List of student associations in Friedberg (Hessen)

The  list of student associations in Friedberg (Hessen) shows the student associations that are active or historically resident at the Technical University of Central Hesse (the former polytechnic and later technical college ) in  Friedberg (Hessen) .

A large part of the Friedberger student associations (active or suspended ) are grouped together in the inter- corporative local ring General Friedberger Corporations Convent (AFCC).

Active Friedberg student associations

Name of the connection	founding	Colours	coat of arms	Circle	Umbrella organization	Members	Scale length	Fraternity house
Ascania fraternity	1902	Black-white-green			ADB	Men's association	striking (optional)
Alemannia fraternity	1919	Green-white-purple			-	Men's association	striking (optional)
Thuringia fraternity	1899 (1)	Red-white-gold			-	Men's association	striking (optional)
Country team of Cimbria et Rhenania	1982 (2)	Black and white wine red			-	Men's association	striking (optional)
Academic Women's Association Philia	2011	Pink-white-green			-	Ladies connection	not hitting	-

⁽¹⁾ Founded in Arnstadt (Thuringia) and since 1923 in Friedberg 

⁽²⁾ Merger of Landsmannschaft Cimbria and Landsmannschaft Rhenania

Suspended Friedberg student associations

The following student associations were active in Friedberg after the Second World War , but have been suspended (postponed).

Name of the connection	founding	Adjourned	Colours	Members	Scale length	Hints
Academic Science Connection Hasso-Borussia (hut)	1902	1970	Blue-gold-red	Men's association	not hitting	founded as an academic-scientific association "Hütte"
Country team Cimbria	1906	1982	Black and white orange	Men's association	beating	emerged from the Academic Association of Architects and Civil Engineers (founded in 1903); 1982 merger with L! Rhenania
Catholic German student association Arminia	1911	1971	Dark red-white-light blue	Men's association	not hitting
Landsmannschaft Teutonia	1921	1990	Black-white-blue	Men's association	beating	Founded as an Academic Reform Association Teutonia; In 1922 it was renamed Freie Fraternity and again in 1924 as Landsmannschaft; suspended in 1930 and reactivated in 1949. The active connection was dissolved in 1990 by the old gentlemen's association.
Free fraternity of Normannia	1922	1999	Green-gold-red	mixed	not hitting	founded as the Academic Electrotechnical Association "Normannia"
Academic-technical connection Hassia	1925	1972	Black and white gold	Men's association	not hitting	Founded as a Protestant German student association; formerly a member of the BDIC
Technical connection Nordmark-Cheruscia	1970	nb	Light blue-white-red	Men's association	not hitting	Merger of the Landsmannschaft Nordmark (founded in 1880 in Mittweida , reactivated in Friedberg 1962) with the old gentlemen's association of the Cheruscia fraternity.
Country team Rhenania	1889	1982	Wine red-white-gold	Men's association	beating	founded as a technician fencing team in Hildburghausen (Thuringia), reactivated in Friedberg 1954, 1982 merger with L! Cimbria
Polyhymnia singers	1894	1990	Blue-white-black	mixed	not hitting	founded in Ilmenau (Thuringia), reactivated in Friedberg 1957
Landsmannschaft Bavaria and Tyrolean	1908	1979	Blue-white-red-white	Men's association	not hitting	founded in Ilmenau (Thuringia), reactivated in Friedberg after 1945, formerly a member of the BDIC

nb = not known

Expired student associations (active before 1935)

The following student associations were active in Friedberg before 1935, but were dissolved or not reconstituted  (reactivated) in Friedberg after the Second World War, or their whereabouts are unknown.

Name of the connection	founding	Colours	Members	Scale length	Hints
Corps Rhenania	1901	Gold-white-green	Men's association	beating	founded as an academic association "Rhenania"
Academic Gymnastics Federation Suevia	1902	Blue-white-orange	Men's association	beating	1924 renamed to Corps; from 1926 in Darmstadt
Cheruscia fraternity	1919	Red-white-green	Men's association	beating	Founded by members of the Cheruscia Bingerbrück fraternity who moved to Friedberg ; In 1922 the Cheruscia Friedberg (colors red-white-gold) merged with Cheruscia Bingerbrück, which was completely relocated in 1921 (founded in 1898 as a technical bowling club, colors red-white-green)
Corps Germania	1919	Green-silver-pink	Men's association	beating	Suspended in 1931.
Jewish connection Kadimah	1919	Blue-white-black	Men's association	nb	Founding and successor of the Jewish-Academic-Scientific Association; Formerly a member of the Cartel of Jewish Associations (KJV)
Academic Association of Architects	1921	Blue-green-gold	Men's association	not hitting	Not reactivated as a corporation after World War II; from 1953 the old men met regularly in Friedberg under the name "Ingenieur-Verein" for round tables
Academic sports club	1921	Black-gold-light blue	Men's association	not hitting
KDStV Rheno-Bavaria	1925	Black-light blue-dark red	Men's association	not hitting
Heatit Jewish Association	1926	Yellow-blue-black	Men's association	not hitting

nb = not known

Expired student associations (active before 1914)

The following student associations were active in Friedberg before 1914, but were dissolved or not reconstituted (reactivated) in Friedberg after the First World War, or their whereabouts are unknown.

Name of the connection	founding	Colours	Members	Scale length	Hints
Teutonia fraternity	1901	Gold-white-red	Men's association	beating	disbanded between 1906 and 1912
Germania fraternity	1901	Colors nb	Men's association	nb	Whereabouts unknown
Landsmannschaft Thuringia	1895	Silver-white-gold	Men's association	nb	Time / reason for change to Friedberg and later whereabouts unknown; in Friedberg at the earliest from 1901 (color card dated 1910)
Academic-Catholic Association Arminia	1902	Black and white pink	Men's association	not hitting	disbanded in 1906
Jewish-Academic-Scientific Association	1911	Colors nb	Men's association	not hitting	It is not known whether colors were worn (see Jewish Association Kadimah)

nb = not known

literature

• Max Heymann : Memories of a century of student life in a small town Volume 1 + 2 . Ed .: Student Association Hasso-Borussia Friedberg. 1st edition. MediVision, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-932686-72-1

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} General Friedberger Corporations Convent (ed.): Student associations in Friedberg / H. Giessen-Friedberg University of Applied Sciences. 1st edition. Own publication, 1984 (printed by Ristau-Druck, Rosbach vdH).
2. ↑ ^{a b} German University Week in Friedberg . In: Society of Friends and Patrons of the Polytechnic Friedberg e. V. (Ed.): The Friedberger Engineer Student . tape 3 , 1983, 21-22 ( thm.de [PDF]).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Max Heymann: Memories of a Century of Student Life in a Small Town Volume 1 + 2 . Ed .: Student Association Hasso-Borussia Friedberg. 1st edition. MediVision, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-932686-72-1 , p. 89 ff .
4. ↑ color cards. In: Couleurkarte L! Thuringia Friedberg / Hess. Retrieved November 23, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official homepage of the General Friedberger Corporations Convent
• Color card database (Germany / Friedberg)