Wingolf

Wingolf (German: [ˈvɪŋɡɔlf]) is an umbrella organization of 35 student fraternities at 34 universities in Germany, Austria and Estonia. It has approximately 5,000 members. It is one of the oldest oecumenical organizations in Germany. It has a close relationship with the Falkensteinerbund in Switzerland.

It is a Christian organization and was the first German Studentenverbindung not to practice academic fencing.

Symbols

The motto of all Wingolf fraternities is "Δι ένoς πάντα" - "Di henos panta" or "All things through him" from Philippians 4, Verse 13). Its colors are black, white, and gold,

Chapters

Main article: List of Wingolf members

Germany

• University of Aachen
• University of Berlin
• University of Bonn
• University of Bremen
• Clausthal University of Technology
• University of Darmstadt
• University of Erfurt
• University of Erlangen
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main
• Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
• University of Gießen
• University of Göttingen
• University of Halle
• University of Hamburg
• University of Hannover
• University of Heidelberg
• University of Hohenheim
• University of Jena
• University of Karlsruhe
• University of Kiel
• University of Cologne
• University of Leipzig
• University of Mainz
• University of Mannheim
• University of Marburg (2 chapters)
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• University of Münster
• University of Rostock
• University of Siegen
• University of Stuttgart
• University of Tübingen
• University of Würzburg

Estonia

• University of Tartu

Austria

• Vienna

Notable members

Following is a list of notable members.

• Albrecht Alt, theologian
• Willibald Beyschlag, theologian
• Gustav Bickell, orientalist
• Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, theologian
• Harald Braun, film director
• Rolf Wilhelm Brednich, ethnologist and ethnographer
• Friedrich Brunstäd, theologian
• Hans Conzelmann, theologian and scholar
• Hermann Cremer, theologian
• Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyriologist
• Konrad Duden, philologist and lexicographer
• Friedrich von Duhn, philologist
• Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard, theologian
• Sigfrid Gauch, writer
• Franz Grashof, engineer
• Adolf von Harnack, theologian and church historian
• Erich Haupt, theologian
• Karl Heim, theologian
• Hermann Volrath Hilprecht, Assyriologist and archaeologist
• Emanuel Hirsch, theologian
• Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, theologian
• Ferdinand Justi, linguist and orientalist
• Martin Kähler, theologian
• Johannes Kahrs, member of the German parliament, Deutscher Bundestag
• Emil Friedrich Kautzsch, Hebrew scholar
• Paul Kleinert, theologian
• August Klostermann, Luteran theologian
• Johannes Kuhlo, co-founder of the Posaunenchor (trombone choir/church brass ensemble) movement who developed the kuhlohorn
• Walter Künneth, theologian
• Georg Leibbrandt, Nazi Party official
• Friedrich Maurer, philologist
• Carl Meinhof, linguist, one of the first linguists to study African languages.
• Christian Mergenthaler, politician, member of the Reichstag
• Julius Müller, theologian
• Alexander von Oettingen, theologian
• Gottlieb Olpp, medical missionary
• Wilhelm Pauck, church historian and theologian
• Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, pioneered rural credit unions in Germany
• Albrecht Ritschl, theologian
• Gerhard Ritter, historian
• Adolf Schlatter, theologian and professor
• Paul Schneider, pastor
• August Tholuck, theologian
• Paul Tillich, theologian and philosopher
• Jacob Volhard, chemist
• Theodor Weber, theologian and professor of philosophy
• Theodor Zahn, theologian and biblical scholar
• Matthias Zimmer, politician, member of the Bundestag
• Otto Zöckler, theologian

External links

• http://www.wingolf.de