KDStV Burgundia (Leipzig) zu Düsseldorf

KDStV Burgundia (Leipzig) zu Düsseldorf is a Catholic, non-dueling, color-wearing German student association (Studentenverbindung) founded on 19 November 1879 in Leipzig. It is a member of the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen (CV), the umbrella organization of Catholic German student associations. The association traces its origins to the Alamannia Leipzig, founded in 1872 by Felix Porsch, which was dissolved by university authorities for promoting Catholicism. Burgundia was admitted to the Cartellverband in 1880 as its eleventh member and, following the transfer of Austria Innsbruck to the ÖCV, holds the internal number 10 among Cartell associations. Its members are called Burgunden, and its official abbreviation is BuL. The association is based in Düsseldorf, where it was re-established on 20 April 1949 at the Medical Academy Düsseldorf, predecessor of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Since then it has been the only student association in Düsseldorf with continuous existence and is the largest student association in the city. It maintains a house, the Burgundenhaus, where most events take place. The association is organized around four principles: religio (commitment to the Catholic faith), scientia (dedication to academic study), amicitia (lifelong friendship), and patria (commitment to the free democratic basic order and cultural roots in a unifying Europe). It is non-dueling (nichtschlagend) and rejects the Mensur. Its colors are orange-white-blue with silver percussion; the fox colors are orange-white-orange, and the head color is an orange Tellermütze. Its motto is "Per aspera ad astra!" (Through hardships to the stars!). Burgundia's history includes the Kulturkampf in Protestant Saxony, the founding of daughter associations Saxo-Thuringia (1920) and Bergland (1923), self-dissolution on 9 November 1935 to avoid Nazi Gleichschaltung, forced dissolution of the alumni association in 1938, and destruction of its property during the bombing of Leipzig on 4 December 1943. After World War II, many members from the Rhineland re-established the association in Düsseldorf. In the summer semester of 1990, the Cumulativconvent unanimously decided to remain in Düsseldorf rather than return to Leipzig. In 2001/2002, the association provided the Vorort (chair) of the Cartellverband. Today it continues to operate as a Catholic student association in Düsseldorf, with a semester program of lectures, religious services, student pub evenings, and parties.

The KDStV Burgundia (Leipzig) zu Düsseldorf was founded on 19 November 1879 in Leipzig as the Katholische Studentenverbindung Burgundia Leipzig. It was the successor to the Alamannia Leipzig, founded in 1872 by Felix Porsch, which had been dissolved by university authorities for promoting Catholicism. In 1880, Burgundia was admitted to the Cartellverband as its eleventh member. The members are called Burgunden. Since the transfer of Austria Innsbruck to the ÖCV, Burgundia holds the internal number 10 among Cartell associations. Its official abbreviation is BuL. At the Corpus Christi procession in 1881, the association publicly wore its colors for the first time. Like other Catholic student associations in Protestant Saxony, it was affected by the Kulturkampf. In 1909, the 500th anniversary of Leipzig University was celebrated; Burgundia took part in all official festivities, including the parade where the charged members presented the association's colors on horseback. On 2 September 1912, the first Burgundenzirkel was founded in Cologne, followed a week later by the one in Essen. The winter semester 1913/14 began with the inauguration of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal. At the parade on 18 October, 80 flags of the Cartellverband were present. The festive service on the following Sunday was also attended by the Saxon royal family and ended with a homage procession to the Siegesdenkmal. After the summer semester of 1915, during World War I, Kneipconvente were held every two weeks: field post was read and Burgunden news was sent to the front. 17 Burgunden fell. Despite diaspora and Kulturkampf, Burgundia continued to grow, and in 1920 the KDStV Saxo-Thuringia (Dresden, Aachen) zu Bochum emerged as a daughter association, followed in 1923 by the KDStV Bergland (Freiberg) Aachen as a granddaughter association. During World War II, the Burgunden met in private apartments as much as possible. On 9 November 1935, the association dissolved itself to prevent Gleichschaltung by the National Socialists. Alter Herr Reindel took the association's property into safekeeping and hid it from the National Socialists in the rooms of his consulate; he was the Estonian consul. In 1938, the alumni association was forcibly dissolved. On 4 December 1943, during the bombing of Leipzig, the entire association property was destroyed by the Anglo-American air force. After the war, some Burgunden were imprisoned by the Soviets in camps and died soon after. Because many Bundesbrüder came from the Rhineland and a re-establishment in the Soviet occupation zone was impossible, the association was re-established on 20 April 1949 at the Medical Academy Düsseldorf, the predecessor of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. During the re-establishment convention, a telephone call came from Leipzig. The Leipzig Burgundenphilister protested against the re-establishment of Burgundia in the West. The newly elected Philistersenior assured the return to Leipzig if the economic and political possibilities were given. The association received the name "Katholische Deutsche Studentenverbindung Burgundia Leipzig zu Düsseldorf". It became a point of contact for many Cartellbrüder displaced from their homeland, including His Excellency Carl Maria Splett, who as Bishop of Danzig could no longer continue his office there after the end of World War II. In contrast to the time in Leipzig, where jurists and economists dominated the Aktivitas, the association admitted almost exclusively students of the medical faculty until the 1990s. For this reason, many professors and chief physicians at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and in the surrounding clinics are Burgunden. In the summer semester of 1990, the Cumulativconvent unanimously decided to remain in Düsseldorf and not return to Leipzig. In 2001/2002, the association provided the Vorort (chair) of the Cartellverband. Burgundia is based on the principles of the Cartellverband: religio, scientia, amicitia, and patria. It seeks to establish lifelong friendship, supported by its couleurstudentische traditions and Comment. Burgundia is non-dueling, thus rejecting the Mensur. The purpose of the association is to promote the formation of opinion among its members in religious, social, scientific, political, and university-political areas, in accordance with the statutes of the Cartellverband. Religio means the commitment to the Catholic faith as the living foundation of the association and the willingness to shape one's life from it and to face the challenges of the time. Scientia requires the effort for a successful course of study and engagement with university-political questions. Lectures and discussions offer the members the opportunity...

• 2001

  Provided the Vorort (chair) of the Cartellverband in 2001/2002.

• 1990

  Cumulativconvent unanimously decides to remain in Düsseldorf.

• 1949

  Re-established on 20 April at the Medical Academy Düsseldorf.

• 1943

  Association property destroyed during the bombing of Leipzig on 4 December.

• 1938

  Alumni association forcibly dissolved.

• 1935

  Self-dissolution on 9 November to avoid Nazi Gleichschaltung.

• 1923

  Granddaughter association KDStV Bergland (Freiberg) Aachen founded.

• 1920

  Daughter association KDStV Saxo-Thuringia (Dresden, Aachen) zu Bochum founded.

• 1912

  First Burgundenzirkel founded in Cologne on 2 September; Essen followed a week later.

• 1909

  Participated in the 500th anniversary celebrations of Leipzig University.

• 1881

  First public wearing of colors at the Corpus Christi procession.

• 1880

  Admitted to the Cartellverband as its 11th member.

• 1879

  KDStV Burgundia founded on 19 November in Leipzig.

• 1872

  Alamannia Leipzig founded by Felix Porsch, predecessor of Burgundia.

Catholic, non-dueling, color-wearing student association focused on lifelong friendship, academic study, and democratic values within the Cartellverband (CV).

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