Wingolf
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Wingolf is an umbrella organisation of 36 student fraternities
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...

 at 34 universities in Germany
Germany
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, Austria
Austria
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 and Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. Founded as early as 1844, it counts as one of the older types of fraternities, the oldest one being the Corps. It has approximately 5,000 members.

It is a Christian
Christian
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 fraternity, wears its own colours, and, unlike many other German Studentenverbindung
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, does not practice academic fencing
Academic fencing
Academic fencing or Mensur is the traditional kind of fencing practiced by some student corporations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and to a minor extent in Kosovo, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Flanders.- Technique :Modern academic fencing, the "mensur," is neither a duel nor a sport...

.

Motto

The motto of all Wingolf fraternities is "Δι ένoς πάντα" - "Di henos panta" (Greek
Greek language
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: all things through him (= Jesus Christ). (Philippians 4, Verse 13).

Notable members

  • Friedrich August Gottreu Tholuck (1799-1877), evangelic theologist, oriental philologist
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
    Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
    Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen was a German mayor and cooperative pioneer. Several credit union systems and cooperative banks have been named after Raiffeisen, who pioneered rural credit unions.- Life :...

     (1818-1888), social reformer and banker
  • Konrad Duden
    Konrad Duden
    Konrad Alexander Friedrich Duden was a Gymnasium teacher who became a philologist. He founded the well-known German language dictionary bearing his name Duden.- Life :...

     (1829-1911), philologist and lexicographer
  • Friedrich von Bodelschwingh
    Friedrich von Bodelschwingh
    Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, Junior was a German theologian and public health advocate. His father was Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, Senior , founder of the Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel charitable foundations.-Public health activities:Friedrich was the son of Reverend Friedrich von...

     (1831-1910), pastor
  • Johannes Kuhlo
    Johannes Kuhlo
    Karl Friedrich Johannes Kuhlo together with his father Eduard Kuhlo, founded the German Protestant Posaunenchor movement....

     (1856-1941), pastor and trombonist
  • Paul Tillich
    Paul Tillich
    Paul Johannes Tillich was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was one of the most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century...

     (1886-1965), protestant theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher
  • Paul Schneider
    Paul Schneider (pastor)
    Paul Schneider was an Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union pastor who was the first Protestant minister to be martyred by the Nazis. He was executed at Buchenwald.-Early life:...

     (1897-1939), pastor and martyr
  • Georg Leibbrandt
    Georg Leibbrandt
    Georg Leibbrandt was a scholar and politician in the Nazi Party.- Early life :Leibbrandt was born to ethnic German parents in Torosovo , near Odessa, in the Zebrikovo district of the Tsarist Russia...

     (1899-1982), politician
  • Otto Zöckler
    Otto Zöckler
    Otto Zöckler was a German theologian, professor at Greifswald. He edited a Handbuch der theologischen Wissenschaft, and other works....

     (1833-1906), theologist

Germany

  • University of Aachen
  • University of Berlin
  • University of Bonn
    University of Bonn
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  • University of Bremen
    University of Bremen
    The University of Bremen is a university of approximately 23,500 people from 126 countries that are studying, teaching, researching, and working in Bremen, Germany...

  • Clausthal University of Technology
    Clausthal University of Technology
    The Clausthal University of Technology is an institute of technology in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany...

  • University of Darmstadt
  • University of Erfurt
    University of Erfurt
    The University of Erfurt is a public university located in Erfurt, Germany. Originally founded in 1379, the university was closed in 1816 for the next 177 years...

  • University of Erlangen
  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main
    Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main
    The Goethe University Frankfurt was founded in 1914 as a Citizens' University, which means that, while it was a State university of Prussia, it had been founded and financed by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt am Main, a unique feature in German university history...

  • Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
  • University of Gießen
  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Halle
  • University of Hamburg
    University of Hamburg
    The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...

  • University of Hannover
  • University of Heidelberg
  • University of Hohenheim
    University of Hohenheim
    The University of Hohenheim is a university in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818 it is Stuttgart's oldest university and one of Germany's leading universities both in agricultural sciences and economics.-History:...

  • University of Jena
  • University of Karlsruhe
  • University of Kiel
    University of Kiel
    The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...

  • University of Cologne
    University of Cologne
    The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...

  • University of Leipzig
    University of Leipzig
    The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...

  • University of Mainz
  • University of Mannheim
    University of Mannheim
    The University of Mannheim is one of the younger German universities. It offers Bachelor, Master, and PhD degrees.The University is mainly located in Mannheim’s palace the largest baroque palace in Germany. The whole city center of Mannheim is aligned symmetrically to the palace.About 800 scholars...

  • University of Marburg (2 chapters)
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • University of Münster
  • University of Rostock
    University of Rostock
    The University of Rostock is the university of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Founded in 1419, it is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area...

  • University of Siegen
    University of Siegen
    The University of Siegen in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, was founded in 1972. 14,100 students were enrolled at the university as of October 2010.-Faculties:University of Siegen offers in total 126 degree programmes across four faculties:...

  • University of Stuttgart
    University of Stuttgart
    The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties....

  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Würzburg
    University of Würzburg
    The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...

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