Göttingen Bladder Convention

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The Göttinger bladder convent (Göttinger BC, later: First Convent (EC)) was a corporation association in the period from 1861 to 1881. It emerged on June 3, 1861 from the Göttingen Wildlife Association and was merged into the Gotha EC on June 2, 1881 . Its members were non- colored Göttingen student associations .

history

Forerunner: The Göttingen Wildlife Association

The spirit of the Schiller Festival in 1859 had created a new, national, liberal progress movement, the Göttingen Wildlife. This was initially just a loose, unorganized association of students who did not belong to any student corporation. Joint resolutions were passed at a general assembly.

Wildlife was recognized by the university senate as the third group of students, alongside the corps and the progress movements. From the color combinations they were mockingly called bubbles . The chairman of the wilderness held the office of wild chief .

The Göttingen Bladder Convent (BC) (1861–1873)

This original nickname was later adopted in honor when the Göttingen Wildlife Association was organized in a bubble convent (BC) on June 3, 1861. The founding members were Frisia, Gottinga, Holzminda , Lunaburgia and Verdensia. From now on there were no more general assemblies, but the students, who had come together to form loose groups, each sent a deputy to the weekly, later monthly, meetings at which the resolutions made in the individual groups were coordinated. In this way, the wild life had become an umbrella organization of loosely organized student associations to which free students no longer belonged.

The BC had its own weapons, had its own beer commentary and a joint pub on Nicolaistrasse.

Due to the coordination by the BC, it was possible for the individual groups to appear as one, which strengthened them internally and led to their recognition by the university authorities. However, this merger in the bubble convent also led to recurring conflicts with the corps, which were the predominant association in Göttingen. But the rest of the student body was also hostile to the bubbles. The high point of these hostilities was the student battle on the Weender on October 18, 1863: the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig was to be celebrated with a procession. There was a dispute between the corps and the other student groups about the order of connections in the train, which ended in a serious street battle.

Together with the Jena Bubble Convent, the Waltershausen Association , which existed until 1868, was founded on May 25, 1866 , and the Halle Bubble Convent also joined in 1867.

On May 26, 1867, the Göttingen bladder convent was dissolved for the first time after the Oldenburgia had accepted a member who had resigned from Holzminda.

In January 1868 a new merger of the non-colored corporations Lunaburgia, Frisia, Gottinga and Holzminda failed. The founding of the Göttingen BC only took place on May 23, 1869 together with Mündenia and Hildesia. But on May 21, 1871, the association disbanded for the second time. To celebrate the victory of the Franco-Prussian War , the Göttingen BC appeared once again as one group, but could not find its way back to its old strength and finally dissolved in May 1873.

The Göttingen First Convent (EC) (1874–1881)

The holiday commission of the Göttingen EC - 1874

On February 5, 1874, Frisia, Mündenia and Holzminda merged to form a new association, the non-Couleur Progreßverbindungen and, after their first joint convention, called themselves the First Convent (EC). Gottinga was added in 1878. According to their statutes, they were all mandatory and non-colored student associations. The Göttinger EC acted as a strong counterweight to the Göttinger SC , which gave rise to friction and fights.

Increase in the Gothaer EC

The Göttingen EC was closed on June 2, 1881 in the Gothaer EC.

Members

  • Frisia (1861–1881)
  • Gottinga (1861–1869; 1878–1881)
  • Hercynia (after 1871 - ????)
  • Hildesia (1869 - ????)
  • Holzminda (1861–1873; 1874–1881)
  • Lunaburgia (1861-1865)
  • Mündenia (1869–1877; 1879–1881)
  • Oldenburgia (1865–1867)
  • Verdensia (1861-1862)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leiffholdt (ed.): Alte-Herren-Zeitung of the connection Holzminda Göttingen. III. Vol., Barmen 1901, p. 3
  2. ^ Max Lindemann: Handbook of the German Landsmannschaft. 10th edition, Berlin 1925, p. 197.
  3. ^ Friedrich Hadenfeldt: Gottinga Göttingen 1860-1960. Hamburg 1962, p. 36.
  4. ^ Brüning, Quaet-Faslem, Nicol: History of the Corps Bremensia. 1812-1912. Göttingen 1914, p. 501.
  5. ↑ Hans-Georg Balder: The German (n) Burschenschaft (en) - Your representation in individual chronicles. Hilden 2005, p. 169.
  6. ↑ merged with the Gottinga Göttingen regional team.

See also

literature

  • Hugo Böttger (ed.): Handbook for the German fraternity. Berlin, 1912. pp. 348-349.
  • Hansheiner Schumacher (ed.): Fraternity Holzminda Göttingen. Contributions to its history 1860-1985. Göttingen, 1985.
  • Alfred Wandsleb: Frisia Gottingensis 1811-1931 , Heide 1931, pp. 131-165.