Weinheimer Senioren-Convent

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Weinheimer Senioren-Convent

Foundation	April 7, 1863 in Frankfurt am Main
Member fraterities	58 Weinheimer Corps in 23 University cities (2012)
Principles	Subsidiarity and Tolerance Couleur and Mensur
Motto	Jemer bereit stan! (Always be ready!)
Alumni organization	Weinheimer Verband Alter Corpsstudenten (WVAC)
Cooperation	with the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV)
Publication	CORPS - Das Magazin (four publications per year)
Headquarters	Büro des WVAC Friedrichstraße 32 69469 Weinheim
Homepage	www.die-corps.de
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The Weinheimer Senioren-Convent (abbreviation: WSC) is the second oldest association of German Studentenverbindungen. It comprises roughly 60 German Corps, all of which are based upon the principle of tolerance.

The WSC had been founded in Frankfurt in 1863 under the name of „Allgemeiner Senioren-Convent" (ASC). Soon it moved its venue to Weinheim near Heidelberg 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 Wachenburg. 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 Corps).

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 Tau Kappa Epsilon 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.^[1]

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).

Corps Altsachsen in Dresden (de)
Corps Cisaria Munich (de)
Corps Franconia Karlsruhe (de)
Corps Saxonia Karlsruhe
Corps Alemannia Karlsruhe
Corps Friso-Cheruskia Karlsruhe (de)
Corps Saxonia Hanover
Corps Slesvico-Holsatia Hanover
Corps Alemannia-Thuringia at Magdeburg
Corps Macaro-Visurgia Hanover (suspended)
Corps Hannovera Hanover
Corps Hannoverania Hanover
Corps Normannia Hanover (de)
Corps Irminsul Hamburg
Corps Rhenania Hamburg
Corps Agronomia Hallensis at Göttingen
Corps Alemannia Kiel
Corps Baltica-Borussia Danzig at Bielefeld
Corps Frisia Göttingen - Corps der Friesen und Lüneburger
Corps Teutonia Stuttgart
Corps Rhenania Stuttgart
Corps Stauffia Stuttgart
Corps Bavaria Stuttgart
Corps Germania Hohenheim
Corps Rhenania Z.A.B.
Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Braunschweig
Corps Marchia Braunschweig
Corps Frisia Braunschweig
Corps Hassia Darmstadt
Corps Rhenania Darmstadt
Corps Franconia Darmstadt (de)
Corps Obotritia Darmstadt
Corps Chattia Darmstadt
Corps Hermunduria Leipzig at Mannheim-Heidelberg
Corps Rheno-Nicaria at Mannheim and Heidelberg
Corps Franconia Berlin at Kaiserslautern

Coats of arms of member Corps at the entrance to the Wachenburg castle

Corps Thuringia Heidelberg
Corps Rheno-Guestphalia Berlin
Corps Berolina Berlin
Corps Teutonia der Cimbern und Teutonen Berlin
Corps Cheruscia Berlin
Corps Marchia Greifswald
Corps Marko-Guestphalia Aachen (de)
Corps Delta Aachen
Corps Montania Aachen
Corps Saxo-Montania at Freiberg and Dresden in Aachen
Corps Palaeo-Teutonia (Teutonia Freiberg) Aachen
Corps Saxonia-Berlin at Aachen (suspended)

All of the German Student Corps can be distinguished by their coat of arms, such as this one of Corps Altsachsen in Dresden

Corps Franconia Fribergensis
Corps Hercynia Clausthal
Corps Montania Clausthal
Corps Borussia Clausthal
Corps Vitruvia Munich
Corps Germania Munich
Corps Suevo-Guestphalia Munich
Corps Normannia-Vandalia Munich
Corps Saxo-Thuringia Munich (de)
Corps Alemannia Munich
Corps Pomerania-Silesia Bayreuth
Corps Silingia Breslau at Cologne
Corps Franco-Guestphalia at Cologne
Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg (de)
Corps Teutonia Dresden

References

↑ TKE.org

External links

Tau Kappa Epsilon German Corps Affiliation

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