Red direction

The Red Direction (RR) was a cartel that existed between 1920 and 2013 within the German fraternity . Their last member fraternities founded the Kartell Roter Burschenschaften (KRB) in 2008 , which is no longer tied to the German fraternity.

history

The Red Direction was founded on January 10, 1920 as a counterpoint to the White Circle , after the fraternities of the Red Direction had already faced the White Direction , which was formed in 1908, in a loose union in the previous years , the later White Circle . It largely emerged from the old friendship relationships between fraternities of the former North German cartel . The foundation was preceded by a preliminary meeting on July 12, 1919 at the Gießener Burschenschaft Germania .

The Red Direction formed a working group of like-minded fraternities. The name Red Direction was chosen because of the predominantly red hat colors of the founding fraternities and at the same time in a figurative sense as a symbol of the Arminist principle . This means, among other things, that particular importance is attached to an impeccable way of life and the educational principle of a fraternity. The motto “More being than appearance!” Is appropriate colloquially. Conversely, this does not mean that no value is placed on social manners, but “appearances” should not be the main focus in education and lifestyle.

With the dissolution of the corporations in the Third Reich , the work of the Red Direction also ceased; with the dissolution of the German fraternity on October 18, 1935, the cartel relationship ended altogether.

After the Second World War it was re-established on June 14, 1951 at the Burschentag in Bingen am Rhein . After the founding of the Burschenschaftliche Gemeinschaft (BG) by members of the Red Direction, a dispute arose in the summer of 1963 over whether a simultaneous membership in the BG and Red Direction should be possible, whereupon some fraternities left the Red Direction and the North German Re-established cartel. On June 1, 1982, the Red Direction dissolved after the number of member associations continued to decrease. Another re-establishment took place on June 2, 2001. After all fraternities of the Red Direction left the German fraternity in spring 2013, the cartel in its form linked to the German fraternity ended.

Red fraternities cartel

The members of the Red direction founded on 10 February 2008 together with the Würzburger Burschenschaft Arminia the cartel Red Fraternities (KRB), which is otherwise not bound when the Red direction to the German fraternity and thus joined the free open to fraternities or Fraternities other associations.

Members

Distribution of the university locations of the members of the Red fraternities cartel

Member name	Membership Period (RR)	Membership Period (KRB)
Giessen fraternity Germania - (), (*)	January 10, 1920 - Whitsun / Boys' Day 1930 June 14, 1951 - April 23, 1969	April 28, 2013 - today
Fraternity Holzminda Göttingen - (), (), (**)	January 10, 1920 - October 18, 1935 Jan. 26, 1952 - June 1, 1982 June 2, 2001 - March 23, 2013	February 10, 2008 - today
Strasbourg fraternity Arminia zu Tübingen - (), (), (**)	January 10, 1920 - October 18, 1935 1953 - June 1, 1982 June 2, 2001 - May 21, 2013	February 10, 2008 - today
Würzburg Burschenschaft Arminia - (), (), (***)	January 10, 1920 - Whitsun / Boys' Day 1930 June 14, 1951 - 1960/61 November 1964 - February 3, 1982	February 10, 2008 - today

(*) RR founding member on January 10, 1920
(**) RR re-founding member on June 14, 1951
(***) RR re
-founding member on June 2, 2001 (****) KRB founding member on February 10, 2008

former members

Fraternity	Membership Period (RR)
Arminia Berlin - (), (*)	January 10, 1920 - October 18, 1935 June 14, 1951 - July 6, 1963
Primislavia Berlin - (**)	June 14, 1951 - 1982
Saravia Berlin - (*)	January 10, 1920–1930 / 31 ??? - July 6, 1963
Raczeks Wroclaw - (*) (today in Bonn)	January 10, 1920 - Whitsun / Boys' Day 1930
Moravia Brno	1920 - October 18, 1935
Teutonia Chernivtsi	around 1932 - ???
Arminia Frankfurt - (**) (since 1950: Frankfurt-Leipziger Arminia)	Pentecost 1929 - April 1931 June 14, 1951 - July 6, 1963
Glückauf Freiberg - (*)	January 10, 1920-1924
Teutonia Freiburg - (*)	Jan 10, 1920 - ??? ??? - July 6, 1963 KRB Membership: November 6, 2016 - July 1, 2019
Frankonia Graz	1924 - 1960/61
Germania Greifswald - (*)	January 10, 1920-1924
Normannia Heidelberg	1957 - July 6, 1963
Brixia Innsbruck	1924 - 1960/61
Germania Karlsruhe (today Teutonia ) - (*)	Jan 10, 1920 - ???
Germania Cologne	Boys' Day 1926 - July 6, 1963
Teutonia Koenigsberg - (), (*) (later: Teutonia-Germania Marburg)	January 10, 1920 - Whitsun / Boys' Day 1930 June 14, 1951 - 1959
Arminia Leipzig - (), (*) (since 1950: Frankfurt-Leipziger Arminia)	January 10, 1920 - July 23, 1930 June 14, 1951 - July 6, 1963
Cruxia Leoben	1924 - ???
Saravia Mainz	June 4, 1954 - 1982
Arminia Marburg - (*)	January 10, 1920 - Whitsun / Boys' Day 1930
Arminia Munich - (), (*) (today: Arminia-Rhenania Munich)	January 10, 1920 - October 18, 1935 June 14, 1951 - June 28, 1960
Danubia Munich - (), (*)	January 10, 1920 - Whitsun / Boys' Day 1930 June 14, 1951 - 1959
Guelfia Munich - (*)	January 10, 1920 - July 1921
Frankonia Munster	around 1922 - ???
Ghibellinia Prague (today in Saarbrücken)	???
Redaria Rostock	???
Ulmia Stuttgart	???
Teutonia Vienna	1920/24 - ??? Pentecost / Boys' Day 1958 - 1960

(*) RR founding member on January 10, 1920
(**) RR re-founding member on June 14, 1951

literature

Red Direction news bulletin. 1927 - ???
Heinz Amberger (Ed.): Burschenschafter-Handbuch. Bochum,
- 2nd ed., 1953, p. 107.
- 3rd ed., 1955, pp. 107-108.
EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 213.
Peter Frömke: Holzminda in the red direction. In: Hansheiner Schumacher (Ed.): Burschenschaft Holzminda Göttingen. Contributions to its history 1860–1985. Göttingen, 1985, pp. 124-132.
Messages from the Alemannia fraternity in Göttingen. 15th year (March 1922), p. 41.
Herman Haupt (Hrsg.): Handbook for the German fraternity. Frankfurt am Main,
- 3rd ed., 1925, pp. 127-128.
- 4th ed., 1927, pp. 140-141.
- 5th ed., 1929, pp. 147-148.
- 6th edition (edited by Max Droßbach and Hans Hauske), 1932, p. 480.
Sonja Kuhn: The German fraternity. A group in the area of tension between traditional formalism and traditional foundations. An analysis for the period from 1950 to 1999. Diploma thesis Bamberg 1999 (printed 2002), pp. 104-105, 222.
H. de Rouet: 150 years of the Frankfurt-Leipzig fraternity Arminia. Frankfurt, 2010.

Individual evidence

↑ Sonja Kuhn: The German Burschenschaft - a grouping in the field of tension between traditional formalism and traditional foundation - an analysis for the period 1950 to 1999. Stuttgart 2002. ISBN 3-00-009710-4 . P. 105.
^ 125 years of the Arminia fraternity in Strasbourg. Festschrift for the 125th anniversary. Tübingen 2011, p. 100.
↑ 1954: Fusion with the Arminia Würzburg fraternity
^ Burschenschaft Teutonia-Germania (Ed.): The East German Cartel. Principles and statutes. Marburg 1964, p. 32.
^ Burschenschaft Teutonia-Germania (Ed.): The East German Cartel. Principles and statutes. Marburg 1964, p. 28.
^ Max Droßbach and Hans Hauske (eds.): Handbook for the German fraternity. 6th edition, Berlin 1932, p. 435.
^ Burschenschaft Teutonia-Germania (Ed.): The East German Cartel. Principles and statutes. Marburg 1964, p. 35.

[1] Sonja Kuhn: The German Burschenschaft - a grouping in the field of tension between traditional formalism and traditional foundation - an analysis for the period 1950 to 1999. Stuttgart 2002. ISBN 3-00-009710-4 . P. 105.

[2] 125 years of the Arminia fraternity in Strasbourg. Festschrift for the 125th anniversary. Tübingen 2011, p. 100.

[3] 1954: Fusion with the Arminia Würzburg fraternity

[4] Burschenschaft Teutonia-Germania (Ed.): The East German Cartel. Principles and statutes. Marburg 1964, p. 32.

[5] Burschenschaft Teutonia-Germania (Ed.): The East German Cartel. Principles and statutes. Marburg 1964, p. 28.

[6] Max Droßbach and Hans Hauske (eds.): Handbook for the German fraternity. 6th edition, Berlin 1932, p. 435.

[7] Burschenschaft Teutonia-Germania (Ed.): The East German Cartel. Principles and statutes. Marburg 1964, p. 35.