Sorabija

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The Sorabija Lipsk , based in Leipzig, is a Sorbian student association , which sees itself in the tradition of the ( Protestant ) " Wendish Preacher Society " founded on December 10, 1716 . This was the first Sorbian club ever.

history

Preaching society

Sorbian theology students at the University of Leipzig , with the support of their professors, pursued the goal of implementing the Reformation project of preaching in the vernacular for the Sorbs as well. For this purpose, the theology students met and read their sermons written in Sorbian to each other. From this group the desire to found an association developed, which took place on December 10, 1716.

From 1825 the Sorbian poet Handrij Zejler was one of the members of the Wendish Preacher Society. He gave the association its current name "Sorabija". With the emergence of the bourgeois Sorbian national movement after 1848 and the establishment of a lecturer for the Sorbian language, there was an increase in membership and an increase in club activities. In the 1870s, Arnošt Muka and Arnošt Holan were well-known members.

Striking connection

At the end of the 1890s, the decline in membership, which was caused, among other things, by the growing spread of colored and striking associations, was countered by transforming it into a striking student association . In the course of this, an old men’s association was founded. In 1908 they moved into a first fraternity house . In 1909 the name was changed from "Lausitzer Predigergesellschaft" to "Sorabia" in order to take into account the changed character of the connection. During the First World War , the association ceased its work completely and did not resume work until 1918.

In 1934 the Sorabia joined the German Landsmannschaft , but disbanded in 1936 under political pressure. The old gentlemen's association was expropriated from its house in 1945 and also dissolved in 1948.

History in divided Germany and reunification

After the founding of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) , meetings were held again in the vicinity of the University of Leipzig under the roof of the Domowina . Even though it was integrated into the tight organization of the Sorbian association in the structures of the SED- led state, the Sorabija opposed merging with the Free German Youth (FDJ) .

Since 1991, the Sorabija in Leipzig has existed again as an association that is committed to maintaining the Sorbian language and customs. In April 2016, it was re-established as a registered association under the name Sorabija Lipsk eV . This Sorabija has about 30 active members.

Known members

  • Frank Förster (1937–2011), German-Sorbian historian and folklorist

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Story on the Sorabija website
  2. ↑ Bärbel Felber: A Slav nationality in Germany - The Sorbs and their organizations . Ed .: Domowina . 3. Edition. Bautzen 2009.

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