Couleur
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Couleur is the expression used in European Studentenverbindung
en for the headgears and ribbons worn by members of these student societies.
There are three classes of such student societies:
There are various forms of caps, e.g.:
Studentenverbindung
A Studentenverbindung is a student corporation in a German-speaking country somewhat comparable to fraternities in the US or Canada, but mostly older and going back to other kinds of...
en for the headgears and ribbons worn by members of these student societies.
There are three classes of such student societies:
- Societies with no colours (so called schwarz, in English black)
- Societies with colours but wearing no ribbon, no cap etc. They are wearing their colours e.g. in their coat of arms or as Zipfel.
- Societies with coulours and wearing a ribbon, a cap etc.
Ribbon
| The ribbon is worn over the right shoulder to the left hip. Both ends are hold together by a button. A lot of societies are having two types of ribbons. One is used by the new members (so called Fux or Fuchs), the other one is used by the elder members (so called Bursche). The ribbons of the elder members show the origin colours of the society, the ribbons of the new one show a variation of them. |
Cap
Mostly a cap consists of:- a black peak,
- a crown coloured by one of the colours of the ribbon,
- a band with the colours of the ribbon.
There are various forms of caps, e.g.:
- Biedermeierformat,
- Tellermütze,
- Stürmer.
Stürmer
| A special and seldom form of headgear is called Stürmer. It has a black peak, a black band and the top of the crown points to the front. The crown is also coloured by one of the colours of the ribbon. Sometimes a Zirkel Zirkel (Studentenverbindung) A Zirkel is a symbol used in European Studentenverbindungen.- Look and Meaning :A Zirkel consists of interwined lines, mostly followed by an exclamation mark... is embroidered on the top. |
Tönnchen
A Tönnchen is a headgear with:
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Straßencerevis
| A Straßencerevis looks like a Tönnchen but is embroidered with a Zirkel and oak leaves or vine leaves. |
Further reading
- R.G.S. Weber: The German Corps in the Third Reich Macmillan London
- Peter Krause: O alte Burschenherrlichkeit - Die Studenten und ihr Brauchtum, Graz, Wien, Köln 1979 (German), ISBN 3-222-11127-8
- Peter Krause: O alte Burschenherrlichkeit - Die Studenten und ihr Brauchtum, 5. verb. Auflage, Graz, Wien, Köln 1997 (German), ISBN 3-222-12478-7
- Paulgerhard Gladen: Gaudeamus igitur - Die studentischen Verbindungen einst und jetzt, Köln 2001 (German),ISBN 3-88059-996-3
- Marc Zirlewagen (Hg.): Wir siegen oder fallen - Deutsche Studenten im Ersten Weltkrieg, Köln 2008 (German), ISBN 978-3-89498-189-1
- Edgar Hunger / Curt Meyer: Studentisches Brauchtum, Bonn, Stuttgart 1958 (German)