ZN (student order)

Leibniz bust (copy)

The student order with the designation ZN was one of the most important student orders at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in the 18th century.

history

In addition to what was probably the only student order Concordia et Taciturnitas (CeT) that remained after the ban from 1766 to 1778, the Order ZN emerged from the Ordre de l'Esperance and the Göttingen Espérancierloge Mars in 1772, most recently under the seniorate of Professor Blumenbach until it was banned 1784. According to historians, ZN was the most influential Göttingen student order of the second half of the 18th century. Carl Friedrich Schubert , matriculated May 8, 1778 until Easter 1781, author of the Schubert silhouette collection (1778–1781) with portraits of his Koätanen in the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft and the highlighted members of the other Landsmannschaft of his time in Göttingen, many of whom were also members of the Ordens ZN, held many ZN members in Göttingen as silhouettes and referred to them as members. Moreover, many ZN-user does in pedigree records the character of the order consisting of the letters "ZN" even with.

When it was banned, the Order had substantial financial assets that had been raised for the establishment of a chemical laboratory. Under Ernst Brandes , these funds were earmarked for a memorial for Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , while further funds were raised from the circle of members . The Irish sculptor Christopher Hewetson created the Leibniz bust for the Leibniz Temple in Hanover from the liquidation assets of the order in 1788 and at the same time created a permanent memorial to the ZN Order and its educational objectives.

Members of the Ordre de l'Esperance

Members of the previous order in Göttingen formed the old rulers and the supporters of the order ZN, according to Dietrich Heinrich Ludwig von Ompteda , imm. October 14, 1763 ex Ritterakademie Lüneburg (1761–1763), also member of the Ordre de l'Esperance . It is also included in the list of participants for the Duke of York's visit to Göttingen on August 22, 1765. It is further documented by its entry in the family book of the Bush (1763-66) . Next Ernst August Rumann , imm. October 24, 1763 to Michaelis 1766, also included in the list of participants for the visit of the Duke of York in Göttingen on August 22, 1765. and Christian Ludwig Albrecht Patje , imm. October 20, 1764 to Easter 1767.

Members of the Order ZN in Göttingen

Surname	matriculation	Reception ZN	Remarks	Illustration
Lenthe , Ernst Friedrich Christian von	October 14, 1771 (ex. Knight Academy Lüneburg 1767–71) to Michaelis 1774, stud. jur. from Calenberg.	April 10, 1772	First ZN mark in Göttingen on April 10, 1772. Also member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft. Entries in the Fortmann family register 1772–1775 and in the Leisewitz family register 1770–1774 ; ZN sign in the Campen family register 1773–1777 .
Culemann, FC	October 13, 1770 (ex. Ac. Jena), from Lippe.	May 20, 1772	Second ZN sign in Göttingen on May 20, 1772.
Wense , Friedrich Wilhelm of the	October 24, 1771 from Lüneburg.	August 22, 1772	Also a member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft. Entries in the register of Fortmann 1772–1775 , register of Heineken (1771–1774) and in the register of Rupstein (1773–1774).
Düring , Johann Christian von	May 1, 1770 (ex ac. Kiel) to Michaelis 1772. ???	August 1772	Knight Academy Lüneburg 1768–69. Senior of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft from May 23, 1772 to October 1772. The music in his honor on May 23, 1772 triggered the Landsmannschaft controversy with the Mecklenburg Landsmannschaft , in which the Kurische Landsmannschaft also participated. Entry in the register of Fortmann (1772-75) .
Düring , Friedrich von	stud. jur. from Bremen.	September 17, 1772
Gemmingen, Louis Baron von	October 15, 1771 (ex. Ac. Tübingen)	September 19, 1772	Previously a member of the SEC order in Tübingen
Gaisberg , PA Frhr. from	October 29, 1772 from Leonberg	September 19, 1772
Löwenstern, Carl Otto von	8 October 1771 from Curland	September 25, 1772
Rosenthal , Georg von	12 Oct 1770 from Curland	September 30, 1772
Kalm , HB of	May 5, 1770 from Braunschweig	October 12, 1772
Fortmann, Johann Gottfried	May 1, 1770 to Michaelis 1775	1772 ??	Also a member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft. Strain accountant of the pedigree book Fortmann (1772-75) in the Department of Manuscripts of the SUB. Entry in the register of Heineken (1771-74) . Also a member of the Order ZN.
Camping , HCS from	May 13, 1771 from Braunschweig	February 24, 1773	Register clerk of the register HCS von Campen in the Lower Saxony State Archives Wolfenbüttel.
Vogel, Samuel Gottlieb	July 2, 1764, MD from Erfurt.	March 29, 1773	Started his studies in Göttingen at the age of 14.
Commoner , JCT = Carl Theodor Commoner ?	May 22, 1771 from Regensburg.	April 3, 1773
Schott , AL	October 12, 1772 (ex. Ac. Tübingen) from Württemberg.	April 4, 1773
Rheinwald , CH	April 29, 1772 from Württemberg.	April 8, 1773
Groez , JE	April 29, 1772 from Württemberg.	May 1, 1773
Wenckstern, Friedrich Alexander von	April 24, 1773 to Michaelis 1776.	September 6, 1773	Entry in the Leisewitz family register 1770-74 . Senior of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft from Easter 1775 to Michaelis 1776.
Holtzmann , JH	April 30, 1772 from Frankfurt am Main.	September 24, 1773
Kalm , CF	May 7, 1773 from Braunschweig.	October 8, 1773
Löw , JC of	October 16, 1772 from Wetterau.	October 30, 1773
Talk, Franz von	May 3, 1773 as a stud. jur. from Hannover.	December 13, 1773
Vogel , CJ	April 18, 1770, stud. med. from Erfurt.	December 15, 1773
Diel , PC	October 21, 1772, stud. jur. from Frankfurt am Main.	December 20, 1773
Dönhoff , CFLB Count of	1773	December 22, 1773
Schleinitz, Wilhelm Karl Ferdinand von	May 7, 1773 from Braunschweig.	December 24, 1773
Ahlefeldt , Balthasar (1759–1780)	??.	?? 1773	HL 686 Schubert 36 silhouette collection. Died two months after leaving Göttingen.
Petz , GG of	September 14, 1772 from Riga.	February 5, 1774
Nolde , JC of	October 5, 1773 from Curland.	April 1, 1774
Faber , MJ	October 13, 1772 from Hamburg.	August 9, 1775
Wiesenhütten, Franz Wilhelm von	April 15, 1774 from Frankfurt am Main.	September 12, 1775
Numers, Carl Johann von (1757–1822)	August 15, 1773 from Livonia.	September 13, 1775	Land Marshal in Livonia
Patkul, Johann Jakob von	September 16, 1774 from Estonia.	March 9, 1776
Brandes, Ernst	October 17, 1775, stud. jur. from Hannover.	March 28, 1776	Son of the Hanoverian administrative lawyer and long-time university advisor to the Hanoverian government for the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Georg Friedrich Brandes .
Rehbinder , Gustav Diedrich from 1756–1826	October 17, 1774 from Estonia.	April 1, 1776	Baltic politician
Hammerstein , Ms. von	October 24, 1774 from Lippe.	April 3, 1776
Ploucquett , CM	October 19, 1775, stud. theol. from Württemberg.	April 5, 1776	Imm. Tübingen November 14, 1769, member of the order SEC.
Rosenbach , BW from	September 11, 1773 from Estonia.	April 9, 1776
Alten , Ernst Bodo Friedrich von	May 12, 1775 to Easter 1778, from Hanover.	September 22, 1776	Member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft; One carrier in the log book of Sandeberg with the sign “ZN”, p. 135
Meyer , JG	October 27, 1773 from Bremen.	September 23, 1776	Member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft ?? No. 0659 ??
Ramdohr, Basil of	May 4, 1775 to Easter 1778; from Hoya.	September 23, 1776	In the 4th adjudicatory position of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft, also a member of the ZN order , which emerged from the Göttingen Espérancierloge Mars and was led by Professor Johann Friedrich Blumenbach .
Münchhausen , AWG from	June 2, 1773 from Cassel.	December 2, 1776	HL 680 Schubert silhouettes collection
Mine , AM from	October 11, 1771 from Livonia.	June 17, 1773	Classification by judges illogical, rotated numbers? Q: Stammbuch v. Camping, see above
Klugen , Adam Georg von	September 5, 1775 from Estonia.	1776	Member of the Kurland team. One carrier in the Stammbuch af Sandeberg with the sign "ZN", p. 31
Flebbe , W.	May 1, 1775, stud. jur. from Lauenburg / Elbe.	September 4, 1777	Member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft. One carrier in the log book of Sandeberg with the sign "ZN", p. 11
Lehr , GP	October 10, 1776, stud. med. from Frankfurt am Main.	September 23, 1777
Buddenbrock, Gustav Johann von	October 3, 1775 from Livonia.	September 4, 1777	Order illogical with judges. Senior of the Kurland team.
Post , Heinrich Gerhard von	April 22, 1776, stud. jur. from Bremen.	September 29, 1777	One carrier in the log book of Sandeberg with the sign "ZN"? and as "Hannoveranus" ?, p. 141
Wedemeyer , Johann Christoph von	April 26, 1776 to Easter 1783, stud. jur. from Hannover.	February 19, 1778	Senior of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft
Bremer, Friedrich Franz Dietrich von	April 15, 1777 from Hanover.	March 20, 1779	Son of the citizen, Privy Councilor and since 1769 Minister Benedict von Bremer († 1779); later became Minister of the Kingdom of Hanover himself.
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich	October 19, 1772, stud. med. from Gotha.	1779	As Göttingen Professor Senior of the Order ZN.
Rehberg, August Wilhelm	September 15, 1774, stud. med. from Hannover.	1779	Later Hanover statesman and secretary of the Privy Council
Luis , Joh. D.	May 8, 1778, from Hamburg.	June 11, 1779
Flohr , JR	May 5, 1778, from Hamburg.	July 23, 1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 116
Jaenisch , C.	April 17, 1776, stud. med. from Hamburg.	July 1779	Senior of the Hamburg Landsmannschaft around 1779
Bosset , Alexius	??? 1776	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 51
Rolssen, Johann Joachim	??? 1776	1779	Senior of the Kurland team. Schubert silhouettes collection.
Münchhausen , Friedrich Ludwig von	??? 1776	1779	Senior of the Braunschweiger country team. Schubert silhouettes collection.
Lunich , from	??? 1776	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 73
Grüb , WF	??? 1776 from Ansbach	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 77
Sickingen , Franz von	??? 1776	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 80
Tegelmann , Baron von	??? 1776 from Vienna	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 103
Fludyer, Sir Samuel (1759-1833)	??? 1776 from England	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 109. 2nd Baronet, MP for Aldborough, 1781–1784
Fludyer jun .,	??? 1776 from England	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 110
Wangenheim , from	??? 1776 from Gotha	1779	Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 113
Lichtenberg, Fri. Aug.	April 28, 1773, stud. jur. from Darmstadt.	1780
Bremer , Georg Benedict August von	April 15, 1777, stud. jur. from Hannover.	1780	Schubert Silhouettes Collection, p. 49; One carrier in the log book of Sandeberg with the sign "ZN", p. 18
Pfister , Balth. from	October 7, 1777, stud. jur. from Schaffhausen.	1780
Rougemont , Georg von	October 7, 1777, stud. jur. from Geneva.	1780
Pottgießer , WH	May 2, 1776, stud. jur. Tremoniensis.	1780
Böhmer, J. Georg  ??	October 21, 1777, stud. jur. from Hannover.	1780
Böhmer , A. Ph.	October 21, 1777, stud. jur. from Hannover.	1780
Old , CEG of	May 4, 1778, stud. jur. from Hannover.	1780	Member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft. Schubert Silhouettes Collection No. 50
Old, ACF of	October 23, 1778, stud. jur. from Hannover.	1780	Member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft.
Hocquel , Pedro	October 3, 1778, stud. jur. from Lisbon.	1780
Barckhaus called von Wiesenhütten, Carl Ludwig von	October 11, 1779 from Frankfurt am Main.	1780
Ramberg , GHD	April 12, 1780, stud. jur. from Hannover.	1780	Member of the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft.
Reitzenstein , EC Frhr. from	May 11, 1780, stud. jur. from Bayreuth.	1780
Byng, George (1764-1847)	September 22, 1780, stud. math., anglus.	1780	In Göttingen Lichtenberg-Zögling, sp. Member of Parliament for Middlesex
Poel, Piter	November 7, 1780 from Hamburg.	1781
Recke, Johann Friedrich (von) (1764–1846)	October 1, 1781, stud. jur. from Mitau.	1781
Schulenburg-Wolfsburg, Gebhard von der	April 18, 1782	1781	Was previously a harmonist in Jena and founded the Order of Harmonists in Göttingen after the ZN ban.

literature

• Gustav Poel (ed.): Pictures from bygone times. Part I Piter Poel and his friends , Hamburg 1884
• Walter Richter: The Esperance and ZN Order , in: Once and Now. 1974 yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research, pp. 30–54

materials

• Götz von Selle (ed.): The register of the Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen - 1734-1837 . Leipzig 1937, Kraus Reprint, 1980, ISBN 978-3-262-00030-8

Web links

Commons : ZN (secret society)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Statutes of the ZN Order  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ also Gustavsloge of the worthy inseparable Order of Concord , existed from 1762 to 1778; approx. 144 members, cf. Götz von Selle (1927)
2. ^ Freemason newspaper: Handschrift für Brüder, Volume 4, 1850, p. 181
3. ^ Dating of the Göttingen SUB: June 20, 1779.
4. ↑ Manuscript Department of the SUB Goettingen
5. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0448; Judge, No. 25
6. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0452; Judge, No. 39
7. ^ Contained in the list of participants for the visit of the Duke of York to Göttingen on August 22, 1765. Entry in the family book of the Busch (1763-66) . After: Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0474; Judge, No. 41
8. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0600; Judge, No. 49
9. ^ Richter (1974), p. 42.
10. ↑ Richter, No. 50
11. ^ Richter (1974), p. 42.
12. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0610; Judge, No. 51
13. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0569; Judge, No. 52
14. ↑ Deneke (1937), pp. 20ff.
15. ↑ p. 75
16. ↑ Richter, No. 53
17. ↑ Richter, No. 54
18. ↑ Richter, No. 55
19. ↑ Richter, No. 56
20. ↑ Richter, No. 57
21. ↑ Richter, No. 58
22. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0615
23. ^ Caddick / Curschmann; not mentioned by Richter
24. ↑ Richter, No. 59
25. ↑ Richter, No. 60
26. ↑ Richter, No. 61
27. ↑ Richter, No. 62
28. ↑ Richter, No. 63
29. ↑ Richter, No. 64
30. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0641; Judge # 65
31. ↑ p. 89
32. ↑ Deneke (1937), p. 26
33. ↑ Richter, No. 66
34. ↑ Richter, No. 67
35. ↑ Richter, No. 68
36. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 0648; Judge # 69
37. ↑ Richter, No. 70
38. ↑ Richter, No. 71
39. ↑ Richter, No. 72
40. ↑ Richter, No. 73
41. ↑ Richter, No. 74
42. ↑ Richter, No. 75
43. ↑ Richter, No. 76
44. ↑ Richter, No. 77
45. ↑ Richter, No. 78
46. ↑ Richter, No. 79
47. ↑ Richter, No. 80
48. ↑ Richter, No. 81
49. ↑ Richter, No. 82
50. ↑ Richter, No. 83
51. ↑ Richter, No. 84
52. ↑ Richter, No. 85
53. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 00671; Judge, No. 86
54. ↑ Richter, No. 87
55. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 00666; Judge, No. 88
56. ↑ Deneke (1937), p. 40
57. ^ Freemason newspaper: Handschrift für Brüder, Volume 4, 1850, p. 181
58. ↑ See Ferdinand Frensdorff :  Rehberg, August Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 571-583.
59. ↑ Richter, No. 89
60. ↑ Richter, No. 90
61. ↑ Richter, No. 91
62. ↑ Richter, No. 92
63. ↑ Richter, No. 93
64. ↑ Richter, No. 94
65. ↑ Richter, No. 95
66. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 00693; Judge, No. 96
67. ↑ Richter, No. 97
68. ↑ Richter, No. 98
69. ↑ Poel, p. 267
70. ↑ Richter, No. 99
71. ↑ Richter, No. 100
72. ↑ Richter, No. 101
73. ↑ Richter, No. 102
74. ↑ Richter, No. 103
75. ↑ Richter, No. 104
76. ↑ Richter, No. 105
77. ↑ Richter, No. 106
78. ↑ Richter, No. 107; Poel, p. 300 "by Pottgießer".
79. ^ Richter, No. 108; Poel, pp. 280 and 298ff.
80. ^ Richter, No. 109; Poel, pp. 280 and 298ff.
81. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 00702; Richter, No. 110; Poel, p. 300.
82. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 00725; Richter, No. 111; Poel, p. 300.
83. ↑ Richter, No. 112; Poel, pp. 278, 284, 312ff.
84. ↑ Richter, No. 113
85. ↑ Caddick / Curschmann, No. 00727; Judge, No. 114
86. ↑ Richter, No. 115; Poel, p. 300 and 325ff.
87. ↑ CE v. R. ??
88. ^ Richter, No. 116; Poel, pp. 261, 284, 287 and 311ff.
89. ^ Richter, No. 117; Poel, p. 233ff.
90. ^ Richter, No. 118; Poel, p. 300 and 331 "Recke".
91. ↑ Richter, No. 119
92. ^ Richter (1974), p. 49.