thumbnail, Today's view on the Corps House from the Lessingstraße. thumbnail, Drawing of the Corps House 1910 thumbnail, The fraternity's crest is part of the building's front relief. The Corps Suevia Freiburg is one of the oldest German Student Corps, 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 thousa ...

or student corporation founded by 13 students at the

Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

on June 21, 1815. As a member of the Freiburger Senioren Convent (SC) it is a founding member of 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, est. 1848), the oldest fraternity association in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Suevia is committed to the principles of brotherhood,

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scholarship A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education. Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need. Scholarsh ...

and

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

excellence. Its members are required to practice

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 ...

. Corps Suevia is open to applicants of every nation, ethnic background, religious or political belief. Applicants have to be honourable men and have to accept the guiding principle of

democracy Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation (" direct democracy"), or to choose gov ...

, which is one of the main pillars of Suevia's

constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...

. Its members wear

couleur Couleur (from French, meaning ''colour'' in 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 three classes of such ...

(a cap and a ribbon), on official occasions. Suevia's Latin motto is ''"Virtute constanti fulget salus!".''

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