Wreath hat
A wreath hat is an old fraternity form of the student hat and instead of the ribbon has a velvet stripe with embroidered oak leaves, which form a wreath around the hat.
The design was based on the one hand on the Jena boys' flag from March 31, 1816, which consisted of three color strips red-black-red and a golden oak rice on the black strip, on the other hand on the so-called "celebration dress" (a kind of batch wich ) of the Jena fraternity , an old German skirt made of black velvet with red facings, which were embroidered with golden oak leaves.
It first appeared in 1830 at Arminia in Jena (the original fraternity had split into Teutonia , Germania and Arminia ) in the form of a red cap with black velvet stripes and a golden oak wreath. It is possible that the former Germania wore black hats with red velvet stripes and a golden oak wreath to distinguish them. From further spin-offs of Arminia or since 1833 "Burschenschaft on the Burgkeller" (today's Burschenschaft Arminia auf dem Burgkeller ), the " Burschenschaft on the Fürstenkeller " (today's Jenaische Burschenschaft Germania ) and the "Burschenschaft auf dem Bären", it is known that they also wore the red wreath hat in the summer semester of 1843 and in the winter semester of 1843/44 to confirm their claim to be descendants of the old fraternity.
As an old fraternity from 1817, the Erlangen fraternity of Bubenreuth also wears the red wreath cap. It can be found in other manifestations in the fraternity of the following fraternities : Fraternity of Thessalia Prague (black hats with burgundy-red velvet stripes and silver oak wreath with sequin embroidery), Fraternity of Teutonia Danzig (blue hats with black velvet stripes and golden oak wreath) and the Saarbrücken fraternity Germania ( black hats with a burgundy velvet stripe and a golden oak wreath).
Four Christian fraternities belonging to the Schwarzburgbund show their attachment to the ideals of the original fraternity in the form of a wreath cap. These are the Rheno-Germania Bonn fraternity (burgundy red cap with black velvet stripes and golden oak wreath), the Vandalia fraternity on the Loretto in Freiburg im Breisgau (red cap with black velvet stripes and golden oak wreath), the Teutonia Nuremberg fraternity (violet cap with red Velvet stripes and golden oak wreath) as well as the fraternity Nassovia zu Saarbrücken (blue cap with white velvet stripes and golden oak leaves).
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The founder of the Schwarzburgbund, the C.St.V. Uttenruthia Erlangen from 1836 (first Christian non-striking association), wears a white wreath cap with black velvet stripes and a golden oak wreath. This example was followed in the winter semester of 1959/60 by the Schwarzburg connection Herminonia Munich when it reintroduced its head couleurs, which was abolished in 1954, and chose a green hat with black velvet stripes and a golden oak wreath.
In 1896, the Germania Berlin singers also adopted a green wreath cap with golden oak embroidery as the color. From 1912 the old Frankfurt fraternity, Teutonia, wore the wreath cap made of black velvet, red and black ribbon with a golden oak leaf wreath. This head color was taken over by the Franco-Moenania fraternity, from which the Teuto-Borussia fraternity emerged, where the old men wore and still wear this hat by tradition.
literature
- Hans Volquartz: The insignia of the Jena fraternity and its history 1815 - 1965. Pöppinghaus, Bochum-Langendreer 1965