- Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine
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name = Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine
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purpose = Academic
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membership = 16,000 (as of 2007)
language = German
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website = [http://www.kartellverband.de/ Kartellverband.de]
remarks =The Alliance of Catholic German Students' Unions ("Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine") (incorporatedNovember 29 ,1865 ) is a German academic corporate association with ninety (90) member Unions inGermany ,Austria andSwitzerland . As of February 2008, the Alliance represents 16,000 students in Germany alone (additional numbers in Austria and Switzerland not stated at de.Wikipedia.org as ofMarch 1 ,2008 ).History
Prior to and during the First World War, 1853—1918
The process of forging an alliance of students' associations began in 1863, when several "color-carrying" Catholic students' associations ("Farbentragende katholische Studentenverbindungen") independently prepared an inter-association group under the initial title "
Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen ;" the organization suffered schism in its first year. In 1865, a successful Alliance of Students' Unions under the present name was incorporated atBerlin twelve years to the day after the "Katholische Leseverein" was incorporated. The initial association consisted of five "non-color-carrying"students' union s ("Nichtfarbentragende katholische Studentenvereine"): theK.St.V. Askania-Burgundia Berlin , establishedNovember 29 ,1853 as the "Katholische Leseverein," at the "Humboldt-Universität,"Berlin ; the K.St.V. Unitas-Breslau, establishedMarch 4 ,1863 , at the "Universitas Wratislaviensis," Breslau,Lower Silesia (Wrocław ,Lower Silesian Voivodeship ,Poland , from 1945); theK.St.V. Arminia Bonn , establishedNovember 6 ,1863 , at the "Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität,"Bonn ,North Rhine-Westphalia ; theK.St.V. Germania , establishedMarch 7 ,1864 , at the "Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität,"Münster , North Rhine-Westphalia; and theK.St.V. Walhalla Würzburg , established 1864, at the "Julius-Maximilians-Universität,"Würzburg ,Franconia .In 1865, the Alliance commenced its work in the intellectual, religious and cultural areas of the German society of the period. The same year saw the Alliance's first major adversity: a multilateral inquiry into the doctrine of
Papal infallibility . The Cultural Struggle, a heavy burden on the member Unions, actually served to promote the "Kartellverband" to the point where, as of 1914, the Alliance had fifty-one (51) member Student Unions.During the Weimar Republic, 1919—1932
After the
Peace of Versailles , the Alliance's ranks swelled with returning war veterans, resulting in the establishment of numerous additional "Studentenvereine," including the "Katholische Österreichere Studentenvereine" atVienna andGraz ,Austria .By 1921, an Alumni Board ("Philisterausschuß," lit., "Philistine outshoot") was elected after much debate within the Alliance, the individual "Studentenvereine" having established alumni's unions ("Philistervereine") from 1913; the principle of federal life governed the Board.
From 1930, membership declined as a consequence of the economic crisis that started with the mass stock sell-off at the
New York Stock Exchange onOctober 29 ,1929 .During the Nazi Regime, 1932—1945
The Alliance faced a triple whammy that eventually resulted in forcible decorporation on
July 6 ,1938 under the "Verbot der Korporationsverbände": Misjudgment of thetotalitarian regime ofAdolf Hitler ,misinformation and deliberate Nazi deception.In March 1933, the Catholic bishops' resistance to the Nazi power grab weakened, and with it the will of the "Studentenvereine" to fight; the conclusion of the "
Reichskonkordat " finished both off. Several corporations resisted, but were unable to halt the Alliance's collapse.At the start of the Nazi
regime , the corporations, that were not prohibited, were held for enlargement of their directors' boards. OnSeptember 1 ,1933 atFrankfurt am Main , the Alliance was merged into the "Ring katholischer deutscher Burschenschaften," albeit over objections from within, over the fact that a "color-carrying" and a "non-color-carrying" board had been combined; and from without, as the "Deutsche Burschenschaft " accused the "RKDB" of name infringement. The merger did not last long.On
July 10 ,1933 , the "Studentenvereine" inAustria severed ties with the Alliance on account of Austro-German tensions at the time, and incorporated an "Österreichischer Cartellverband "; the "Kartellverband katholischer nichtfarbentragender akademischer Vereinigungen Österreichs" incorporatedJuly 22 of the same year. Both "Kartellverbände" were forcibly decorporated onJune 20 ,1938 in the wake of the Naziinvasion and annexation ofAustria ("Anschluß Österreiches").1945—present
The Alliance was reincorporated immediately after the Nazi collapse. Many Alliance alumni were directly involved in the fledgeling government of the "Bundesrepublik Deutschland", newly incorporated in 1946, emerging at all Minister positions and the Federal Chancellory ("Bundeskänzlerei"). At the Constitutional Court ("Bundesverfassungsgericht"), the Alliance established a liberal democratic order ("Freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung"), with
Gebhard Müller as Chief Justice andErnst-Wolfgang Böckenförde andPaul Kirchhof as Associate Justices.From 1968, the Alliance reorganized from the ground up, the primary innovation being the capacities of the member Students' Unions, in certain cases composed of non-Catholic
Christian s.The Alliance is a member of the Labor-Congress of Catholic Associations ("Arbeitsgemeinschaft katholischer Verbände") and the
Labor-Congress of Catholic Student Associations ("Arbeitsgemeinschaft katholischer Studentenverbände").Principles
The Alliance holds to the principles of:
*Faith
*Science
*Friendship The Alliance of Catholic Academic Student Unions of Austria additionally hold to the principle of Love of Home-Nation.
Member Unions
Notable members
Footnotes
Bibliography
* (Deutsch) "Akademische Monatsblätter," Official Newsletter of the KV.k.d.StVe. ISSN 0002-3000.
* (Deutsch)Robert Jauch OFM, "Das Prinzip "Religion" katholischer Studenten- und Akademikerverbände unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der nachkonziliaren Entwicklung beim Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine (KV)" (ISBN 3-923-621-14-0).Würzburg , BRD:Archivverein e.V. der Markomannia , 1986.See also
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Students' union
*German Student Corps , a "color-carrying" students' union ("Farbentragende Studentenverbindung").External links
* (Deutsch) [http://www.kartellverband.de Official Website of the KV.k.d.StVe, Kartellverband.de]
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