Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg

The Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg is a German fraternity – not to be confused with the American variety – situated in Heidelberg, a university city in south-western Germany. It is a brotherhood of students and alumni mainly of University of Heidelberg, with membership being a lifelong commitment.

History

Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg was founded on 19 November 1880. Today's Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg emerged from a merger of the original Zaringia with the connections Cheruskia and Vandalia.

Name

Zaringia is the Latinized form of the name of the princely family of the Zähringer. The full name of the Landsmannschaft Zaringia is "Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg vereinigt mit Vandalia Breslau zu Heidelberg im Coburg Convent der akademischen Landsmannschaften und Turnerschaften an deutschen Hochschulen". The members, like the whole corporation, are called “Die Zähringer”.

Weapon ring and Gun saying

The Zähringer beat their two Mensuren in the weapon ring of the Heidelberg Interest Group for Compulsory Connections (Heidelberger Interessengemeinschaft der schlagenden Verbindungen (HIG)). The specialty of the second Mensur is that it must be fought "deeply". If a Mensur cannot be found in the HIG, a Mensur outside of it are searched for due to membership in the Andernach working group, which means that Mensur with Kösener connections are beaten.

A Pro-Patria-Suite and a personal contract is currently not permitted (Articles of association).

The „Waffenspruch” is: „Amico pectus, hosti frontem“! (English: „The chest of the friend, the forehead of the enemy!“) (German: „Dem Freund die Brust, dem Feind die Stirn!“)

Zähringerhouse

First, in 1898, only the first floor of what was then „Diemerei“ was rented as a constant. As a corporation house, the house at Schloßberg 9 in Heidelberg's old town has been owned by Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg since 1919. It houses has 7 activity rooms.

External relations

Zaringia is part of the Triple Alliance with the Landsmannschaft Spandovia zu Berlin and the Landsmannschaft Darmstadtia zu Gießen within the Coburg Convent.

Well-known Zähringer

• Heinrich Göppert
• Eduard Reichenow
• Bernhard Schmidt (microbiologist)

Weblinks

• Homepage der Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg
• Sammlung von Couleurkarten der Landsmannschaft Zaringia Heidelberg, abgerufen am 4. April 2017

References

1. ↑ Gerhart Berger, Detlev Aurand: …Weiland Bursch zu Heidelberg… Eine Festschrift der Heidelberger Korporationen zur 600-Jahr-Feier der Ruperto Carola. Heidelberg 1986, S. 162.

2. ↑ Eckhard Oberdörfer: Der Heidelberger Karzer, Köln 2005, S. 160.

3. ↑ E. H. Eberhard: Handbuch des studentischen Verbindungswesens. Leipzig, 1924/25, S. 66.