Coburger Convent
Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften an deutschen Hochschulen (abbreviation: CC) is an association of German and Austrian studentenverbindungen. Its membership includes 91 student associations who all participate in academic fencing.
| Coburger Convent | |
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| CC | |
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| Founded | May 12, 1951 Coberg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Type | Trade association |
| Affiliation | Independent |
| Status | Active |
| Emphasis | Studentenverbindung |
| Scope | Austria and Germany |
| Pillars | Honor, Freedom, Friendship, and Fatherland |
| Colors | White, Green, Red, and White |
| Publication | CC Das Magazin |
| Chapters | 91 |
| Members | 1,500+ active 11,000+ lifetime |
| Formal name | Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften an deutschen Hochschulen |
| Headquarters | Triftstraße 1 Munich, Bavaria 80538 Germany |
| Website | www |
History
editCoburger Convent was founded in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany on May 12, 1951 as a trade association for studentenverbindungen or student fraternal corporatons.[1] It formed from the merger of the German Regional Association and the Representative Convention; these were Landsmannschafter and Turnerschafter gymnastics associations at German universities.[1]
Coburger Convent held its first nationwide conference in Berlin in 1952; this was held jointly with the German Sängerschaft (now Austrian Landsmannschafter-und Turnerschafter-Convent which is a CC member corporation).[1] This conference continues as the annual Greifenstein Conference held in Bad Blankenburg, Germany.[1]
As of 2024, Coburger Convent includes 91 corporations in Germany and Austria, consisting of 1,500+ male students and 9,500+ alumni members.[1][2] It consists of both Landsmannschaften and Turnerschaften student corporations. Each member corporation has a meeting house.[1] Their only membership requirement is to be a student of the corporation's university.[1] Alumni members of the corporations belong to the Association of Old Gentlemen of the Coburger Convent.[2]
Coburger Convent's headquarters are located in Munich, Germany.[3] Its publication is CC Das Magazin.[4]
Symbols and traditions
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Coburger Convent's principles or pillars of the association are honor, freedom, friendship, and fatherland.[1] One of the main tradition of the CC studentenverbindungen is participation in compulsory academic fencing.[1]
Its student members wear couleur or ribbons to indicate affiliation.[1] Its couleur are white-green-red-white. For major events, student members wear colored hats, based on school traditions from the 19th century.[1]
New members are called foxes.[1] Regular student members are called Burschen.[1] Graduates or alumni are called Old Boys.[1]
Notable members
editA selection of notable members of the studentenverbindungen of Coburger Convent:
- Karl von Bardeleben (1849–1919), Anatomist
- Peter Harry Carstensen (born 1947), Politician, since 2005 he has been Minister-President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2005/06
- Thomas Dehler (1897–1967), Politician, Federal Republic of Germany's first Minister of Justice (1949–1953) and chairman of Free Democratic Party (1954–1957)
- Rolf Emmrich (1910–1974), Professor of internal medicine.
- Adolph Albrecht Erlenmeyer (1822–1877), Physician and psychiatrist
- Friedrich Albrecht Erlenmeyer (1849–1926), Physician and psychiatrist
- Franz Etzel (1902–1970), Politician, Minister of Finance.
- Paul Flechsig (1847–1929), Neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
- Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884–1945), Politician[1]
- Levin Goldschmidt (1828–1897), Jurist
- Otto Hahn (1879–1968), Chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry[1]
- Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), Engineer
- Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896), Organic chemist
- Friedrich August Körnicke (1828–1908), Agronomist and botanist
- Hermann Löns (1866–1914), Journalist and writer
- Gottfried Münzenberg (born 1940), Physicist
- Günther Oettinger (born 1953), Politician, Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg between 2005 and 2010[1]
- Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), Surgeon
- Ferdinand Schneider (1911–1984), Chemist
- Wilhelm Solf (1862–1936), Scholar, diplomat, jurist, and statesman
- Heinrich Spoerl (1887–1955), Author
- Theodor Thierfelder (1824–1904), Internist
- Wilhelm Trübner (1851–1917), Painter
- Rainer Wieland (born 1957), Politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Max Wilms (1867–1918), Pathologist and surgeon
- Alexander von Zagareli (1844–1929), Professor at St. Petersburg University and co-founder of Tbilisi State University
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "About Us". Coburger Convent (in German). 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ a b "Members". Coburger Convent (in German). 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ "Contact". Coburger Convent (in German). 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ "Das Magazin des Coburger Convents". Coburger Convents (in German). 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
External links
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