Swiss student association

The Swiss Student Association ( Schw. StV [ ˈʃʍeː ʃ ʂəfɐu ] or StV ; French Société des Étudiants Suisses , SES ) is an association of colored students of both sexes and an umbrella organization of student associations , called sections, at universities , technical colleges and high schools in the Switzerland , Germany , Austria and Italy . Former sections existed in Belgium , France and the Czech Republic . His motto is: Virtus, Scientia, Amicitia!

history

The StV was founded on August 31, 1841 as the umbrella organization of the conservative, color-bearing, non-impacting associations in Switzerland and has been wearing a red-white-green ribbon since 1851 and a red cap since 1861, whereby the shade of red and the cap format are free for the sections . The first four sections of the StV were created in 1843. These are (in chronological order) the sections Freiburg im Üechtland (today GV Zähringia ), Schwyz ( GV Suitia ), Lucerne ( AV Semper Fidelis ), Freiburg im Breisgau ( AV Helvetia Friburgensis ) and Brig ( Sectio Brigensis ).

Sections exist not only in German-speaking countries, but also in French-speaking Switzerland and other countries. The StV emerged in 1841 as a political collective movement of Christian-conservative students and thus implicitly as a contrast to the Swiss Zofingerverein , which adopted a politically radical (i.e. progressive-liberal ) basic stance. Accordingly, the StV wanted to gather Christian, conservative forces against liberalism and radicalism . After the Sonderbund War in 1847, however, it was members of the StV who contributed to the unification of Switzerland.

The student association always saw itself as an association of politically active members. Almost all Christian Democratic federal councilors come from the StV. The political orientation towards Catholic conservatism has faded more and more into the background since 1970. Today the association is officially not only affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP), the political spectrum of its members has opened up to the other parties.

The association became a Catholic-denominational association in the so-called Kulturkampf in 1873 . Since 1977 this principle has been changed to Christian so that Protestants can become full members again. The StV has been accepting women since 1968. The patron saint of the association is holy brother Klaus .

The StV has a friendship agreement with the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations and the Cartell Association of Catholic Austrian Student Associations , the so-called Three Association Agreement. The StV is also a member of the European Cartel Association of Christian Student Associations (EKV).

At the 166th general assembly of the active as well as at the corresponding old man's assembly on September 8, 2012 in Brig , the two assemblies approved a comprehensive structural revision. Since then, the management has been incumbent on the Central Committee, which is composed of both old men and active members. The presidency is taken over by an active member, the vice presidency by an old man. Furthermore, with this revision, the merger of three de facto independent associations (Aktivitas, Altherrschaft and Gesamtverein) into a single association (Swiss Student Association) was resolved.

The history of the StV has been processed by the Swiss historian Urs Altermatt and published in two volumes.

organization

The association currently consists of 80 sections in Switzerland , Germany ( Munich , Freiburg im Breisgau and Tübingen ), Austria ( Innsbruck ) and Italy ( Rome , Milan ). There used to be a section in Belgium ( Leuven ), France ( Paris ), the Czech Republic ( Prague ) and others at various German universities (e.g. Eichstätt , Münster , Würzburg , Heidelberg ). The StV is thus the largest association of colored students in Switzerland and has almost 1,000 active members and around 5,000 old men.

The StV was founded as a central association and did not result from a merger of individual connections. That is why the individual members are direct members of the StV and entitled to vote. This basically knows three determining organs: The Delegates 'Assembly (DV), to which the Aktivitas and the senior management of each section can send a delegate with voting rights, as well as the Active and Senior Citizens' Assembly, at which each individual member of the respective member category is entitled to vote.

The main task of the active and old gentlemen's assembly is to elect the members of the central committee from the respective member category. The active representatives are elected for one year, whereby re-election is generally permitted, but not customary. The representatives from the old manors are each elected for two years. The Central Committee manages the association's business.

At the delegates' meeting of the sections, decisions are made every six months on admission and exclusion as well as on the ongoing financial and program planning of the association.

With the Political Commission (PK) and the Education Policy Commission (BPK), the StV maintains two staff bodies, which are available to the Central Committee to deal with topics and areas of tension from the respective area.

The central committee is also subordinate to three functionaries, the central secretary, the communication officer and the editor of the magazine Civitas .

The most important groups of the StV

Reform (4)

The period from 1880 onwards brought strong excesses, such as B. the Heidelbergerstil, there was an absolute compulsory drink, morning pints were obligatory, there were a lot of balls and Kommerse. The consequences were a lazy semester, many withdrawals, high costs and a very bad reputation among students.

After 1900 a time of reform began. Many StVer turned against the abovementioned excesses. In addition to the comment question, the reform movement aimed at increasing political and religious engagement and scientific debate. At the General Assembly (GV) in Pruntrut in 1911, some easements, especially when drinking, were decided. The GV in Zug in 1916 then decided to abolish all compulsory drinking.

In this context, after the reform decisions in 1916, reform associations were formed, the aim of which was to reduce the commentary business to a healthy level, to intensify political education and to cultivate religious events. The first reform sections were:

1917 AV Berchtoldia Bern
1918 AV Fryburgia Freiburg
1921 AV Welfen Zurich
1939 AV Froburger Basel

These associations meet every year in Lucerne for the Reform Guild.

Block (7)

As a reaction to the reform, the bloc was created in 1924 , a federation of academic commentary associations as an amalgamation in the sense of maintaining proven traditions. The block alphabet:

1863 AKV Rauracia Basel
1865 AKV Burgundia Bern
1895 AKV Alemannia Freiburg
1912 AKV Kyburger Zurich
1925 AV Bodania St. Gallen
1938 AKV Neu-Romania Freiburg
1860 AV Turicia Zurich

The relationship between the bloc and reform was initially very tense. The bloc refused to give the reform the couleur greeting, reformers had to go through a new Fuchsenzeit with the bloc, etc. In the course of the decades, however, tensions subsided.

Bernese Group (12)

In 1961, the reform association saw its goal achieved and disbanded. Today, the block only exists to protect the interests of the entire association by obliging its members to be more committed. In 1965/66 the AV Welfen Zurich took the initiative and tried to revive the reform. The interest group was dissolved in 1968 in favor of the establishment of the Bern Group . At the beginning of the 1970s, the Bern group had a very large weight in the overall club.

In addition to the first 4 reform associations, the following associations were also members of this group:

1937 AV Staufer Freiburg
1946 AV Neu-Welfen Zurich

But the connections of the so-called second reform also worked in the Bern reform group. Those were:

1953 AV Goten Freiburg
1957 CA Rezia Freiburg
1964 AV Orion Zurich
1971 AV Agorà Freiburg

Theological associations who collaborated loosely:

1868 AV Curiensis Chur
1861 AV Waldstättia Lucerne
1896 AV Leonina Freiburg

In 1967/68, with the exception of AV Steinacher St. Gallen, virtually all German-speaking university connections that did not belong to the block were in the parliamentary group of the Bern Group in order to counterbalance the tightly organized and powerful at the delegates' assembly (DV) and general assembly (GV) Block to form.

Since the tendency to limit oneself to the life of connections became more and more prevalent, the Bern group had to be dissolved in 1981 out of disinterest.

Reform Group (7)

On July 9, 1983, the seven founding sections of the first and second reform met in Friborg and launched the reform group (RG). They wanted to create a forum for the members where they could get to know each other better and get involved. The reform group was officially dissolved at the Appenzell General Meeting in 1993.

Fédération Romande (8)

The Fédération romande is the grouping of all French-speaking connections and their elders. This rapprochement between active and old men enables the welschen StVern to meet in a common forum and to maintain their cultural identity.

The Fédération romande does not want to remain a self-contained entity, but wants to be a link that offers the French-speaking club members a point of reference to the StV. Furthermore, the Fédération romande enables the welschen StVern to represent their ideas and positions within the entire association. One of its main goals is to strengthen cooperation between the French-speaking sections and to promote a common approach.

Members are:

1845 SG Nuithonia Friborg
1846 SG Rhodania Sion
1859 SG Agaunia Saint-Maurice
1946 SG Arvésia Genève
1876 SA Salévia Genève
1891 SA Lémania Lausanne
1895 SA Sarinia Friborg
1917 SHE Activitas Friborg

High School (16)

Since the mid-seventies, the Gymnasia, a group of German-speaking middle school connections, has existed. This grouping takes care of the interests of the middle school connections in the whole association. The five-person high school presidium organizes the exchange of knowledge and experience among the member sections and organizes joint events.

The many shades in the StV are certainly an enrichment and show that ultimately it was not about external details that mattered, but about the common basic attitude.

FH-Bund (5)

1966 Relief Society The Habsburgs Brugg / Windisch
1984 FHV The Nothensteiner St. Gallen
1892 Relief Society Turania Winterthur
1976 FHV Daltonia Muttenz
1900 Relief Society The Ruithonen Burgdorf

Lepontia (3)

1931 SA Lepontia Bernensis (Bern)
1885 SA Lepontia Cantonale Locarno (Lucerne)
1915 SA Lepontia Friburgensis (Friborg-Freiburg)

Member corporations

There are a total of at least 113 corporations that have ever belonged to the Swiss Student Union or are still part of it.

Sections with activitas and old rule (43)

Sections without activity, but with old rulers (37)

Sections without activity and without old rule (33)

Legend

Legend
Predicate the connection: GV = grammar school association (SG) AV = Academic Association (SA), (CA) AKV = Academic Commentary Association FHV = University of Applied Sciences (SHE) SAV / SAKV = semi-academic association AB = Academic Fraternity RV = regional connection Type of connection: G = high school connection I = engineering association A = academic connection Connection language: d = German-speaking f = French-speaking i = Italian-speaking Status of the liaison members: m = exclusively male w = exclusively female m / f = male and female

Known members (selection)

Canonized or beatified members

A blessed comes from the ranks of the Schw. StV :

Maurice Tornay (1910–1949), Augustinian canon , missionary and martyr , (GV Agaunia )

Other

A list of well-known members with their own Wikipedia entry can be found in the category: Corporated in the Swiss Student Union .

literature

Sébastien Grüter: Histoire de la Société des Étudiants Suisses . Imprimerie de l'Œuvre de Saint-Paul, Friborg 1916.
Urs Altermatt , Schweizerischer Studentenverein (Ed.): «To dare the huge fight with this time ...» Swiss Student Association 1841–1991 (Volume 1) . Maihof-Verlag, Lucerne 1993, ISBN 3-9520027-2-0 .
Urs Altermatt, Schweizerischer Studentenverein (Ed.): “And nobody in our union goes lost” The Swiss Student Association in Transition 1991–2018 (Volume 2). Stämpfli Verlag AG, Bern 2019 ISBN 978-3-7272-6024-7 .
Urs Altermatt: Swiss Student Association (StV). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Commons : SchwStV connection - collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

↑ 166th Ordinary General Meeting - Minutes. (PDF; 3.3MB) September 8, 2012, pp. 32–35 , accessed on September 2, 2013 .
^ Minutes of the old gentlemen's meeting. (PDF; 3.3MB) September 8, 2012, pp. 40–42 , accessed on September 2, 2013 .

[1] 166th Ordinary General Meeting - Minutes. (PDF; 3.3MB) September 8, 2012, pp. 32–35 , accessed on September 2, 2013 .

[2] Minutes of the old gentlemen's meeting. (PDF; 3.3MB) September 8, 2012, pp. 40–42 , accessed on September 2, 2013 .

Predicate	Connection name	Art	language	Member status	abbreviation	country	founding year
GV	Adelphia Bellinzona	G	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1968
AV	Augusta Turin	A.	d	?	?	Italy	† 1888
SG	Blarentia Pruntrut	G	f	?	?	Switzerland	† 1931
GV	Fidelitas (Schaffhausen)	G	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 2006
AV	Helvetia Eystettensis (Eichstätt)	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1895
AV	Helvetia Herbipolensis (Würzburg)	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1888
AV	Helvetia Lipsiensis (Leipzig)	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1902
AV	Helvetia Mediolanensis (Milan)	A.	d	?	?	Italy	† 1967
AV	Helvetia Tubingensis (Tübingen)	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1975
AV	Helvetia Westfalensis (Münster)	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1914
AV	Justiniana Sion	A.	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1901
GV	Laudania Lucerne	G	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1976
AV	Leonia Como	A.	d	?	?	Italy	† 1895
SA	Lepontia Friburgensis (Friborg-Freiburg)	A.	i	?	LF	Switzerland	?
GV	Petromariana Dent	G	d	?	?	France	† 1901
SG	Salesia Evian-les-Bains	G	f	?	?	France	† 1882
?	Lucerne Section	G	f	?	?	Switzerland	† 1849
?	Section Chur	G	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1878
?	Section Dillingen	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1877
?	Frauenfeld section	G	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1861
?	Great Saint Bernard Section	G	f	?	?	Switzerland	† 1871
?	Heidelberg Section	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1877
?	Section Mainz	A.	d	?	?	Germany	† 1871
?	Mariastein section	G	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1874
?	Monza section	A.	d	?	?	Italy	† 1866
?	Section Paris	A.	d	?	?	France	† 1878
?	Prague section	A.	d	?	?	Czech Republic	† 1864
?	Strasbourg section	A.	d	?	?	Germany, today France	† 1877
?	Section Thonon	G	d	?	?	France	† 1891
?	Section Zug	G	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1858
IV	Sinceritas Biel	I.	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1910
AV	Valeria Florens Sion	A.	d	?	?	Switzerland	† 1892
SA	Vigilia Friborg	A.	f	?	?	Switzerland	† 1933