Corps Borussia Bonn

Coats of arms of Borussia Bonn

Wilhelm II. with student cap and ribbon of Corps Borussia Bonn

The Corps Borussia Bonn is a German Student Corps at the University of Bonn.

History

Borussia was established on 22 December 1821 and joined the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) in 1856. Ever since she is the corps of the House of Hohenzollern and – along with others – Prussian nobility. Her motto is Virtus fidesque bonorum corona!

In 1864 and 1883 she headed the KSCV. Notwithstanding some members of the Nazi Party she refused to expel Jews and dissolved in 1935. She restituted herself in 1949.

Members

Princes

• Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
• Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
• Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
• Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
• Wilhelm II, German Emperor
• Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
• Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
• Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
• Prince Oskar of Prussia
• Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
• Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
• Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
• Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
• Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ministers

• Herbert von Bismarck
• Karl Hermann Bitter
• Petre P. Carp
• Johann von Dallwitz
• Botho zu Eulenburg
• Wilhelm von Gayl
• Hans von Rosenberg

Others

• Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe
• Friedrich von Berg
• Julius von Mirbach
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron
• Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr.
• Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss
• Kurt Baron von Schröder
• Peter Yorck von Wartenburg

See also

• List of members of German student corps
• German nobility

Further reading

• Rosco Weber: The German Corps in the Third Reich. Macmillan, London 1986
• Beiträge zur Geschichte des Corps Borussia zu Bonn. Herausgegeben vom Vorstand des Vereins der Alten Herren des Corps Borussia e. V. Bonn 2007 (383 p.).
• Biografisches Corpsalbum des Corps Borussia zu Bonn 1821-2008. Herausgegeben vom Vorstand des Vereins der Alten Herren des Corps Borussia Bonn e. V. Bonn 2008 (458 p.).
• Stephen Klimczuk, Gerald Warner: Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries: Uncovering Mysterious Sights, Symbols, and Societies, Sterling Publishing Company, 2009, p. 224-232 (The German University Corps)

External links

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• Share issued to Wilhelm II. by Borussia Bonn
• Borussia Bonn (WorldCat)
• Aristocrats in Borussia (1827–1902)
• Caricature (Simplicissimus)
• de:Liste der Corpsstudenten im Reichstag des Norddeutschen Bundes und im Zollparlament
• de:Liste der Corpsstudenten im Preußischen Herrenhaus