Corps Borussia Bonn

Coats of arms of Borussia Bonn

Wilhelm II. with student cap and ribbon of Corps Borussia Bonn

The Corps Borussia Bonn is a German Student Corps at the University of Bonn.

History

Borussia was established on 22 December 1821 and joined the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) in 1856. It is the corps of the House of Hohenzollern and – along with others – Prussian nobility. Its motto is Virtus fidesque bonorum corona! (Bravery and loyalty of the crown.)

Karl Marx fought a duel with a Borrussia Korps member in August 1836.^[1]

In 1864 and 1883 Borussia headed the KSCV. Notwithstanding some members of the Nazi Party it refused to expel Jews and dissolved in 1935. It restituted herself in 1949.

Members

Princes

• Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
• Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
• Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
• Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
• Wilhelm II, German Emperor
• Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
• Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
• Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
• Prince Oskar of Prussia
• Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
• Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
• Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
• Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
• Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ministers

• Herbert von Bismarck
• Karl Hermann Bitter
• Petre P. Carp
• Johann von Dallwitz
• Botho zu Eulenburg
• Wilhelm von Gayl
• Hans von Rosenberg

Others

• Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe
• Friedrich von Berg
• Julius von Mirbach
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron
• Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr.
• Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss
• Kurt Baron von Schröder
• Peter Yorck von Wartenburg

See also

• List of members of German student corps
• German nobility

Further reading

• Rosco Weber: The German Corps in the Third Reich. Macmillan, London 1986
• Beiträge zur Geschichte des Corps Borussia zu Bonn. Herausgegeben vom Vorstand des Vereins der Alten Herren des Corps Borussia e. V. Bonn 2007 (383 p.).
• Biografisches Corpsalbum des Corps Borussia zu Bonn 1821-2008. Herausgegeben vom Vorstand des Vereins der Alten Herren des Corps Borussia Bonn e. V. Bonn 2008 (458 p.).
• Stephen Klimczuk, Gerald Warner: Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries: Uncovering Mysterious Sights, Symbols, and Societies, Sterling Publishing Company, 2009, p. 224-232 (The German University Corps)

Nicolaievsky, Boris; Maenchen-Helfen, Otto (1976) [1936]. Karl Marx: Man and Fighter. trans. Gwenda David and Eric Mosbacher. Harmondsworth and New York: Pelican. ISBN 978-1-4067-2703-6. 

References

External links

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