Bismarck 1836 The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest

German Student Corps Corps (or Korps; "''das ~''" ('' n''), (''sg.''), (''pl.'')) are the oldest still-existing kind of '' Studentenverbindung'', Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century. The oldest corps still exist ...

, a

Studentenverbindung (; 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 ...

or student corporation founded on January 18, 1809 at the

Georg August University of Göttingen Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian (usually Lebanese), French, or ...

by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home residences in the

Kingdom of Hanover The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Ha ...

. As a corps it is a founder member (1848) of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV), the oldest governing body of such student associations in both Germany and Austria. ''Hannovera'' commits itself still to the principles of

academic fencing Academic fencing (german: link=no, akademisches Fechten) or is the traditional kind of fencing practiced by some student corporations () in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia, and, to a minor extent, in Belgium, Lithuania, and Pol ...

as well as the common principles of tolerance and democracy shared by all Corps of the KSCV. Its members wear red and blue

couleur Couleur (from French, meaning ''colour'' in English language, English) is the expression used in Central European ''Studentenverbindungen'' for the various headgear and distinctive ribbons worn by members of these student societies. There are thr ...

(red cap and tricoloured sash) on official occasions. Hannovera's Latin

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is ''Nunquam retrorsum, fortes adiuvat fortuna!'' (engl: ''Never backward, fortune favours the bold''). Corps Hannovera officially regards the 18th of January 1809 as its founding date though it can be proved that there were similar gatherings of Hanoverian students in Göttingen as far back as 1735. Corps Hannovera is also a founding member and stringent follower of the ''blaues Prinzip'' or blue principle (along with fellow cartel Corps and ). The blue principle is a social principle which consists of the promotion of gentlemanly conduct and social behaviour in general. Flowing from these ideals Corps Hannovera host several social events in their club house ( Corpshaus) which are generally regarded as some of the most coveted and exclusive social occasions in Göttingen. The most famous member of ''Hannovera'' was Otto von Bismarck, who probably had the "wildest" time of his life in the course of his studies at Göttingen, where, owing to his excessive boisterousness, he was forced to live outside the town walls and was once placed under arrest for a period of ten days in the university jail (in German: '' Karzer''). Other famous members of Corps Hanovera Göttingen were general Friedrich Balduin von Gagern, the leader of the

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opposition in the Reichstag, Rudolf von Bennigsen, economist

Wilhelm Roscher Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher (; 21 October 18174 June 1894) was a German economist from Hanover. Biography Roscher studied at Göttingen, where he became a member of Corps Hannovera, and Berlin, and obtained a professorship at Göttingen in ...

, poet

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, botanist Heinrich Wendland, surgeon Louis Stromeyer, geologist

Otto Volger Georg Heinrich Otto Volger (30 January 1822 – 18 October 1897) was a German geologist from Lüneburg. He was the founder and first chairman of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift, which he led from 1859 to 1882. Life Volger was born to , a teac ...

, fisheries expert

Walther Herwig Walther Herwig (February 25, 1838, Bad Arolsen, Waldeck – December 16, 1912) was a Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science. Herwig studied jurisprudence at the University of Göttingen from 1856, where ...

, the Imperial German ambassador to China and Japan

Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein Philipp Alfons Freiherr Mumm von Schwarzenstein (19 March 1859 – 10 July 1924) (also known as Alfons von Mumm) was a diplomat of the German Empire. He succeeded the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900. Mumm studi ...

and Wolfgang Kapp. The Corps has some members from the United Kingdom and the United States. One of them was the later physician

Mitchell Campbell King Mitchell Campbell King (born June 1815 in Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston m ...

from South Carolina, who belonged to the circle of Bismarck's American friends in Göttingen. During his stay at Gottingen in 1856

John Pierpont Morgan John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became kno ...

joined the Corps, but was "not a full fledged member" since he wanted to avoid a smite.

Edwin Palmer Hoyt Edwin Palmer Hoyt (August 5, 1923 – July 29, 2005) was an American writer who specialized in military history. Until 1958, Hoyt worked in news media, after which he produced non-fiction works. Early life He was born in Portland, Oregon to the ...

: ''The House of Morgan'' (1966), p. 84-85 Others have worked in the US and Canada like surgeon Hinrich Bitter-Suermann.

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Corps Hannovera Göttingen (in German)
*Jonathan Green: ''Armed and Courteous'',

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magazine, 3. January 2004, S. 16

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Couleur Couleur (from French, meaning ''colour'' in English language, English) is the expression used in Central European ''Studentenverbindungen'' for the various headgear and distinctive ribbons worn by members of these student societies. There are thr ...

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