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Being a practice amongst university students, it was seen as a mark of their class and honour, due to the status of dueling societies at German and Austrian universities at the time. [1] The practice of dueling and the associated scars was also present to some extent in the German military. [2]
Academic fencing (German: akademisches Fechten) or Mensur is the traditional kind of fencing practiced by some student corporations (Studentenverbindungen) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia, and, to a minor extent, in Belgium, Lithuania, and Poland.
Heinrich Heine, German poet and journalist, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen; Georg Heym, poet, most important exponent of early expressionism, Corps Rhenania Würzburg; Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech-German author und journalist, corps student in Prag; Robert Schumann, composer and pianist, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
He was a noted fencer as a member of a German-national Burschenschaft while studying at the Technical University of Vienna. He engaged in fifteen personal combats. The tenth resulted in a wound that left a dramatic duelling scar—known in academic fencing as a Schmiss (German for "smite" or "hit")—on his cheek. [7]
Meeting of corps-students (2010) Studentenverbindung or studentische Korporation (German: [ʃtuˈdɛntn̩.fɛɐ̯ˌbɪndʊŋ]; often referred to as Verbindung) is the umbrella term for many different kinds of fraternity-type associations in German-speaking countries, including Corps, Burschenschaften, Landsmannschaften, Turnerschaften, and Catholic fraternities.
Ohnesorg's death served as a rallying point for the left, and spurred the growth of the left-wing German student movement. [5] The Movement 2 June group, founded around 1971, was named for the day of his death. [4] [12] Student activist Rudi Dutschke led student protest actions in the period following Ohnesorg's death. [13]
It is one of 162 German Student Corps in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Latvia and Hungary today. The Corps is a member of the Weinheimer Senioren-Convent (WSC), the second oldest federation of classical European fraternal corporations, with roots dating back to the 15th century and fraternities founded in several European countries.
The West German student movement (German: Westdeutsche Studentenbewegung), sometimes called the 1968 movement in West Germany (German: 1968 Bewegung in Westdeutschland), was a social movement that consisted of mass student protests in West Germany in 1968. Participants in the movement later came to be known as 68ers.