Ring of Catholic German fraternities

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Coat of arms of the RKDB

The Ring of Katholischer Deutscher Burschenschaften (RKDB) is a corporations association of Catholic color-bearing and non-striking student associations in Germany with its seat in Bonn . The connections carry the designation Catholic German Burschenschaft in the RKDB . His motto is Deo patriae amico sacer , the principles are virtus, scientia, amicitia .

The Catholic fraternities in Austria, which originally belonged to the RKDB, formed in 1965 in the independent, but still closely linked, ring of Catholic academic fraternities (RKAB) .

history

1924 to 1945

Corporations banned from July 6, 1938

The RKDB was founded on October 9, 1924 in Düsseldorf by five associations that split off from the Unitas Association (Association of Scientific Catholic Student Associations Unitas ): Sigfridia Bonn, Normannia Freiburg (newly founded from Unitas-Rheno-Danubia Freiburg), Franco- Borussia Würzburg, Ripuaria Aachen and Gothia Berlin.

The name initially chosen, the Ring of Scientific Catholic German Student Associations (RV) , was replaced on April 19, 1926 by the Ring of Catholic German Fraternities RKDB .

In the years that followed, the association experienced rapid growth under its commitment to the doctrine of the Catholic Church and the Greater German idea . In 1933 it comprised 21 German and Austrian associations with 700 students and 500 old men .

Under pressure from the National Socialists , the so-called "Frankfurt Agreement" merged on September 3, 1933, between the RKDB and the Cartel Association of Catholic German Student Associations (KV) to form the Catholic German Burschenschaft (KB). On January 31, 1934, the Catholic principle had to be given up. Therefore the association renamed itself accordingly in Kartellverband Deutscher Burschenschaftlicherverbindungen.

On November 20, 1935, the forcibly merged and unstable association in Hanover dissolved again after some former ring fraternities had previously reconstituted the RKDB on March 31, 1935 under the name Ring-Kartell Deutscher Burschenschaften. The final end came for the association after the so-called " Himmler Decree of June 20, 1938 " with the state police dissolution on July 6, 1938.

From 1945

After the re-establishment of the association in Düsseldorf on November 6, 1948, the greater German idea was discarded and the statute stipulated that one should work for the unity and freedom of the Germans. After German reunification , the RKDB encompasses its social commitment and its status in the community by further advocating an internally united Germany in a united Europe, a goal that was pursued in particular from 1990 to 2009 with prominent participation from church, politics, business and Science conducted Wartburg discussions at the Wartburg in Eisenach took into account.

Today the RKDB is an educational, living and action community that understands itself as a catholic association with the goal of Christian ecumenism and is committed to overcoming the denominational division of Christians . Since 1970, corporations have been allowed to accept Protestant fellow students as full members while maintaining the Catholic principle.

In 2011 a friendship agreement was signed with CStV Unitas Hildburghausen zu Wuppertal.

Regardless of the location of the ring fraternities, there are 16 ring round tables and ring circles across Europe, which are worn and attended by members of all ring fraternities based in the area.

In 2001 the ring aid organization in the RKDB e. V. founded with the task of running student aid (currently in Bosnia ); since 2007 in partnership with the church aid organization Renovabis .

The association belongs to the Working Group of Catholic Student Associations (AGV) , the Working Group of Catholic Organizations in Germany (AGKOD) and the Catholic Academic Work of Germany (KAD) and is a founding member of the European Cartel Association (EKV) .

The association meets annually for its ring day (often in Bonn ) and, if possible, throughout the year for a ring friendship meeting at a cartel fraternity and a ring work day with working sessions on the principles of the association.

After changing periods of flourishing and stagnation, the RKDB currently (2015) consists of 600 old men and 80 active members.

Development in Austria after 1965

The passage in the statutes of the RKDB "to work for the unity and freedom of the Germans" presented the RKDB connections in Austria with the problem of exposing themselves to the accusation of continuing to follow the Greater German idea if they remained in the association; consequently they split off from the Federal German Association. In 1965, Wiking Vienna, Rheno-Danubia Vienna, Vedunia Vienna and Südgau Graz founded the Ring of Catholic Academic Fraternities (RKAB) . In the connection name, too, "German" has been replaced by "academic", which is why the connections are called the Catholic Academic Fraternity in the RKAB . Initially, a joint umbrella organization ( Ring Catholic Fraternities (RKB) ) was founded with the RKDB , but it was dissolved in 1980 and replaced in 1983 by a friendship agreement.

Large parts of the statutes, the motto, the principles and the denominational model were adopted by the RKDB; analogous to the resolution in the RKDB, Austrian corporations are also officially allowed to accept Christian baptized fellow students as full members.

After the RKAB temporarily ceased operations, it was reactivated in 1983 by Wiking Vienna, Rheno-Danubia Vienna and Langobardia Salzburg . Today the association has two connections with Aktivitas again and otherwise consists of old rulers.

The RKAB is also a founding member of the European Cartel Association (EKV).

Association magazine

The newsletter since 1924 is “Der RING”, which has been published since 1965 together with the Austrian sister association RKAB.

Ring aid organization

In 2001, the Ringhilfswerk im Ring Katholischer Deutscher Burschenschaften eV was founded from circles of the RKDB as a registered, later recognized non-profit association. The purpose of the association is to promote young people through education, upbringing and social security. Projects with a focus on Eastern Europe are financially supported by various partners.

The first project was initiated by the BDKJ of the Archdiocese of Cologne and enabled individual help for needy students in Lithuania, as well as support for the local Catholic youth and student association. It was planned to support the Lithuanian social welfare organization Patria through personal contacts, but this was no longer supported by the BDKJ, but rather took place through the German Province of the Jesuits . In 2007 the church aid organization Renovabis was won as a partner. After the structures in Lithuania have been consolidated, the funding will also be borne directly by the Archdiocese of Kaunas. From 2011, the Archdiocese of Sarajevo will be supervised with its work "Schools for Europe", as well as the award of scholarships for Bosnian students, organized locally by the FONSS Foundation (Fondacija za Stipendiranje Studenata).

Member connections of the RKDB

Current members

Name of the connection Seat Colours Precedence Date of establishment status Motto
KDB Sigfridia Bonn
1 1910 active Loyalty for loyalty!
KDB Normannia Freiburg in Breisgau
5 1924 active Esto fortis et viriliter age!
KDB Alania Muenster
7th 1920 inactive Plaice, custom, freedom, fatherland!
KDB Winfridia Bonn
16 1900 active Ut omnes unum!
KDB Rheno-Guestphalia Bonn
14th 1909 active Faithful and Free!
KDB Franco-Borussia Wurzburg
3 1920 inactive Deodorant and patriae
KDB Rheno-Isaria Munich
10 1925 inactive Duty and freedom!
KDB Nibelungen Muenster
11 1925 inactive Stuck in faithfulness!
KDB Saxonia Cologne
18th 1927 inactive Stuck in faithfulness!
KDB Rheno-Silesia Dusseldorf
20th 1928 inactive Contra currentem!
KDB Rheno-Palatia Aachen
27 1951 inactive God, honor, freedom, fatherland!
KDB Kurmainz Mainz
28 1925 inactive Justitia, pax, humanitas!
KDB Hohenburg Saarbrücken
19th 1956 inactive Virtus, veritas, libertas!
KDB Falkenstein Coethen-Clausthal in Bochum eat
30th 1923 inactive Firm, faithful, true!
KDB Moselfranken trier
32 1961 inactive Omnia probate, bonum tenete!

Former / suspended members

  • KDB Ripuaria Aachen (founding member 1924, in CV from 1980 )
  • KDB Gothia Berlin (1924 founding member, suspended)
  • KDB Novesia Köln (incorporated in 1924, merged with KDB Rheno-Guestphalia Bonn)
  • KDB Rheno-Montania Cologne (incorporated in 1926, merged with KDB Saxonia Cologne)
  • KDB Suevia at the Waldhof Graz (included in 1926, suspended)
  • KDB Hohenstaufen Cologne (incorporated in 1926, merged with KDB Saxonia Cologne)
  • KDB Vindelicia Innsbruck (included in 1927, excluded in 1933, subsequently in the ÖCV )
  • KDB Rheinstein Bonn (incorporated in 1927, re-established as KDB Rheno-Guestphalia Bonn in 1948 by merging with KDB Novesia in Cologne)
  • KDB Ascania Marburg (included in 1927, suspended)
  • KDB Wiking Vienna (included in 1928, in RKAB from 1965)
  • KDB Rheno-Danubia Vienna (included in 1928, in RKAB from 1965)
  • KDB Rhenania Breslau (incorporated in 1928, merged with KDB Rheno-Silesia Düsseldorf)
  • KDB Cimbria Graz (admitted in 1930, suspended)
  • KDB Falkenstein Prague (incorporated in 1933, suspended)
  • KDB Lützow Innsbruck (included in 1933, suspended)
  • KDB Rheno-Saxonia (Coethen) Aachen (included in 1935, merged with KDB Ripuaria Aachen, re-established in the CV )
  • KDB Vedunia Vienna (admitted in 1960, in the RKAB from 1965, suspended)
  • KDB Südgau zu Graz (included in 1963, in RKAB from 1965)
  • AB Glanzenburger zu Zürich (joined in 1965, resigned in 1970, today in the SchwStV )
  • KDB Rhenania Cologne (incorporated in 1986, merged with KDB Winfridia Bonn)
  • KDSB Eburonia Cologne (admitted in 1991, suspended)
  • KDB Initia-Hallensis Halle an der Saale (added in 1994, suspended)

Friendship connection

CStV Unitas Hildburghausen zu Wuppertal

Member connections of the RKAB

Active full members

  • KAB Langobardia Salzburg (recorded in 1983)
  • CAB Archduke Johann zu Leoben (on a trial basis in 2012, accepted as a full member since 2014)

Passive full members

The following fraternities have an old lordship, but no longer an activity:

  • KAB Wiking Vienna (founding member 1965, until then in the RKDB)
  • CAB Rheno-Danubia Vienna (founding member 1965, until then in the RKDB)
  • KAB Südgau zu Graz (founding member 1965, until then in the RKDB)

Former member connections

  • KAB Vedunia Vienna (founding member 1965, until then in the RKDB, suspended)

literature

  • "Der Ring" (news magazine of the RKDB and later also RKAB), changing locations 1924 - s. a. DNB
  • Wilhelm Kosch u. Josef Zanders: The fraternity movement in Catholic Germany . Wächter-Verlag, Graz 1929. DNB
  • Our will and our way: By order d. Suburbs and old gentlemen's days 1930 u. under co. Association member In: Josef Zanders (Hrsg.): Special issues from the Ring of Katholischer Deutscher Burschenschaften (RKDB), issue 2 . [sl]: [sn], Neuss am Rhein 1931. DNB
  • Dieter Oppermann: Wartbur discussions between Catholic fraternities 1990–1992, 1993–1995, 1996–1999, 2000–2003, 2004–06 . Ed .: Preparatory Committee for the Wartburg Talks of Catholic fraternity members. tape 1-5 . Self-published, Bonn.
  • History of the KDB Sigfridia zu Bonn in the RKDB 1910–1990, Bonn 1990
  • Franz Josef Klassen (Ed.): 100 years of KDB Sigfridia in Bonn . 3rd, completely revised and updated edition. Self-published, Bonn 2010.
  • Festschriften of the KDB Rheno-Guestphalia zu Bonn in the RKDB for the 50th, 75th and 100th Foundation Festival, Bonn 1959–2009

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ring of Catholic German Burschenschaften portrait in: "Uni aktuell" of the ÖH-Uni Vienna, 1962
  2. ^ The ring of Catholic-Academic Fraternities in Austria . Portrait in "Couleur" (MKV magazine), 1973
  3. ↑ Krause, Peter: "O old lad glory". The students and their customs . (Graz et al., 5th edition 1997) p. 177.
  4. ^ Specimen Corporationum Cognitarum
  5. ^ A European Festival in Vienna - The RKAB celebrated the 25th anniversary of its foundation , in: Student in Europa, No. 32 December 1990
  6. ↑ Bonn District Court VR 7893
  7. ↑ Renovabis project no. BIH 18494