German Burschenschaft

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Deutsche Burschenschaft
German Burschenschaft
AbbreviationDB
Formation1881; 143 years ago (1881)
Legal statusFoundation
PurposeAcademic
Region served
Germany Germany
Austria Austria
Membership
7,000 (as of 2019)
Official language
German
Websiteburschenschaft.de
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The German Burschenschaft (DB) (Deutsche Burschenschaft) is an association of

fraternities); a co-operation of student associations of a certain form in Germany and Austria. It was created in 1881 as a General Deputies Convent (ADC) and received its current name in 1902. It goes back to the ideas associated with the founding of the native fraternetie (Urburschenschaft) in Jena
in the year 1815. The ideal goals are outlined in the motto "Honour - Freedom - Fatherland".

Today, the German Burschenschaft is considered to be a

right-wing corps. This status was preceded by internal directional struggles from the 2000s onwards, in which the German nationalistic fraternities prevailed.[1] According to their own numbers, Deutsche Burschenschaft has 7000 members in almost 70 fraternities.[2]

History

In 1881, the "General Deputies Convent" (“Allgemeiner Deputierten-Convent”) was founded by 35 fraternities in

Großdeutsches Reich was ruled out, the Deutsche Burschenschaft merged with the Austrian "Burschenschaft der Ostmark [de]". In its understanding, at least the Burschenschaften unite the German fatherland.[3][4]

In a number of participating Burschenschaften

First World War.[5]

In 1996 some liberal-conservative Burschenschaften stepped out of Deutsche Burschenschaft and founded the “New German Burschenschaft”. In 2011 there were a debate at Burschentag in Eisenach about a so-called “

Ariernachweis” for members. Two years later this proposal was secluded. Nevertheless, some associations left Deutsche Burschenschaft and the numbers of members were cut in half. Some of the Burschenschaften stepped into “New German Burschenschaft” and some others founded in 2016 the “General German Burschenschaft”.[6]

In 2014 the executive committee of German Social Democratic Party SPD made a "incompatibility decision". It forbids belonging to both the SPD and a fraternity, which is organized in the umbrella organization Deutsche Burschenschaft. SPD reacted to the ongoing radicalization of DB and the "increasingly nationalist and Greater German program". That is incompatible with the values of social democracy.[7]

Traditionally there were two wings in the German Burschenschaft: conservative on one side and

Parliament of Nordrhein-Westfalia
, about 20 percent of Young Alternative members are also organized in fraternities by 2018.

Notable members

Literature

  • D. Heither (2004): Burschenschaften Rechte Netzwerke auf Lebenszeit. In: Rechte Netzwerke—eine Gefahr (pp. 133–145).
    VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
    .
  • H. Brunck (1999): Die Deutsche Burschenschaft in der
    Nationalsozialismus
    .     München: Universitas.

References

  1. ^ Dachverband Deutscher Burschenschaften: Abschied von jeglicher Liberalität, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung November 25, 2012;
  2. ^ Deutscher Burschenschaft: Kurzporträt: Überblick Archived 2019-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, at: German Burschenschaft, July 7, 2019;
  3. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    . Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. Amadeu Antonio Stiftung
    . 14 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. Deutscher Bundestag
    - Scientific Department. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. ^ Schmitt, Peter-Philipp. "Against the right image". Faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. ^ SPD schließt Mitgliedschaft in Partei und DB aus, in: Der Spiegel June 26, 2014;
  8. Die tageszeitung
    . Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "FPÖ: Die Burschenschafter im Nationalrat". Die Presse (in German). 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  10. ^ "Fraternity Brothers: Questionable Polish Borders". German Foreign Policy. 4 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Fakten zu den Burschenschaften - derStandard.de". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2019-12-26.
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