The Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg is a
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 existi ...
at the
University of Heidelberg
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...
.
History
Saxo-Borussia was established on 16 December 1820. Its
motto
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is ''Virtus sola bonorum corona!''. In 1829
Robert Schumann
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became a lifelong member. During the
Revolutions of 1848 in the German states
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the corps participated in founding the
Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband
The Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (abbreviation: KSCV) is the oldest association of German, Austrian and Swiss Studentenverbindungen. It comprises roughly 105 German, Austrian and a Flemish (Belgian), Hungarian and Swiss ''Corps'', all o ...
(KSCV), an association of German-speaking Student Corps.
In the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
and in the
Weimar Republic
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Saxo-Borussia was considered "the most distinguished corps of Christendom" – a reference to the
1st Foot Guards (German Empire)
The 1st Foot Guard Regiment (german: 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß) was an infantry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army formed in 1806 after Napoleon defeated Prussia in the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. It was formed by combining all previous Foot ...
.
Wilhelm Meyer-Förster
Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, also known as Samar Gregorow (12 June 1862, Hannover – 17 March 1934, Heringsdorf), was a German novelist and playwright.
Biography
The son of a bookseller, he first studied law, then the history of art. He later decided ...
wrote a student novel (1885) and
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
reported on his visit in
A Tramp Abroad
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.
Kurt Tucholsky
Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel.
Tucholsky was on ...
taunted the corps with a poem. Unlike the befriended
Corps Borussia Bonn
The Corps Borussia Bonn is a German Student Corps at the University of Bonn.
History
Borussia was established on 22 December 1821 and joined the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) in 1856. It is the corps of the House of Hohenzollern a ...
, Saxo-Borussia has never been mocked by satirical magazine
Simplicissimus
:''Simplicissimus is also a name for the 1668 novel Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus, Simplicius Simplicissimus and its protagonist.''
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. The group was prosecuted in
Nazi Germany
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. It dissolved on 3 July 1935 under persecution, and was recreated in 1952. In 1910 and 1998 it headed the KSCV.
Members
Princes
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Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
Frederick II (9 July 1857 – 9 August 1928; german: Großherzog von Baden Friedrich II.) was the last sovereign Grand Duke of Baden, reigning from 1907 until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918. The state of Baden originated from the ...
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Prince Maximilian of Baden
Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (''Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm''; 10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929),Almanach de Gotha. ''Haus Baden (Maison de Bade)''. Justus Perthes (publishing company), Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1944, p. 18, (French). a ...
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Constantine I of Greece
Constantine I ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, ''Konstantínos I''; – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army ...
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Prince Oskar of Prussia
Prince Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf of Prussia (27 July 1888 – 27 January 1958) was the fifth son of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
Biography Birth and family
Prinz Oskar of Prussia w ...
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Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Ernst I. Friedrich Paul Georg Nikolaus von Sachsen-Altenburg) (16 September 1826 in Hildburghausen – 7 February 1908 in Altenburg), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the first son of Georg, Duke of Sa ...
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Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Otto Graf (From 1890, Fürst) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (30 October 1837 – 19 November 1896) was an Imperial German politician and the vice-chancellor of the German Empire.
Life
He was born at Gedern Castle, Hesse, the third and last chil ...
Others
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Herbert von Dirksen
Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (2 April 1882 – 19 December 1955) was a German diplomat (and from 1936 when he joined the party, specifically a Nazi diplomat) who was the last German ambassador to Britain before World War II.
Early lif ...
, ambassador to Britain
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Albrecht von Hagen
Albrecht von Hagen (11 March 1904 – 8 August 1944) was a German jurist and a resistance fighter in the time of the Third Reich.
Life
Von Hagen was born in Langen, Pomerania (today Łęgi), on the manor of the original East Brandenburg-Pomer ...
, executed in 1944
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Hermann Theodor Hettner
Hermann Julius Theodor Hettner (March 12, 1821 – May 29, 1882), was a German literary historian and museum director.
Biography
He was born at Leisersdorf ( Uniejowice), near Goldberg (Złotoryja), in Silesia. At the universities of Berlin, ...
, literary historian
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William Hillebrand
Wilhelm or William Hillebrand (November 13, 1821 – July 13, 1886) was a German physician. He practiced medicine in several different countries, including for over 20 years in the Hawaiian islands. In 1850, Hillebrand lived at what is now Foste ...
, physician and botanist in Hawaii
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Leopold von Hoesch
Leopold von Hoesch (10 June 1881 – 10 April 1936) was a career German diplomat. Hoesch began his political career in France as the ''chargé d'affaires'' in 1923. After the recall of the German ambassador in 1923 after the Ruhr crisis, Hoesch ...
, esteemed diplomat in England
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Joseph Florimond Loubat
Joseph Florimond, Duke of Loubat (January 21, 1831 – March 1, 1927) was a French and American bibliophile, antiquarian, sportsman, and philanthropist.
Biography
Loubat was born in New York City to Alphonse Loubat and Susan Gaillard Louba ...
, bibliophile, antiquarian, sportsman, and philanthropist
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Eduard von Rindfleisch
Georg Eduard von Rindfleisch (15 December 1836 – 6 December 1908) was a German pathologist and histologist. He was born in Köthen and died in Würzburg.
Academic career
He studied medicine in Würzburg, Berlin and Heidelberg, earning his do ...
, pathologist
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Hans Joachim von Rohr, agrarian
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Rudolf von Scheliha, executed in 1942
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Gustav Simon
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Early years
Gustav ...
, surgeon
Riesenstein
![Riesenstein (Heidelberg)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Riesenstein_%28Heidelberg%29.jpg)
Saxo-Borussia is also known for her ''Corpshouse'' called Riesenstein. It is located nearby the
Gaisberg (Heidelberg)
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See also
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Junker (Prussia)
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List of members of German student corps
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The Student Prince
''The Student Prince'' is an operetta in four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play '' Old Heidelberg''. The piece has a score with some of Romberg's most enduri ...
Further reading
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Lees Knowles
Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet (16 February 1857 – 7 October 1928) was a British barrister, military historian and Conservative politician.
Early life
Knowles was the son of John Knowles and Elizabeth Lees of Green Bank, Oldham, Lancashir ...
: ''A day with corps-students in Germany''
* Heinz-Adolf von Brand und Maxtheodor Reichmann (Hg.): ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Saxo-Borussia zu Heidelberg'', vol. 1: 1820–1935. Heidelberg 1958.
* Rosco Weber: ''The German Corps in the Third Reich.'' Macmillan, London 1986
* Robert von Lucius (ed.): ''Weiß–Grün–Schwarz–Weiß. Beiträge zur Geschichte des Corps Saxo-Borussia zu Heidelberg'', vol. 2: 1934–2008. Heidelberg 2008.
* Thomas Weber: ''Our Friend "The Enemy". Elite Education in Britain and Germany before World War I''. Stanford University Press 2008
GoogleBooks* Stephen Klimczuk,
Gerald Warner
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Biography
A graduate of the Univer ...
: ''
Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries: Uncovering Mysterious Sights, Symbols, and Societies'', Sterling Publishing Company, 2009, p. 224-232 (''The German University Corps'')
External links
Gregor Samarow: ''Die Saxo-Borussen.'' Stuttgart 1885(Projekt Gutenberg)
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List of notable members (German Wikipedia)
References
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Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg, Corps
Heidelberg University alumni
Student organizations established in 1820
1820 establishments in Germany