Landsmannschaft Sorabia-Westphalia Münster

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The Landsmannschaft Sorabia-Westfalen is a student union in Germany , which sees itself in the tradition of the Wendische Predigergesellschaft founded in 1716 in Leipzig .

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In 1716, Sorbian students of Protestant theology from Upper Lusatia at the University of Leipzig , Mosig, Bär, Bulitius and Kneschke, under the leadership of Masters Ast and Schirach, formed the "Wendish Preacher Collegium". Their intention was to prepare sermons in their mother tongue and to read them to one another in order to prepare for their future activities. Non-theologians joined the now so-called "Societas Sorabica" as extraordinary members in 1755. After 50 years, in 1767, the alumni of the "Oberlausitz-Wendish Preachers College" published an "Oberlausitz-Wendish Church History" and continued to promote the language and literature of the Sorbs. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Lusatian homeland and theological training were binding for society. In the course of the 19th century it changed into an academic association, which in 1909 took on the name Sorabia - this was supposed to establish a reference to the Sorbian country and do justice to the founders of the society. At the beginning of the 20th century, Aktivitas tried to join an academic association, but it was not until 1934 that it joined the Deutsche Landsmannschaft (DL). This also took over the principle of determination gauging. After the end of the Third Reich , in which all connections were forbidden, the old gentlemen's association in Leipzig was also dissolved. This was re-established in Marburg in 1953 by the old Leipzig Soraben living in West Germany, which would not have been possible in Leipzig under the rule of the SED for the foreseeable future; In 1964 an Aktivitas was opened in Münster .

In 1969 this merged with the Landsmannschaft Westfalen, which was founded in Münster in 1920. The federation still exists today and is the oldest student association in Germany.

The Landsmannschaft Sorabia-Westfalen is a member of the Coburg Convent (CC) and the Munsteraner Waffenring (MWR). It is mandatory , politically and denominationally independent. In principle, any innocent male student at one of the universities in Münster can apply for membership in the Landsmannschaft Sorabia-Westfalen.

literature

  • Klaus Neuhaus: “Student postcards from Münster. A vivid history of student life in Münster. ”Schernfeld 1993, pp. 17–18.
  • Dr. Rainer Haas: Societas Lusatorum Sorabica - History of the Lausitzer Prediger-Gesellschaft and the Landsmannschaft Sorabia Leipzig, Books on Demand 2016

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 104.

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