Editing Coburger Convent (section)

== History ==
Coburger Convent was founded in [[Coburg]], [[Bavaria, Germany]] on May 12, 1951 as a trade association for [[Studentenverbindung|studentenverbindungen]] or student fraternal corporations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=About Us |url=https://coburger-convent.de/ueber-uns/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Coburger Convent |language=de-DE}}</ref> It formed from the merger of the German Regional Association and the Representative Convention; these were Landsmannschafter and Turnerschafter gymnastics associations at German universities.<ref name=":0" />  

Coburger Convent held its first nationwide conference in [[Berlin]] in 1952; this was held jointly with the German Sängerschaft (now Austrian Landsmannschafter-und Turnerschafter-Convent which is a CC member corporation).<ref name=":0" /> This conference continues as the annual Greifenstein Conference held in [[Bad Blankenburg]], Germany.<ref name=":0" />  

As of 2024, Coburger Convent includes 91 corporations in Germany and Austria, consisting of 1,500+ male students and 9,500+ alumni members.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-10 |title=Members |url=https://coburger-convent.de/mitglieder-vereine/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Coburger Convent |language=de-DE}}</ref> It consists of both [[Landsmannschaft (Studentenverbindung)|Landsmannschaften]] and [[Turnerschaft|Turnerschaften]] student corporations. Each member corporation has a meeting house.<ref name=":0" /> Their only membership requirement is to be a student of the corporation's university.<ref name=":0" /> Alumni members of the corporations belong to the Association of Old Gentlemen of the Coburger Convent.<ref name=":1" />  

Coburger Convent's headquarters are located in [[Munich]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=Contact |url=https://coburger-convent.de/kontakt/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Coburger Convent |language=de-DE}}</ref> Its publication is ''CC Das Magazin''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-01 |title=Das Magazin des Coburger Convents |url=https://coburger-convent.de/magazin/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Coburger Convents |language=de-DE}}</ref>