The Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften (abbreviation: CC) is an association of 100

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and Austrian

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, 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.

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Triple Alliance

Landsmannschaft Darmstadtia Gießen; Landsmannschaft Spandovia Berlin and Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg

Famous members 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 Thomas Dehler (14 December 1897 – 21 July 1967) was a German politician. He was the Federal Republic of Germany's first List of German justice ministers, Minister of Justice (1949–1953) and chairman of Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free De ...

(1897–1967), Politician, Federal Republic of Germany's first Minister of Justice (1949–1953) and chairman of Free Democratic Party (1954–1957) *

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. *

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 *

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 *

Franz Etzel Franz Etzel (12 August 1902 – 9 May 1970) was a German politician of the CDU. Etzel was born in Wesel, Rhine Province. From 1949 to 4 January 1953 and from 1957 to 1965 Etzel was member of the German Bundestag. From 1957 to 1961 he was Minis ...

(1902–1970), Politician, Minister of Finance. *

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, h ...

(1847–1929), Neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist * Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884–1945), Politician *

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 * Otto Hahn (1879–1968), Chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry * Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), Engineer *

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 *

Friedrich August Körnicke Friedrich August Körnicke (29 January 1828 – 16 January 1908) was a German agronomist and botanist born in Pratau (now a part of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt). He was the father of agricultural botanist Max Koernicke (1874–1955). Körnick ...

(1828–1908), Agronomist and botanist * Hermann Löns (1866–1914), Journalist and writer *

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 * Günther Oettinger (born 1953), Politician, Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg between 2005 and 2010 * Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), Surgeon *

Ferdinand Schneider Ferdinand Gottlob Schneider (18 June 1911 – 11 May 1984) was a German chemist. Schneider was born in Backnang in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen, Freiburg and Munich (Ph.D. 1934) and subsequently held the ...

(1911–1984), Chemist * Wilhelm Solf (1862–1936), Scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman *

Heinrich Spoerl Heinrich Christian Johann Spoerl (; 1887–1955) was a German author. Biography Spoerl was born on 8 February 1887 in Düsseldorf, where he also grew up. He studied jurisprudence in Marburg, Berlin and Munich and was a solicitor in Düsseldorf fr ...

(1887–1955), Author *

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 *

Wilhelm Trübner Wilhelm Trübner (February 3, 1851 – December 21, 1917) was a German realist painter of the circle of Wilhelm Leibl. Biography Trübner was born in Heidelberg. He was the third son of a silver- and goldsmith, Johann Georg Trübner, and h ...

(1851–1917), Painter * Rainer Wieland (born 1957), Politician and Member of the European Parliament * Max Wilms (1867–1918), Pathologist and surgeon *

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 {{Authority control Coburg Student societies in Germany