Firmly faithful

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Helmet plate of the Bavarian Army around 1914 with the motto "In Treue fest"

In your faith was the motto of the Kingdom of Bavaria (1805-1918) and its ruling house of Wittelsbach . Since the end of the First World War , it has been used by Bavarian monarchists and warrior associations , as well as corresponding associations outside of Bavaria.

origin

The motto goes back to the St. Hubertus Order of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg , founded in 1444, and its motto. In 1614 the duchy fell to a line of the Wittelsbach family . The order was revived in 1708 by Elector Johann Wilhelm . King Maximillian I of Bavaria raised him to the first and highest order of the Bavarian kingdom .

reception

Postcard from the time of the 1st World War (dated April 30, 1916), showing the German and Austrian emperors with the inscription In Treue fest .

The motto is the title of one of the most famous German military marches by Carl Teike from 1903 and another by August Högn (1905). It is also contained in the text of the last stanza of the Argonnerwaldlied (1914).

From 1909 the motto was coined in the belt locks of the Bavarian Army . During the First World War , the motto was constantly on postcards or other souvenirs, often with the portraits of the two Emperors Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph . In view of the increasing political isolation of the Central Powers in the run-up to the First World War, the term “loyalty” contained in the motto was now interpreted as a reference to the loyalty between the German Reich and Austria-Hungary and their dual alliance. Bernhard von Bülow coined the term loyalty to the Nibelungs for this unconditional commitment in his Reichstag speech on March 29, 1909 .

After the First World War, the motto became the motto of German monarchists and veterans' associations outside of Bavaria as well. The IN TREUE FEST lettering can also be found on the war memorials in Sörhausen and Syke in Lower Saxony . In 1921 the Bavarian Homeland and Royal Association: In Treue fest was founded in the Sterneckerbräu in Munich. It was banned by the National Socialists on February 2, 1934 and re-established in 1952. Due to its connection with the monarchy, the motto, unlike other German military mottos - above all the term loyalty to the Nibelung - remained free of any connection with National Socialism . He is still with German associations, including the drum corps "In Treue fest" ( Anstel , founded 1919/20), and the Neuss drum corps "In Treue fest" ( Neuss , founded 1968). in use. The Bavarian student association KBStV Rhaetia Munich (founded in 1881) has given itself the motto cum fide virtus , as a translation into Latin of the Wittelsbach motto; KStV Alamannia Tübingen uses the Latin translation In fide firmitas .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Nigel: The German Army in World War I (1): 1914-15 , Osprey Publishing , 2012, p. 18 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / books.google.ch
  2. ^ "3.10 War memorial in Ristedt" in: Heinz-Hermann Böttcher: War memorials in the area of ​​the city of Syke. Barrien, Gessel, Gödestorf, Heiligenfelde, Henstedt, Jardinghausen, Leerßen, Okel, Osterholz, Ristedt, Schnepke, Syke, Wachendorf , Syke, 2007.
  3. ↑ Dieter J. Weiß : Bavarian King Party, 1919-1926 , in: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed on May 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ www.tc.anstel.de club's website
  5. ↑ Association homepage www.ntk1968.de