Blaues Kartell


The Blaues Kartell is a circle of four German Student Corps or Studentenverbindung that view the union as "one fraternity spanning four cities". The member fraternities are Corps Altsachsen Dresden, Corps Berlin, Corps Hannoverania, and Saxo-Thuringia München. The Blaues Kartell is the largest one of similar circles within the Weinheimer Senioren-Convent, the second oldest federation of classical fraternities found in Europe, its roots dating back to the 15th century A.D.
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History

The Blaues Kartell was founded on April 24, 1874, by Landsmannschaft Hannoverania Hannover and Landsmannschaft Feronia Berlin. Both fraternities belonged to the local Berliner SC of veterinary-medical Landsmannschaften. The group changed its name to Blaues Kartell in 1885 when Corps Nicaria Stuttgart .
Over the years, the Blaues Kartell grew as new fraternities with compatible ideals of the Enlightenment joined and left:
The constitution of the Blaues Kartell stipulates that when a member fraternity merges with another external fraternity, it will lose its membership with the Blaues Kartell. The reason is that newly-formed fraternities are understood to be inhomogeneous; they first must debate and decide to re-join the Blaues Kartell internally, then successfully petition to be accepted as an equal member of the Kartell again, a process which requires the current Kartell members to agree on the new potential member.
As a result of formerly being a member but not yet having re-joined the Kartell, a friendly relationship exists with Marko-Guestphalia Aachen that has its origin in Marko-Guestphalia's history: the former Corps Albingia Dresden existed until its suspension due to Nazi pressure against the German Student Corps in the 1930s and remained dormant for years before being reconstructed in Aachen after the war. The fusion of the reconstructed, now Corps Albingia Aachen with the Corps Marko-Guestphali Aachen in 1996 caused Albingia to exit the Kartell. Afterward, Marko-Guestphalia and Saxo-Thuringia established an official relationship to commemorate the former band between the two fraternities.
Each member of the Kartell has its own headquarters and different colors.

Symbols

The group was named Blaues Kartell or the Blue Cartel because of the colors of the caps worn by its original member organizations.

Members

Following of the current members of Blues Kartell.

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