Teutonia.jpg
Homepage: www.vt.de

Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin is an obligatory and colored student union in the Kösener Seniors Convents Association (KSCV). The Corps brings together active students and alumni from Freie Universität , Humboldt-Universität, and Technische Universität . The members of the corps are called Vandal Teutons, commonly known as "Wandering Teutons" in jargon. As a fusion corps, Vandalia-Teutonia carries the legacy of the Berlin corps Vandalia and Teutonia .

Color and coat of arms

Vandalia-Teutonia wears the colors "fire red-white-green" with silver percussion . The colors are made up of the colors of the two merged mother corps. The red comes from the colors of the old Corps Teutonia (fire red-silver-black), while white and green from the old Vandalia (crimson-white-green). In addition, the white striker (formerly Teutonia) is worn in the summer semester and the red cap (formerly Vandalia) in the winter semester. The foxes wear a fox ribbon in "red-white-red" with silver percussion.

The motto is Fortes firmat concordia! The emblem is Nulla sine ense virtus!

The colors of the corps can also be found in the corps coat of arms. The motto is to be read in the context of the escutcheon. The coat of arms is heraldically quartered: Top right: Five stars (symbolizing the five founders of the Corps Vandalia). Top left: Circle and date of foundation (November 16, 1851). Bottom right: Berlin bear . Bottom left: two crossed bell strikers with the first letters of the coat of arms between them.

history

Vandalia-Teutonia was created in 1953 by merging the corps Vandalia Berlin and Teutonia Berlin, which were decimated during the war. Since then, that of the Vandalia, November 16, 1851, has been regarded as the foundation date of the Corps . Before the Second World War, the corps developed separately.

Vandalia

Vandalias Corpshaus, Schinkelstrasse 8 (1910)

The Alemannia fraternity, founded in Berlin in 1849, transformed into the Corps Vandalia on November 16, 1851. The new name referred to the West Slavic ethnic group of the Wends , who had been at home in the Berlin region from the beginning of the early Middle Ages. There is no relationship with the Corps Vandalia I, which existed in Berlin from 1811 to 1821. The corps were founded by the five students Klenze (Burschenschaft Alemannia Berlin, Corps Palaiomarchia Halle ), Gumprecht ( Corps Guestphalia Jena ), Koller ( Corps Franconia Tübingen ) and the two Halle corps students Wendtland and Pochhammer (both Altmärker ). The colors of Vandalia were crimson-white-green with silver percussion. "Fortes firmat concordia" ("Unity makes you strong") was chosen as the motto, " nulla sine ense virtus" ("No virtue without a sword") as the emblem . On December 20, the new corps was accepted into the Berliner SC. In 1855, when the Berliner SC joined KSCV, Vandalia became Kösener Corps.

Vandalia was particularly popular with budding medical officers . In the 1870s, the old rulers had numerous general staff doctors, medical inspectors, general doctors and general senior doctors.

Due to its circumstances (including Palaiomarchia , Isaria ), Vandalia was included in the blue circle in the KSCV at that time . In the years 1886–1890, however, Vandalia lost all circumstances after the corps had been punished at the Kösener Congress for a vandal's pistol duel. Since the loss of the friendly corps also lost an important source of young talent, Vandalia had to suspend in 1890 due to a lack of active members. In 1897, however, the corps was reconstituted by a small group of Berlin students and new relationships were established. In 1901, Vandalia was the presiding suburban corps in the KSCV for the first time and, with Paul Fichtner, appointed the chairman of the Kösener Congress (oKC). Also in 1903 the Berlin vandal Friedrich Töpffer was the local spokesman for the SC zu Breslau.

In 1910, Vandalia first acquired a corp house in the Grunewald colony , Schinkelstrasse 8. This house remained the home of the association until shortly after the First World War .

During the First World War, the active operation of the Corps was suspended. 86 vandals took part in the war. 24 were awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class, 50 with the Iron Cross 2nd Class. 14 vandals fell. With those added during the war, the Corps still had 146 living members in 1919.

In the 1920s there was upset between Vandalia's corps boys and their relative corps . As a result, Vandalia broke her relationship with the blue corps and on October 25, 1927, with Normannia Halle , Budissa and Makaria Würzburg, founded the Magdeburg Circle, which still exists today. The coat of arms window in the 'Isar room' on the Corphaus still testifies to the traditional relationship with Isaria.

Teutonia

Teutonia's coat of arms
Teutonia as presiding corps at the handover of the rectorate of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (1924)

Teutonia was founded on April 18, 1866 in Berlin as the Freie Burschenschaft Teutonia . The donors were the veteran of the German-Danish war and student Edmund Schaller and members of the "Association of Silesians" at the Gewerbeakademie Berlin (today Technical University). The founding date was the second anniversary of the storm on the Düppeler Schanzen ; the name Teutonia comes from the occasion, which was perceived as patriotic. Schaller converted Teutonia into a free corps in 1868, which was accepted into the Berliner SC in 1877. The Corps Teutonia wore the colors fire red-silver-black , plus red hats in the winter semester and white strikers in the summer semester (from 1907 only white strikers). The motto was: “Amico pectus, hosti frontem!” (“The friend's chest, the foe's forehead!”).

In 1868 a friendship was concluded with Teutonia Göttingen. In addition, there were occasional relationships with the reconstituted Rhenania Tübingen (1879–1882) and with Guestphalia Würzburg (1880–1882).

After the break of conditions, Teutonia had to suspend in 1885 due to a lack of active members and could only be reconstituted almost 20 years later, in 1905. There were now six corps in Berlin. Teutonia developed good relationships among the Berlin Corps, particularly with Vandalia and Guestphalia, and acquired a new corp house at Englische Strasse 5 in Charlottenburg . Furthermore, Teutonia took part in the resurrection of Teutonia Göttingen in 1906 by releasing two corps boys. Teutonia immediately renewed the relationship with Teutonia Göttingen, which was to exist until 1913. After that, Teutonia became a life corps, so it rejected relationships.

The outbreak of World War I in 1914 brought active life in the Berliner SC to a standstill, as all young active people were called up to the front. 14 Teutons lost their lives in the war. After the end of the war, the corps in Germany had a large influx of young students, from which Teutonia also benefited; this only changed with the Great Depression in 1930.

1935-1951

The active Corps Vandalia suspended in 1935, Teutonia in 1936. During World War II , Vandalia's corps house was hit by aerial bombs in November 1943. Almost all couleur objects fell victim to the fire. 19 vandals and 23 Teutons fell, died in captivity and concentration camps, or remained missing.

fusion

The post-war period after the Second World War in Germany and the isolation of Berlin initially prevented a reconstitution of the Berlin Corps. Nevertheless, Vandalia celebrated its 100th foundation festival in 1951, at which many measures enforced from the Nazi era were revised. For example, former members who had resigned under pressure from the National Socialists received the ribbon back. At that time, Vandalia was considering for the first time a merger with the Corps Teutonia, which had also not yet been reconstituted. After the approval of Teutonia, the Corps, which had both officially reconstituted in the SC on April 23, 1953, merged on April 30, 1953 to form Corps Vandalia-Teutonia.

Current situation

Corpshaus Riemeisterstraße

Vandalia-Teutonia is a member of the Magedburger Kreis and thus maintains friendly relationships with the Corps Neoborussia-Berlin zu Bochum , Guestphalia Erlangen , Normannia Halle , Teutonia-Hercynia, Transrhenania , Budissa , Ratisbonia and Makaria-Guestphalia .

Since 1958, the corps has owned a corp house on Riemeisterstrasse in Berlin-Zehlendorf . In 1994 it was renovated and expanded to include a student residence. Most of Berlin's break days are held in the house of Vandalia-Teutonia .

Every year since 2003, the Kurt-Lange-Förderpreis des Corps Vandalia-Teutonia has been awarded to two high school graduates from a Berlin high school, with the aim of recognizing exceptional academic achievements in connection with voluntary social commitment. This is intended to "honor young people who have made a contribution to the community" .

Known members

Vandalias coat of arms window given by Isaria

In alphabetic order

Holder of the Klinggräff Medal

The Klinggräff Medal of the Stifterverein Alter Corpsstudenten was awarded to:

  • Lothar Determann (1994)
  • Joscha Gussmann (2003)
  • Burghardt Zimny ​​(2008)
  • Daniel Schaffer (2011)
  • Nicolai Kolb (2015)

See also

literature

  • Paulgerhard Gladen : History of the student corporation associations , Volume 1, Würzburg 1981, Part I: The Kösener Seniors Convents Association with the Austrian Corps Associations , pp. 15–45.
  • Paulgerhard Gladen: The Kösener and Weinheimer Corps: Your representation in individual chronicles . 1st edition. WJK-Verlag, Hilden 2007, ISBN 978-3-933892-24-9 , pp. 167, 184-185 .

Web links

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

Remarks

  1. ↑ German "Unity makes you strong!"
  2. ↑ German "No virtue without a sword!"
  3. ↑ See Kösener Korpslisten 1910, 17, Vandalia I, No. 1–33

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 7 / 1–5
  2. ↑ a b c Paul Gerhardt Gladen: history of the student corporation associations , Volume 1, Würzburg 1981, Part I: The Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband with the Austrian associations Corp , p. 18
  3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 7 / 122–167
  4. ^ Ernst Hans Eberhard : Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 11.
  5. ↑ Paul Gerhardt Gladen: The Kösener and Weinheimer Corps: Her performance in individual chronicles . 1st edition. WJK-Verlag, Hilden 2007, ISBN 978-3-933892-24-9 , pp. 167 .
  6. ↑ Kösener Corpslist 1960, 6/1 ff.
  7. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 46 / 180-181.
  8. ↑ Paul Gerhardt Gladen: history of the student corporation associations , Volume 1, Würzburg 1981, Part I: The Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband with the Austrian associations Corp , p. 36