Werdandi Bund

The Werdandi-Bund was founded in 1907 by the painter Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931).

The name of the covenant refers to the Nordic goddess of fate Werdandi (also Verdanti or Verthandi, Nordic for becoming ). In addition to Arthur Moeller van den Bruck and Houston Stewart Chamberlain , Richard Wagner's son-in-law Henry Thode , the Volkish literary historian Adolf Bartels and the German translator and editor Arthur de Gobineaus , Ludwig Schemann, were among the signatories of the appeal to found the Volkischer Bund . In this appeal it says: "The terminally ill German art can only heal if the tough Germanic fist creates mythically powerful Valkyrie clouds from volkish sensations and creates Roland statues of noble terminology with foreboding and legendary enthusiasm." About 500 belonged to the Werdandi-Bund Members. There is no evidence that the covenant persisted after 1914.

The Werdandi-Bund became a forerunner of other völkisch-national communities of the conservative revolution of the interwar period like the Juniklub , the network of the “Ring” movement and the German gentlemen's club .

literature

• Rolf Parr: The Werdandi Bund. "The greatest humbug we have been able to experience in recent times". In: kultuRRevolution - magazine for applied discourse theory , 22. Klartext, Essen 1990, pp. 37–42.
• Rolf Parr: The Werdandi Bund . In: Uwe Puschner , Walter Schmitz , Justus H. Ulbricht (eds.): Handbook on the Völkische Movement 1871-1918. Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11241-6 , pp. 316-327.
• Rolf Parr: Werdandi-Bund [Berlin]. In: dsb., Wulf Wülfing, Karin Bruns (ed.): Handbook of literary-cultural associations, groups and associations 1825–1933. (= Repertories on German literary history. 18). Stuttgart 1998, pp. 485-495.
• Volker Weiß : Dostoyevsky's demons. Thomas Mann , Dmitri Mereschkowski and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck in the fight against “the West” . In: Heiko Kauffmann, Helmut Kellershohn, Jobst Paul (ed.): Völkische Gang: Dekadenz und Wiedergeburt. Analysis of right-wing ideology. Unrast, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-89771-737-9 .