- Wingolf
Wingolf is an umbrella organisation of 36 student fraternities at 34 universities in
Germany ,Austria andEstonia . Founded as early as1844 , it is the oldest type of fraternity in Germany. It has approximately 5,000 members.It is a
Christian fraternity, wears its own couleur, and, unlike many other GermanStudentenverbindung en, does not practiceacademic fencing .Motto
The motto of all Wingolf fraternities is "Δι ένoς πάντα" - "Di henos panta" (Greek: all things through him (=
Jesus Christ ). (Philippians 4, Verse 13).Notable members
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Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), poet and academic
*Friedrich August Gottreu Tholuck (1799-1877), evangelic theologist, oriental philologist
*Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888), social reformer and banker
*Konrad Duden (1829-1911), philologist and lexicographer
*Friedrich von Bodelschwingh (1831-1910), pastor
*Johannes Kuhlo (1856-1941), pastor and trombonist
*Paul Tillich (1886-1965), protestant theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher
*Paul Schneider (1897-1939), pastor and martyr
*Georg Leibbrandt (1899-1982), politician
*Otto Zöckler (1833-1906), theologistChapters
Germany
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University of Berlin
*University of Bonn
*University of Bremen
*University of Clausthal
*University of Darmstadt
*University of Erfurt
*University of Erlangen
*Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main
*Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
*University of Gießen
*University of Göttingen
*University of Halle
*University of Hamburg
*University of Hannover
*University of Heidelberg
*University of Hohenheim
*University of Jena
*University of Karlsruhe
*University of Kiel
*University of Cologne
*University of Leipzig
*University of Mainz
*University of Mannheim
*University of Marburg (2 chapters)
*University of München
*University of Münster
*University of Rostock
*University of Siegen
*University of Stuttgart
*University of Tübingen
*University of Würzburg Estonia
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University of Tartu Austria
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Vienna External links
* http://www.wingolf.de
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