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The Weinheimer Senioren-Convent (abbreviation: WSC) is the second oldest association of German
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en. It comprises roughly 60 German ''Corps'', all of which are based upon the principle of tolerance. The WSC had been founded in
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in 1863 under the name of „Allgemeiner Senioren-Convent" (ASC). Soon it moved its venue to Weinheim near
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in 1864 and it adopted the name of Weinheimer Senioren Convent in 1867. The WSC has built a castle near Weinheim to suit their needs - the
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. It has merged the Corps of the Rudolstädter Senioren-Convent (RSC) and the Naumburger Senioren-Convent (NSC) in 1934. Since 1955 the WSC has an association treaty with the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (abbreviated KSCV, the oldest and largest association of
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). In 1997, members of the Weinheimer Senioren Convents (WSC "Corps") came to the United States to discuss the possibility of forming an international fraternity cooperation with
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International Fraternity, the largest collegiate social fraternity in North America. Through this meeting a fraternal exchange program was created between TKE and the German Corps whereby Corps members and Tekes could visit one another, learn one another's traditions, and see how fraternities separated by an ocean and centuries in age share similarities in structure, direction, values, programs, and results.


List of Corps

In alphabetic order with Corps present on the English Wikipedia (links in blue) first. Pages in the German Wikipedia can further be reached by clicking on the ( de). , - ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , Corps ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , Location ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , Senioren-Convent ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , Foundation ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , WSC entry ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , Colors !Fuchsen-colors ! class="hintergrundfarbe5 unsortable" align="center" , Crest ! class="hintergrundfarbe5 unsortable" align="center" , "Zirkel" ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , Cartel ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" align="center" , House , - , Marko-Guestphalia Aachen ( de), , Aachen, , SC zu Aachen, , 1871, , 1871, , align="center", ( linden)green-white-black , green-white , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Delta Aachen, , Aachen, , SC zu Aachen, , 1871, , 1903, , align="center", white-red-gold , gold-red-gold , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Montania Aachen, , Aachen, , SC zu Aachen, , 1872, , 1920, , align="center", green-white-red , green-white-green , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Saxo-Montania zu Freiberg und Dresden in Aachen ( de), , Aachen, , SC zu Aachen, , 1798, , 1873, , align="center", blue-white-gold , blue-white , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Palaeo-Teutonia (Teutonia Freiberg) Aachen ( de), , Aachen, , SC zu Aachen, , 1867, , , , align="center", black-white-blue , black-white , , , , , , Viererbund (league of four), , , - , Saxonia-Berlin zu Aachen, , Aachen, , SC zu Aachen, , 1867, , 1891, , align="center", black-green-gold , gold-green-gold , , , , , , Fünferbund (league of five), , .Haus. , - , Franconia Fribergensis ( de), , Aachen, , SC zu Aachen, , 1838, , 1882, , align="center", green-gold-red , green-gold-green , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Rhenania ZAB ( de), ,
Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...
, , SC zu Braunschweig, , 1855, , 1863, , align="center", blue-gold-red , , , , , , , Fünferbund (league of five), , .Haus. , - , Teutonia-Hercynia Braunschweig ( de), ,
Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...
, , SC zu Braunschweig, , 1866, , 1876, , align="center", green-white-red , , , , , , , , , , - , Marchia Braunschweig, ,
Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...
, , SC zu Braunschweig, , 1893, , 1927, , align="center", grey-white-red , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Frisia Braunschweig, ,
Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...
, , SC zu Braunschweig, , 1881, , 1920, , align="center", black-gold-light blue , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Corps Berlin ( de), ,
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, , SC zu Braunschweig, , 1859/2009, , 1891, , align="center", blue-red-green , , , , , , , Blaues Kartell (blue cartel), , .Haus. , - , Hercynia Clausthal ( de), ,
Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The City is the location of the Clausthal University of Technology. The health resort ...
, , SC zu Clausthal, , 1866, , 1874/1905, , align="center", light blue-white-dark blue , light blue-white , , , , , , , , , - , Montania Clausthal ( de), ,
Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The City is the location of the Clausthal University of Technology. The health resort ...
, , SC zu Clausthal, , 1868, , 1874/1905, , align="center", blue-white-red , blue-white-red , , , , , , Viererbund (league of four), , , - , Borussia Clausthal, ,
Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The City is the location of the Clausthal University of Technology. The health resort ...
, , SC zu Clausthal, , 1875, , 1892, , align="center", black-white-black , black-white , , , , , , , , , - , Hassia Darmstadt ( de), , Darmstadt, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1840, , 1874, , align="center", green-white-red , green-white-green , , , , , , , , , - , Rhenania Darmstadt, , Darmstadt, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1872, , 1874, , align="center", violett-white-gold , violett-white , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Franconia Darmstadt ( de), , Darmstadt, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1889, , 1895, , align="center", black-white-lindgreen , black-white , , , , , , , , , - , Obotritia Darmstadt, , Darmstadt, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1861 in
Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, , 1899, , align="center" , blue-yellow-red , blue-yellow-blue , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Chattia Darmstadt, , Darmstadt, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1894, , .., , align="center", black-green-red , black-green , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Hermunduria Leipzig zu Mannheim-Heidelberg, ,
Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1898, , 1934, , align="center", violett-white-gold , violett-white-violett , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Rheno-Nicaria zu Mannheim und Heidelberg ( Rheno-Nicaria zu Mannheim und Heidelberg, de), ,
Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1909 , , 1953, , align="center", black-white-green , black-white-black , , , , , , , , , - , Franconia Berlin zu Kaiserslautern, , Kaiserslautern, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1850, , .., , align="center", green-red-gold , green-red-green , , , , , , Grünes Kartell (green cartel), , .Haus. , - , Thuringia Heidelberg, ,
Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
, , SC zu Darmstadt, , 1908, , 1995, , align="center", black-karmesinred-white , karmesinred-white , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Saxonia Hannover ( de), ,
Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1852 , 1863, , align="center", green-white-black , , , , , , , Saxenkartell (saxon cartel), , , - , Slesvico-Holsatia Hannover ( de), ,
Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1852 , 1869, , align="center", blue-white-red , , , , , , , Fünferbund (league of five), , .Haus. , - , Alemannia-Thuringia zu Magdeburg ( de), ,
Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebu ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1865, , 1874, , align="center", green-red-gold , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Hannovera Hannover ( de), ,
Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1866 , , , align="center", red-white-black , , , , , , , , , , - , Hannoverania Hannover, ,
Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1856 , , align="center", blue-red-gold , , , , , , Blaues Kartell (blue cartel) , , .Haus. , - , Normannia Hannover ( de), ,
Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1859, , 1952, , align="center", prussian blue-white-frühlingslaubgreen , , , , , , , Grünes Kartell (green cartel), , , - , Irminsul Hamburg ( de), ,
Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1880, , 1934, , align="center", light blue-silber-black , , , , , , , Weißes Kartell (white cartel), , , - , Rhenania Hamburg, ,
Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1920, , .., , align="center", white-black-red , , , , , , , , , - , Agronomia Hallensis zu Göttingen ( de), ,
Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911. General information The ori ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1863, , 1934, , align="center", white-black-white , , , , , , , , , , - , Alemannia Kiel, ,
Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1876, , .., , align="center", blue-white-green , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Baltica-Borussia Danzig zu Bielefeld ( de), ,
Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1860, , 1905, , align="center", light blue-black-white , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Frisia Göttingen – Corps der Friesen und Lüneburger ( de), ,
Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911. General information The ori ...
, , SC zu Hannover , , 1811, , 2004, , align="center", blue-red-black , , , , , , , , , , - , Franconia Karlsruhe ( de), ,
Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
, , SC zu Karlsruhe, , 1839, , 1863, , align="center", green-white-red , , , , , , , Fünferbund (league of five), , .Haus. , - , Saxonia Karlsruhe ( de), ,
Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
, , SC zu Karlsruhe, , 1856, , 1863, , align="center", green-white-black , , , , , , , Saxenkartell (saxon cartel), , , - , Alemannia Karlsruhe ( de), ,
Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
, , SC zu Karlsruhe, , 1860, , 1863, , align="center", white-light blue-pink , , , , , , , , , , - , Friso-Cheruskia Karlsruhe ( de), ,
Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
, , SC zu Karlsruhe, , 1860, , 1863, , align="center", light blue-white-dark blue , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Silingia Breslau zu Köln ( de), , Köln, , SC zu Köln (vormals SC zu Köln-Bonn), , 1877, , 1926, , align="center", blue-gold-white , , , , , , , , , , - , Franco-Guestphalia zu Köln, , Köln, , SC zu Köln (vormals SC zu Köln-Bonn), , 1879, , 1934 , , align="center", red-white-gold , , , , , , , Weißes Kartell (white cartel), , .Haus. , - , Cisaria ( de), , München, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1851, , 1912, , align="center", (krapp)red-white-green , , , , , , , , , , - , Vitruvia, , München, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1863 , 1912, , align="center", blue-white-pink , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Germania München ( de), , München, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1863, , 1912, , align="center", blue-gold-red , , , , , , , , , , - , Suevo-Guestphalia ( de), , München, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1877, , 1906, , align="center", black-white-green , , , , , , , Grünes Kartell (green cartel), , , - , Normannia-Vandalia, , München, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1869, , 1911, , align="center", green-red-gold light blue-white-green , green-red , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Saxo-Thuringia ( de), , München, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1882, , 1934, , align="center", light blue-white-orange , , , , , , , Blaues Kartell (blue cartel), , .Haus. , - , Alemannia München ( de), , München, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1855, , 1934, , align="center", black-gold-green , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Pomerania-Silesia Bayreuth, , Bayreuth, , Münchner SC, Weinheimer Corps, , 1865, , .., , align="center", light blue-white-gold , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Saxo-Borussia Freiberg ( de), ,
Freiberg Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called ''Große Kreisstadt'' (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district. Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage c ...
, , Sächsischer SC, , 1842, , .., , align="center", black-green-white , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Altsachsen Dresden ( de), ,
Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
, , Sächsischer SC, , 1861, , 1927, , align="center",
grey-green-gold , , , , , , , Blaues Kartell (blue cartel), , , - , Teutonia Dresden, ,
Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
, , Sächsischer SC, , 1859, , 1875, , align="center", white-red-black , , , , , , , Viererbund (league of four), , , - , Teutonia Stuttgart ( de), , Stuttgart, , SC zu Stuttgart, , 1852, , 1863, , align="center", green-gold-red , , , , , , , Viererbund (league of four), , , - , Rhenania Stuttgart, , Stuttgart, , SC zu Stuttgart, , 1859, , 1863, , align="center", pink-white-blue , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Stauffia Stuttgart ( de), , Stuttgart, , SC zu Stuttgart, , 1847, , 1863, , align="center", black-gold-black , , , , , , , Fünferbund (league of five), , , - , Bavaria Stuttgart, , Stuttgart, , SC zu Stuttgart, , 1886, , .., , align="center", light blue-white-dark blue , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Germania Hohenheim ( de), ,
Hohenheim Hohenheim () is one of 18 outer quarters of the city of Stuttgart in the borough of Plieningen that sits on the Filder in central Baden-Württemberg. It was founded in 1782. Geography Hohenheim sits on the Filder, a large and fertile plateau i ...
, , SC zu Stuttgart, , 1903, , 1922, , align="center", black-white-red , , , , , , , , , .Haus. , - , Marchia Greifswald ( de), ,
Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...
, , without SC, , 1881, , 1934Am 1. Februar 1924 erfolgte die endgültige Aufnahme in den RSC. Durch den Beschluss der Verbandsführer von WSC und RSC vom 25. März 1934, dass „der RSC im WSC aufgeht“, wurde die Marchia Weinheimer Corps., , align="center", pink-white-pink , , , , , , , Weißes Kartell (white cartel) , , -


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External links

*Tau Kappa Epsilon German Corps Affiliatio


reportage on Corps in English language; .jpg-scans only!
Links to web sites in German language:
Homepage of the two Corps associations

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