Editing Coburger Convent

{{Short description|German association of student fraternal groups}}
{{Infobox fraternity
| name =  Coburger Convent
| letters = CC
| crest = Coburger convent wappen.jpg
| founded = {{start date and years ago|1951|05|12}}
| birthplace = [[Coberg]], [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]
| affiliation = Independent
| type = Umbrella
| scope = Austria and Germany
| emphasis = [[Studentenverbindung]]
| status = Active
| pillars = Honor, Freedom, Friendship, and Fatherland
| colors = {{color box|#FFFFFF}} [[White]], {{color box|#127833}} [[Shades of green|Green]], {{color box|#C51617}} [[Shades_of_red#Red_(NCS)_(psychological_primary_red)|Red]], and {{color box|#FFFFFF}} [[White]] <!--Taken from the actual crest PNG file, on the website.  The color description for the red is a slightly darker variant than the straight web color, where the best approximation of a "named" color was Psychological Red. As linked.  White is listed twice, as that is the order of the ribbon colors.-->
| publication = ''CC Das Magazin''
| chapters = 91
| members = 1,500+
| lifetime = 11,000+
| free_label = Formal name
| free = Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften an deutschen Hochschulen
| address = Triftstraße 1
| city = [[Munich]]
| state = [[Bavaria]]
| postal code = 80538
| country = Germany
| website = {{url|http://www.coburger-convent.de}}
}}

'''Coburger Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften an deutschen Hochschulen''' (abbreviation: '''CC''') is an association of [[Germany|German]] and [[Austria]]n [[Studentenverbindung|studentenverbindungen]]. Its membership includes 91 student associations who all participate in [[academic fencing]].

== 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>

== Symbols and traditions ==

[[File:DBP 1993 1676 Coburger Convent.jpg|thumb|Commemorative  postal stamp showing the CC colors]]
Coburger Convent's principles or pillars of the association are honor, freedom, friendship, and fatherland.<ref name=":0" /> One of the main tradition of the CC [[Studentenverbindung|studentenverbindungen]] is participation in compulsory [[academic fencing]].<ref name=":0" />

Its student members wear [[couleur]] or ribbons to indicate affiliation.<ref name=":0" /> Its [[couleur]] are white-green-red-white. For major events, student members wear colored hats, based on school traditions from the 19th century.<ref name=":0" />

New members are called foxes.<ref name=":0" /> Regular student members are called Burschen.<ref name=":0" /> Graduates or alumni are called Old Boys.<ref name=":0" /> 

== Notable members ==
A selection of notable members of the studentenverbindungen of Coburger Convent:
*[[Karl von Bardeleben]] (1849–1919), Anatomist
*[[Peter Harry Carstensen]] (born 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)
*[[Rolf Emmrich]] (1910–1974), Professor of internal medicine.
*[[Adolph Albrecht Erlenmeyer]] (1822–1877), Physician and psychiatrist
*[[Friedrich Albrecht Erlenmeyer]] (1849–1926), Physician and psychiatrist
*[[Franz Etzel]] (1902–1970), Politician,  Minister of Finance.
*[[Paul Flechsig]] (1847–1929), Neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
*[[Carl Friedrich Goerdeler]] (1884–1945), Politician<ref name=":0" />
*[[Levin Goldschmidt]] (1828–1897), Jurist
*[[Otto Hahn]] (1879–1968), Chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry<ref name=":0" />
*[[Hugo Junkers]] (1859–1935), Engineer
*[[Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz]] (1829–1896), Organic chemist
*[[Friedrich August Körnicke]] (1828–1908),  Agronomist and botanist
*[[Hermann Löns]] (1866–1914), Journalist and writer
*[[Gottfried Münzenberg]] (born 1940), Physicist
*[[Günther Oettinger]] (born 1953), Politician, Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg between 2005 and 2010<ref name=":0" />
*[[Ferdinand Sauerbruch]] (1875–1951), Surgeon
*[[Ferdinand Schneider]] (1911–1984), Chemist
*[[Wilhelm Solf]] (1862–1936), Scholar, diplomat, jurist, and statesman
*[[Heinrich Spoerl]] (1887–1955), Author
*[[Theodor Thierfelder]] (1824–1904), Internist
*[[Wilhelm Trübner]] (1851–1917), Painter
*[[Rainer Wieland]] (born 1957), Politician and Member of the European Parliament
*[[Max Wilms]] (1867–1918), Pathologist and surgeon
*[[Alexander von Zagareli]] (1844–1929), Professor at St. Petersburg University and co-founder of Tbilisi State University

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Coburger Convent}}
* http://www.coburger-convent.de

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