Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin is a German Student Corps (Fraternity) in the
Kösener SC-Verband (KSCV), the umbrella organization of the oldest German fraternities. As a corps, Vandalia-Teutonia practices academic fencing and wears Colours. Its membership comprises active and former students and alumni of all Berlin universities. Its members are called ''Vandalen-Teutonen''.
Like all corps, Vandalia-Teutonia practices tolerance in political, scientific and religious affairs.
Basic Principles
The corps' basic principles are set in the corps constitution. They are ''honor'', ''loyalty'', ''comradeship'', ''patriotism'', ''tolerance'' and ''sense of responsibility''.
Members also have to preserve good social graces and a respectful attitude towards women and senior people.
Notable members
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Otto Roquette Otto Roquette (April 19, 1824 – March 18, 1896) was a German author.
Life and work
Roquette was born in Krotoschin, Prussian Province of Posen. The son of a district court councillor, he first went to Bromberg (modern Bydgoszcz) in 1834, and from ...
(1824–96), German poet
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Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), German
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See also
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Corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...
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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 ...
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Studentenverbindung
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Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin (in german)
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Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin
Non-profit organisations based in Berlin
1851 establishments in Prussia
1851 establishments in Germany
Student organizations established in 1851
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
Free University of Berlin alumni
Technical University of Berlin alumni