Coat of Arms of the K.St.V. Arminia (1863)

Arminia's Gothic Revival “Beer-Cathedral” at Bonn (1900– today)

The Katholischer Studentenverein Arminia (Catholic Students Society Arminia) is one of Germany's oldest Catholic male student societies, a student corporation founded on 6 November 1863 at the University of Bonn. The name was chosen in dependence on Arminius, the chief of the Cherusci who drove the Romans out of Germany and became a symbol of the - not yet unified - fatherland in the 19th century. As a Catholic student corporation Arminia was in 1865 a founder of the Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine (KV), a German umbrella organisation of Catholic male student societies. Image File history File links Arminenwappen2. ... Image File history File links Arminenwappen2. ... Image File history File links Arminenhaus1900. ... Image File history File links Arminenhaus1900. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin Gothic Revival was an architectural movement with its origins in mid-18th century England. ... A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is one of the worlds oldest alcoholic beverages, possibly brewed for the first time over 10,000 years ago, according to renowned beer writer Michael Jackson. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ... Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Corporation refers to all different kinds of fraternities and sororities worldwide. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. ... The Hermannsdenkmal Arminius (also Hermann, Armin, 16 BC–AD 21) was a war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. ... The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Rhine valley and the plains and forests of northwestern Germany (between near modern Osnabrück and Hanover) during the 1st century BCE and 1st century CE. They were first allies and then enemies of Rome. ... The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Based on the Roman Catholic faith, Arminia strictly refuses academic fencing. Its members do not wear couleur. Arminia's motto is Treu, frei! (English: Loyal, straightforward!). Arminia's principles are (Latin) religio, scientia and amicitia. Academic fencing or Mensur fencing is the traditional kind of fencing practiced by some student corporations (Studentenverbindungen) in Germany, Austria, Flanders and Switzerland. ... Couleur (from french, in engl. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... A principle (not principal) is something, usually a rule or norm, that is part of the basis for something else. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - from the Greek adjective , meaning general or universal[2] - is described in the Oxford Dictionary as follows: ~Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or in accord with (a) this, (b) the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western... Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means. ... Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behaviour between two or more social entities. ...

Because of its history and its large number of prominent members Arminia is one of the most distinguished student coporations. To the famous members of Arminia, who joined Arminia as students, belong

• Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor
• Georg Count Hertling, German chancellor
• Wilhelm Marx, German chancellor
• Ludwig Pastor Baron Camperfelden, German historian of the papacy
• Rainer Ludwig Claisen, German chemist
• August Everding, Germany's outstanding theatre director of the 20th century

A number of members partcipated in the Widerstand (English: resistance) against Nazi Germany; two of them, Leo Trouet and Benedikt Schmittmann, were arrested and killed. Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (IPA: ) (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a conservative German statesman. ... Count Georg von Hertling (August 31, 1843–January 4, 1919) was a Bavarian politician who served as Imperial Chancellor of Germany from 1917 to 1918. ... Wilhelm Marx (January 15, 1863–August 5, 1946) was a German Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. ... Ludwig Pastor, created baron von Campersfelden, (January 31, 1854, Aachen – September 30, 1928, Innsbruck), was the great Catholic historian of the Papacy, who published his Geschichte der Päpste seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters in sixteen volumes that appeared from 1886 to a last posthumous volume in 1933. ... Rainer Ludwig Claisen (January 14, 1851 - January 5, 1930) was a famous German chemist best known for his work with condensations of carbonyls and sigmatropic rearrangements. ... Widerstand (German: resistance) is the name given to the resistance movements in Nazi Germany. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

As all German student corporations Arminia is much smaller than American fraternities use to be, it has approx. 350 members, including "Aktive" (students) and "Alte Herren" (alumni). The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe any number of social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ... Look up Alumnus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Quotation

"Last week Adenauer's college days became a topic of national discussion. Addressing a nostalgic reunion of Alte Herren (old grads) (note: at Arminia's hundredth anniversary celebration), the Chancellor defended Germany's tradition of fraternities, which are widely accused of fostering authoritarianism. Though at 87 Adenauer has seen most if not all of his old fraternity classmates die, he is still a loyal member of Arminia. ... Adenauer is supposed to confine himself to being ... the oldest surviving member of Arminia." (Time, The Weekly News Magazine, July 26, 1963, Altlantic Edition) (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from the dates May 7, 1945; July 20, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

External links

• K.St.V. Arminia-homepage
• senior@kstv-arminia.de