Landsmannschaft (Studentenverbindung)

As students of the compounds of the present-day country teams developed in the 19th century. Most are members of the Coburg Conventes (CC).

General

Country teams are apolitical and have at the present time no country mannschaftliches principle more, since they take students from all over the world and so carry their traditions. It applies the principle of tolerance and the wearing of stripes. While the fencing of at least two scale lengths is mandatory for members of country teams in the CC, country teams are in other associations or often combined independent optional or not hitting.

Particularly interesting are the eleven Catholic Austrian country teams ( KOEL ) that are bound non- beating and non-denominational. These are organized in the Academic Federation of Catholic Austrian country teams.

History

While the country team result combinations from the 15th century were pure purpose associations with mandatory membership, new communities were formed: the end of the 18th century, although they called themselves and country teams, but sought new form and, authoritative influenced by the student orders that they were fighting were.

Only starting in 1837 emerged the new country teams, called in Göttingen and continental teams. Compounds were re-established as a country club, but adapted with the zeitgeist. They took the lives covenant principle developed by the Order. In the summer of 1840, the first local land Mannschafter Convent was founded in Göttingen.

However, the new name Country team did not mean the resumption of the regional principle, he pointed only to the origin of the first members. The key difference to the Corps was according to the principles of this new country teams that they set up independently at the individual universities

• The equality of all honorable students and student associations
• The abolition of all Verrufe and
• The establishment of general binding courts of honor.

Progress

In the course of Progress ( student movement ) in the pre-March period also Progress connections established. Although the Progress basically called for the repeal of the compounds, so there was often progressivist wreath, but there was also a connection of expellees Progress, the country team Hildeso - Cellensia Göttingen. Basically, the country teams took the position of the middle group between Progress or Progress connections on one side and the Corps on the other side. In Austria progressivist meant discarding the scale.

The original goal was to abandon the then very specific student customs and adapt to the general civil practice in everyday life. (Also called Philistines ) The feeling of superiority of the students towards the citizens was considered antiquated. This explains the parallelism to the gymnastics clubs and choral societies then first founded by citizens.

This movement died down again and the old traditions such as the satisfaction and the colors were wearing resumed. Nevertheless, the Bestimmungsmensur was still rejected and represented only by the Corps.

Advent country Mannschafter associations

The country teams were formed from the 1860s, two flows out. For one, the country teams at the technical universities, on the other hand at the universities.

The first country Mannschafter Association is founded by four country teams at the technical universities of Karlsruhe and Hannover Wetzlar General Landsmannschaften Seniors' Convent (June 28, 1867). There were other polytechnic - of expellees ' associations.

The first " Universitätslandsmannschafterverband ," the General Country Mannschafter - Convent was founded on March 1, 1868 by five country teams in Kassel. This goes back to the initiative of the Teutonia Bonn in 1856. There was a large number of other partially existing parallel associations until finally the German Homeland Association was founded. 1919, the two currents of university and polytechnic Landsmannschaften country teams were finally united. The following are the associations are briefly listed in tabular form:

There were in the 1920s, former Reform Fraternities of the General German lads Federation ( ADB) the (established August 4, 1872 in Berlin) in either the DL or the representative - Convent entered.

After all the organizations had been disbanded during the period of National Socialism, it came in 1951 on the merger of the country teams with the duty beating Turner machinations to Coburg Convent.

On 16 November 1954, the inclusion of country teams from the Austrian country Mannschafter and Turner steward Convent ( ÖLTC ) followed during this persists.

The Coburg Convent is on friendly terms with the German singer shaft, which in this period has its roots.

Catholic Austrian Country Teams

After the First World War joined in Austria Catholic academics (sometimes even high school students ) to student organizations together, as the " fifth" principle a special attachment to the House of Habsburg and wont care. There are non- beating compounds in stark contrast to German national corporations. They are organized in the Academic Federation of Catholic Austrian country teams ( KOEL ). Known country teams are the Maximiliana Vienna, Starhemberg Vienna, Graz or Ferdinandea Josephina Vienna. Insist on high school level, including the KÖML Tegetthoff to Vienna in MKV, which is KÖML Leopoldina Graz, outside the MKV the Corps CÖML Maximilian II in Vienna and in the SCPL the ÖML Ottonia to Linz, which of expellees Corps Victoria to Vienna, the KÖML Staufia to Graz.