
The Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften (abbreviation: CC) is an association of 100
German and
Austrian
Studentenverbindungen
(; often referred to as Verbindung) is the umbrella term for many different kinds of fraternity-type associations in German-speaking countries, including Corps, , , , and Catholic fraternities. Worldwide, there are over 1,600 , about a thousan ...
, all of which are based on the principle of tolerance. Its full name is ''Coburger Convent der Landsmannschaften and Turnerschaften an deutschen Hochschulen''.
The ''Coburger Convent'' was founded in
Coburg in 1951.
It consists of 100
Landsmannschaften and
Turnerschaften. The oldest member corporation was founded in 1716, the youngest in 1994.
The ''Coburger Convent''’s colours are white-green-red-white.
Cartel
Triple Alliance
Landsmannschaft Darmstadtia Gießen; Landsmannschaft Spandovia Berlin and
Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg
The Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg is a German Studentenverbindung, fraternity – not to be confused with the Fraternities and sororities in North America, American variety – situated in Heidelberg, a university city in Southwestern Germa ...
Famous members of Coburger Convent

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Karl von Bardeleben (1849–1919), Anatomist
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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
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Thomas Dehler (1897–1967), Politician, Federal Republic of Germany's first Minister of Justice (1949–1953) and chairman of Free Democratic Party (1954–1957)
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Rolf Emmrich
Rolf Emmrich (27 August 1910 – 5 May 1974) was a German professor of internal medicine.
Emmrich was born in Freiberg, Saxony. He studied at the University of Tübingen and University of Freiburg (Ph.D. 1936) and subsequently held the positio ...
(1910–1974), Professor of internal medicine.
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Adolph Albrecht Erlenmeyer
Adolph Albrecht Erlenmeyer (11 July 1822 – 9 August 1877) was a German physician and psychiatrist born in Wiesbaden.
He studied medicine in Marburg, Bonn and Berlin. At the University of Bonn he studied under surgeon Karl Wilhelm Wutzer (1789� ...
(1822–1877), Physician and psychiatrist
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Friedrich Albrecht Erlenmeyer
Friedrich Albrecht Erlenmeyer (9 March 1849 – 7 July 1926) was a German physician and psychiatrist known for his contributions to the fields of neurology and psychiatry.
Early life and education
Erlenmeyer was born in Bendorf bei Koblenz ...
(1849–1926), Physician and psychiatrist
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Franz Etzel
Franz Etzel (12 August 1902 – 9 May 1970) was a German politician of the CDU.
Etzel was born in Wesel, Rhine Province
The Rhine Province (german: Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia () or synonymous with the Rhineland (), was t ...
(1902–1970), Politician, Minister of Finance.
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Paul Flechsig
Paul Emil Flechsig (29 June 1847, Zwickau, Kingdom of Saxony – 22 July 1929, Leipzig) was a German neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist. He is mainly remembered today for his research of myelinogenesis.
Biography
Born in Zwickau, ...
(1847–1929), Neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
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Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884–1945), Politician
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Levin Goldschmidt
Levin Goldschmidt (30 May 1829 – 16 July 1897) was a German jurist, judge and academic. He was a Judge at the Reichsoberhandelsgericht and a professor at the University of Berlin. Between 1875 and 1877 he also served as a member of the German P ...
(1828–1897), Jurist
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Otto Hahn (1879–1968), Chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry
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Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), Engineer
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Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz Friedrich may refer to:
Names
* Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich''
* Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich''
Other
* Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Year ...
(1829–1896), Organic chemist
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Friedrich August Körnicke (1828–1908), Agronomist and botanist
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Hermann Löns (1866–1914), Journalist and writer
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Gottfried Münzenberg
Gottfried Münzenberg (born 17 March 1940) is a German physicist.
He studied physics at Justus-Liebig-Universität in Giessen and Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck and completed his studies with a Ph.D. at the University of Giessen ...
(born 1940), Physicist
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Günther Oettinger (born 1953), Politician, Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg between 2005 and 2010
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Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), Surgeon
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Ferdinand Schneider (1911–1984), Chemist
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Wilhelm Solf (1862–1936), Scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman
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Heinrich Spoerl (1887–1955), Author
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Theodor Thierfelder
Benjamin Theodor Thierfelder (10 December 1824 – 7 March 1904) was a German internist born in Meissen. He is remembered for contributions made in research of ''Fieberkurve'' (temperature patterns) involving typhoid fever.
In 1848 he earned his ...
(1824–1904), Internist
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Wilhelm Trübner (1851–1917), Painter
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Rainer Wieland (born 1957), Politician and Member of the European Parliament
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Max Wilms (1867–1918), Pathologist and surgeon
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Alexander von Zagareli
Alexander Anton von Zagareli (also Cagareli or Tsagareli, Georgian: ალექსანდრე ანტონის ძე ცაგარელი; 9 December 1844 – 12 November 1929''Барамидзе А. Г.'Цагарели Ал.// К� ...
(1844–1929), Professor at St. Petersburg University and co-founder of Tbilisi State University
External links
* http://www.coburger-convent.de
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