VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock

VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock
Basic data
University location:	Hamburg
University / s:	University of Hamburg
Founding:	July 3, 1883
Place of foundation:	Strasbourg
Corporation association :	Association of German Student Associations
Color status :	colorful
Colours:	Black-white-red (colored)
Type of Confederation:	Men's association
Position to the scale :	Not striking
Motto:	With God for people and country
Total members:	91 (2007)
Website:	www.vdst-hamburg.de

The VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock is a member of the Association of German Students' Associations ( VVDSt / Kyffhäuserverband ) and the first student corporation to be admitted to the University of Hamburg .

history

Color map of the VDSt Strasbourg, around 1900

The VDSt Hamburg was founded on May 3, 1919, before the University of Hamburg opened on May 13, 1919, and was the first student corporation to be admitted to the university. In August the numerically very strong connection was added to the Kyffhäuser Association.

In May 1920 the old gentlemen's association of the VDSt Strasbourg was joined, which was dissolved after the closure of the Strasbourg University and the ban on German corporations in the former Alsace-Lorraine . In 1921 the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg joined the "Scientific Institute of the Alsace-Lorraine in the Reich". During the entire duration of its existence during the Weimar Republic , events related to Strasbourg and Alsace-Lorraine shaped the life of the Hamburg Confederation, which, for example, took part in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Strasbourg University in 1922.

In the early years of the Weimar Republic, under the strong influence of the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg, the corporations refused to charge under the black-red-gold flag when the rectorate was handed over at the end of 1921 .

In terms of content, the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg dealt in these politically changeable years in particular with ethnicity issues and actively participated in the "borderland work" in North Schleswig . He participated in the affairs of the Hamburg student body in a prominent position. In 1930, they moved into the "Strasbourg" house on Werderstrasse.

In 1932 the VDSt left the “ Hochschulring Deutscher Art ” and formed the “Resistance Block”, which was supposed to collect the students who stood between the corporations and the strong NS student union ; In 1933 the Hamburger Bund took over the management of the Kyffhäuser Association .

From the autumn of 1934 onwards, many VDSter joined the army, the number of members fell sharply; Finally, a comradeship formed which remained outside the NS student union. Soon afterwards the house had to be sold, in 1938 the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg was dissolved under pressure from the National Socialists .

On May 31, 1951, an active federation was re-established. The program of the entire association led the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg to an intensive preoccupation with the questions of the German reunification , which was also given special attention in the following decades.

In 1956, a former flak battery occupation barracks in Rothenbaumchaussee was used as the place of residence and work of the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg. It developed very vigorously during this time and sometimes had more than 50 active members. The VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg took over the chairmanship of the Hamburger Korporationsring and Hamburger Konvent several times , due to the geographical location it dealt intensively with the political questions resulting from the East-West relationship. Its members often took on leading roles in the Kyffhäuser Association.

The good relationship with the VDSt Rostock led to an agreement with the Rostock Altherrenbund in 1964, according to which the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg took over the maintenance of the tradition of the VDSt Rostock after the Wall was built and student corporations were banned in the GDR . This agreement was confirmed and supplemented by a formal agreement in 1970, and the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock existed from then on as a unified federation with joint old rulers.

On November 19, 1989, the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock moved into a floor on the Outer Alster that had existed for 21 years. In May 2011 the building was demolished. The VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock had already moved into a liaison house on April 1st 2011.

The VDSt Straßburg-Hamburg-Rostock sets itself apart from other corporations through its social and political work and was awarded the title "Official Project of the UN World Decade 2006/2007 - Education for Sustainable" within the framework of the VDSt Academy by UNESCO Development "excellent.

In October 2012, the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock took over the one-year chairmanship of the Kyffhäuser Association for the second time . The association conference was held in Hamburg in May 2013 for the first time in the association's history.

Political and social activity

The VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock is involved in the series of events VDSt Academy of its umbrella organization VVDSt, which was selected by UNESCO as a "decade project" for two years in 2006 and 2008 . As part of this project, the VDSt organized, among other things, a series of lectures on Islam, the culture of Islamic countries and the current situation in the Middle East in the 2007 summer semester.

In the following years, the main focus was on the subject of "Europe" in general or current problems, for example the financial crisis. In the 2013 summer semester, the focus was on energy policy. In the course of this, both politicians and high-ranking representatives from energy companies gave lectures at events such as the association conference.

Principles

The VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock defines itself today through its principles of the Lebensbund, the democratic decision-making through conventions , tolerance and the political, black and the association principle.

The life covenant principle states that all members usually remain friendly and support their connection throughout their lives. The principle of tolerance requires the members of the VDSt to stand up for the free democratic basic order and, in accordance with the political principle, strives for a critical discussion of the members with socio-political issues.

Due to the association principle, the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock is connected to the other VDSt associations in Germany, Austria and Hungary as well as friendly connections in Croatia, Denmark, Poland and Romania. The black principle states that the VDSt does not wear its colors in ribbon and hat , as is usual with many other corporations. Today this is part of the VDSt's self-image, not wanting to distinguish itself from other citizens or stand out.

Known members

Niklot Beste (1901–1987), regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg and senior bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany in the GDR
Hans von Helms (1899–1980), NSDAP politician and SA leader
Hugo Wilhelm Knipping (1895–1984), researcher a. a. in the field of radioactive medicine, professor of internal medicine
Hans Leisegang (1890–1951), philosopher, physicist and author
Werner Lembcke (1909–1989), surgeon and university professor
Wilhelm Meisner (1881–1956), ophthalmologist and university professor
Karl Ernst Osthaus (1874–1921), art patron and art collector
Johannes Paul (1891–1990), historian, professor of middle and modern history
Gustav Adolf Scheel (1907–1979), Reich student leader, Gauleiter and Reich governor of Salzburg
Paul Schröder (1887–1930), politician (DVP / DVFP), founder of the VDSt Rostock
Hans Witte (1867–1945), archivist and historian

literature

Zirlewagen, Marc (Ed.): 1881–2006 - 125 Years of Associations of German Students, Vol. 1: A historical review, Pressburg 2006. ISBN 3-929953-06-4
Akademische Blätter - VVDSt (KV) magazine, 108th year, issue 03/2006.
Practical manual of the Association of German Student Associations, 7th edition 2012.
Chronicle for the 100th anniversary of the VDSt Strasbourg-Hamburg-Rostock, Hamburg 1983.

Web links

Individual evidence