The Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (abbreviation: KSCV) is the oldest association of German, Austrian and Swiss

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en. It comprises roughly 105

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n and a Flemish (Belgian), Hungarian and Swiss ''Corps'', all of which are based upon the principle of tolerance.

History

The KSCV was founded in

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in 1848 and soon moved its venue to the nearby city of

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in the northernmost German wine growing area

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having its annual meetings at the nearby

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. The ''Kösener monuments'' commemorate prestigious members of the Corps as well as the many fallen during the wars. During the period in which the

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regime of the

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(Ger. Drittes Reich) ruled Germany and its territories, a majority of member corps of the KSCV (namely five member corps which refused - , , , , and ) refused to exclude

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ish members in addition to refusing to cooperate with the National Socialist youth movements, which were intended to replace the corps and other non-compliant student associations. Inevitably, this policy resulted in the forced closure and disbandment of the corps and, eventually, the KSCV. The dissolution of the KSCV was further ensured by

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after the May 1935 Heidelberg asparagus dinner disturbances, in which

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members had interfered with a broadcast speech by Hitler in which they sang satirical songs against the Nazis. The

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, in particular, was a rival organization which gained supremacy as the premiere youth organization in Germany under the Third Reich. The KSCV, which had an ambivalent relationship with the Nazi government, was reconstituted by 1950 primarily in West Germany, with fraternities from the now-Soviet-occupied East Germany relocating to the West. Upon reunification, the Eastern fraternities returned to their original locations.

Member corps

* Corps Athesia Innsbruck * Corps Austria

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* * * * * Corps Flaminea Leuven * Corps Franconia München * Corps Frankonia Prag zu Saarbrücken * * * Corps Guestphalia Halle * Corps Hannovera Göttingen * Corps Hansea Köln * Corps Hubertia Freiburg * * * * Corps Marcomannia-Breslau zu Köln *

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* Corps Palatia Munich * Corps Rhenania Heidelberg * Corps Rhenania Tübingen * Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg * Corps Schacht Leoben * Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen * *

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* Corps Suevia Heidelberg * * Corps Vandalia-Teutonia,

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External links

English

Reportage on Corps in English language
(.jpg-scans only!)

German

* (of the two Corps associations)
"Corpsstudent"

Corps in Austria
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosener Senioren-Convents-Verband Bad Kösen Student societies in Germany Student organizations established in 1848 1848 establishments in Germany