The Corps Bavaria of Munich is a German Student Corps located in the City of

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. The Fraternity is a founding member of the umbrella organisation " Kösener Senioren Convent" and unites current students of all Universities in Munich and Alumnus. As a German Corps it still practices the

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, the Members are wearing an academic ribbon as a sign of belonging. The fellows of the Corps are called "Bavarians from Munich", because in the early years only people from

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were able to affiliate.

Couleur

Bavaria is known for their white-blue-white ribbon on golden ground. On special occasions the Bavarians also wear a white student Cap. New members ( Füchse) have a ribbon with the colours white-blue on golden ground.

History

Landshut

The Corps was founded on 30 November 1806 at the

University of Landshut The University of Applied Sciences Landshut (''Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut'') is a Fachhochschule in Landshut, between Munich and Regensburg, with over 5000 students and over 100 professor Professor (commonly abbr ...

, which today is the Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich. Founding President was Joseph Count of Armansperg. He later became Bavarian Minister vor inner-, outer-, and financial affairs. As a minister for inner affairs he guaranteed the moving of the Corps from Landshut to Munich in 1827. In 1832 Armansperg became

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of the

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. Another founding member was

Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier (5 August 1787, in Munich – 28 August 1867, in Heidelberg) was a German jurist. Historian Richard J. Evans has described him as the 'nineteenth century's most influential critic of the death penalty'. Biography He ...

, one of the best known Law Professors in the 19th Century. He was president of the Universities of Heidelberg and Landshut and later became President of the first democratic Parliament in Germany in

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Munich

In July 1848 the President of the Corps Anton Baron of

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was a co-founder of the Umbrella Organisation, KSCV. Corps Bavaria became a full member in 1862 and still is today. During the 19th Century many

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, Jurists and Medics were fellows of the Corps. As the Bavarian Corps in Munich many members served the royal family of Bavaria, the Wittelsbachers. Only two examples are Emil Knight of Schauß (he protected the royal treasure) and Theodor Imperal Earl Basselet of la Rosée (Educator of the Royal Princes Ludwig and

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). In the time of National Socialism Corps Bavaria was forbidden as one of the first

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, because they refused to work together with the

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. In 1935 they got forced to sell their own house, next to the

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, to the politician

Adolf Wagner Adolf Wagner (1 October 1890 – 12 April 1944) was a Nazi Party official and politician who served as the Party's ''Gauleiter'' in Munich and as the powerful Interior Minister of Bavaria throughout most of the Third Reich. Early years Born in ...

. One Alumnus, namely Eduard Brücklmaier, was executed due to his connections to the plot of 20 July 1944. After the Second World War the Corps was refounded on 13 July 1947, in 1963 the Alumnus bought a new house for the students in the district of

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, this house was renovated and extended multiple times. In honour of the 200th Anniversary a

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in the Hofbräukeller and a ball in the Hotel " Bayrischer Hof". Today the Corps has over 230 members, of which approximately 20 study. Every student has to live at least 3 to 4 semesters in the house of the fraternity before being dismissed as an Alumnus. One particularity is, that most German fraternities – like Bavaria Munich – postulate live long membership. Those who finish their studies and even live in another city or country, still visit their "brothers“ periodically for special events or just pay a visit to the house spontaneously.

Famous members

Look up famous members of the Corps Bavaria Munich here. Short excerpt (alphabetically): Bruecklmeier2

* Joseph Earl of Armansperg (1787–1853), Founder, Bavarian Minister, Chancellor of Greece * Josef Knight of Aschenbrenner (1798–1858), Minister of Finance of Bavaria * Gustav Baermann (1877–1950), Medic ( Larvenauswanderungsverfahren) * Theodor Imperial Earl Basselet of la Rosée (1801–1864), General, Royal Educator *

Eduard Brücklmeier Eduard Robert Wolfgang Brücklmeier (8 June 1903 – 20 October 1944) was a German diplomat and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime, who was executed as a result of his association with the 20 July Plot. Life Brücklmeier was bor ...

(1903–1944), Lawyer, killed by Nazi Gouvernment * Stefan Blum (*1957), Lawyer, Entrepreneur * Richard Anton Nikolaus Carron du Val (1793–1846), Lawyer, Mayor of

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* Georg Cornet (1858–1915), Medic * Ernst Derra (1901–1979), Medic * Karsten Ewert (*1937), Medic, General of the

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*Ambroise Forssman-Trevedy (*1963), CEO of Wasgau Inc. * Ignaz Baron Freyschlag of Freyenstein (1827–1891), General * Ernst Frickhinger (1876–1940), Medic * Joseph Gangkofner (1804–1862), Member of the parliament * Heinrich Gattineau (1905–1985), Director at I.G. Farben, board member of WASAG-Chemie AG * Karl Gebhardt (1897–1948), Medic, General of the SS * Eugen Baron of Gorup-Besánez (1817–1878), Chemist *

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(1811-1866), painter, Professor, grandfather of

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* Franz Hayler (1900-1972), Secretary of State * Gerd Hohlbach (*1944), Medic, Professor * Lutz Jani (1935–2019), Medic, Professor * Friedrich Jungheinrich (1899–1968), Founder of Jungheinrich * Kajetan Georg von Kaiser (1803-1871), chemistry professor, researcher and inventor * Ernst Mantel (1897–1971), Judge * Karl Mantel (1869–1929), Chief of Police in Munich * Theodor Mantel (*1942), Medic, Professor *

(1787–1867), President of the Universities of Landshut and Heidelberg * Ernst-Günther Mohr (1904–1991), Ambassador * Ignaz Perner (1796–1867), Lawyer * Johann Michael Knight of Poschinger (1794–1863), Member of Parliament * Anton Knight of Schauß (1800–1876), Lawyer, Member of Parliament * Emil Knight of Schauß (1833–1900), Treasurer of the Royal Family * Karl Tempel (1904–1940), 2nd Mayor of Munich * Anton Westermayer (1816–1894), Member of the Parliament, Priest

References

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