Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften
The Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften (abbreviation: CC) is an association of 100 German and Austrian Studentenverbindungen, all of which are based on the principle of tolerance. Its full name is Coburger Convent der Landsmannschaften and Turnerschaften an deutschen Hochschulen.
The Coburger Convent was founded in Coburg in 1951.
It consists of 100 Landsmannschaften and Turnerschaften. The oldest member corporation was founded in 1716, the youngest in 1994.
The Coburger Convent’s colours are white-green-red-white.
Famous members of Coburger Convent
- Karl von Bardeleben (1849-1919), Anatomist
- Peter Harry Carstensen (* 1947), Politician, Since 2005 he has been Minister President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2005/06
- Thomas Dehler (1897–1967), Politician, Federal Republic of Germany's first Minister of Justice (1949–1953) and chairman of Free Democratic Party (1954–1957)
- Karl-Adolf Deubler (1888–1961), Lawyer and president of VfB Stuttgart
- Rolf Emmrich (1910-1974), Professor of internal medicine.
- Paul Flechsig (1847-1929), Neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
- Otto Hahn (1879–1968), Chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry
- Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), Engineer
- Hermann Löns (1866 – 1914), Journalist and writer
- Günther Oettinger (* 1953), Politician, Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg between 2005 and 2010
- Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), Surgeon
- Ferdinand Schneider (1911–1984), Chemist
- Wilhelm Solf (1862–1936), Scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman
- Heinrich Spoerl (1887–1955), Author
- Wilhelm Trübner (1851-1917), Painter
- Rainer Wieland (* 1957), Politician and Member of the European Parliament
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