Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg

Coats of Arms of Saxo-Borussia

The Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg is a German Student Corps at the University of Heidelberg.

History

Saxo-Borussia was established on 16 December 1820. In 1829 Robert Schumann became a lifelong member. During the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states the corps participated in founding the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV). Her motto is Virtus sola bonorum corona!

In the German Empire and in the Weimar Republic Saxo-Borussia was considered "the most distinguished corps of Christianity" – a reference to the 1st Foot Guards (German Empire). Wilhelm Meyer-Förster wrote a student novel (1885) and Mark Twain reported on his visit in A Tramp Abroad. Kurt Tucholsky taunted the corps with a poem.[1] Unlike the befriended Corps Borussia Bonn, Saxo-Borussia has never been mocked by the Simplicissimus. The group was prosecuted in Nazi Germany. It dissolved on 3 July 1935 under persecution and was recreated in 1952. In 1910 and 1998 it presided the KSCV.[2]

Members

Sack them – Nazi propaganda against Saxo-Borussia (1934)

Princes

Others

Riesenstein

Riesenstein

Saxo-Borussia is also known for her Corpshaus called Riesenstein. It is on the Gaisberg (Heidelberg).

See also

Further reading

External links

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References

  1. ↑ Tucholsky's poem
  2. ↑ see de:Vororte des KSCV
  3. ↑ "A day with corps-students in Germany". Archive.org. Retrieved 2013-09-27.


Coordinates: 49°24′30″N 8°42′5″E / 49.40833°N 8.70139°E / 49.40833; 8.70139

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