Burschenschaft
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Origin of Burschenschaft
literally: youth association
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The bond of an universal Burschenschaft no longer embraces the whole body of German students, but the professors of every political as well as religious creed move amongst each other in manifold circles.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
Stourdze defended himself in the public papers; two youths, not students, but belonging to the Burschenschaft, afterwards challenged him to single combat, whom, however, he answered only with words in the newspapers.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
Footnote 23: Because it was the Burschenschaft riband, and therefore a great desecration to be worn by a Knoten.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
A certain Von Kotzebue, a novelist of some notoriety, suspected of being a Russian spy, wrote a book in which he attacked the Burschenschaft with great severity.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
To accomplish these high endeavours, there must be a universal free Burschenschaft throughout all Germany.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
There were the Burschenschaften in Germany; the Union, and the "Aide toi et le ciel t'aidera," in France; the Order of the Hammer in Spain; the Carbonari in Italy; and the Hetairai in Greece.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
The originators of the Burschenschaften movement, for example, were eleven students at Jena.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price
Raumer, in his "History of German Universities," testifies that the Burschenschaften abolished there the last vestige of that system of hazing practised on new-comers, which seems to be an indigenous weed of the college soil.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various
The Burschenschaften societies of students had their origin in political opposition to this separation of the students into communities from the various states.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price
This spirit spread particularly through the agencies of the student fraternities called "Burschenschaften," and the athletic associations, the "Turners," advocated and fostered by Jahn.
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