Wingolf
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Wingolf is an umbrella organisation of 36 student fraternities at 34 universities in Germany, Austria and Estonia. Founded as early as 1844, it is the oldest type of fraternity in Germany. It has approximately 5,000 members.
It is a Christian fraternity, wears its own couleur, and, unlike many other German Studentenverbindungen, does not practice academic fencing.
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[edit] Motto
The motto of all Wingolf fraternities is "Δι ένoς πάντα" - "Di henos panta" (Greek: all things through him (= Jesus Christ). (Philippians 4, Verse 13).
[edit] Notable members
- Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), poet and academic
- Friedrich August Gottreu Tholuck (1799-1877), evangelic theologist, oriental philologist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888), social reformer and banker
- Konrad Duden (1829-1911), philologist and lexicographer
- Friedrich von Bodelschwingh (1831-1910), pastor
- Johannes Kuhlo (1856-1941), pastor and trombonist
- Paul Tillich (1886-1965), evangelical theologist
- Paul Schneider (1897-1939), pastor and martyr
- Georg Leibbrandt (1899-1982), politician
- Otto Zöckler (1833-1906), theologist
[edit] Chapters
[edit] Germany
- Berlin
- Bonn
- Bremen
- Clausthal
- Darmstadt
- Erfurt
- Erlangen
- Frankfurt
- Freiburg
- Gießen
- Göttingen
- Halle
- Hamburg
- Hannover
- Heidelberg
- Stuttgart-Hohenheim
- Jena
- Karlsruhe
- Kiel
- Köln
- Leipzig
- Mainz
- Mannheim
- Marburg (2 chapters)
- München
- Münster
- Rostock
- Siegen
- Stuttgart
- Tübingen
- Würzburg
[edit] Estonia
[edit] Austria
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