List of members of German student corps

Bismarck's student sword in Friedrichsruh Museum

List of notable or known members of German Student Corps.

A

Harvard University Professor Louis Agassiz

• Karl von Abel (1788–1859), Bavarian statesmen
• Horst Ademeit (1912–1944), engineer, fighter pilot, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; Corps Masovia Königsberg^[1]
• Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist; professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel and Harvard University, Corps Helvetia Heidelberg, Corps Helvetia Munich^[2]
• Heinrich Albers-Schönberg (1865–1921), gynecologist, pioneer of radiology; Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Misnia Leipzig^[3]
• Heinrich Albert (1874–1960), commercial attaché to the German ambassador to the United States during World War I
• Carl Theodor Albrecht (1843–1915), German astronomer
• Karl Allmenröder (1896–1917), German World War I ace; Corps Teutonia Marburg^[4]
• Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), psychiatrist and neuropathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg^[5]
• Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer; Corps Lusatia Leipzig^[6]
• Asfa-Wossen Asserate (b. 1948), management consultant and author writing in German, a member of the Solomonic dynasty; Corps Suevia Tübingen^[7]
• William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875), American businessman; Corps Curonia Göttingen^[8]

B

Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck

Lorenzo Brentano, Representative from Illinois

Wilhelm von Bode painted by Max Liebermann (1904, in Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)

Caesar Rudolf Boettger

• Eduard Bacher (1846–1908), Austrian jurisconsult and journalist
• Hermann von Barth (1845–1876), mountaineer; Corps Franconia München^[9]
• Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe (1868–1944), member of the Prussian House of Lords, Corps Borussia Bonn^[10]
• Walter Bauer (1877–1960), theologist, scholar of the development of the early Christian churches; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg^[11]
• Rudolf Baumbach (1840–1905), poet; Corps Thuringia Jena^[12]
• Paul Bäumer (1896–1927), German ace in World War I; Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin^[13]
• Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), founder of Bayer, Corps Saxonia Bonn^[14]
• Hans Hermann Behr (1818–1904), German-American physician, botanist, entomologist; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Moenania Würzburg^[15]
• Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917), German physiologist, first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1907); Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin^[16]
• Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824–1902), politician and leader of the National Liberals; Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg^[17]
• Friedrich von Berg (1866–1939), last chairman of the Secret Civil Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grave-digger of the German monarchy; Corps Borussia Bonn^[18]
• Gustav Adolf Bergenroth (1813–1869), historian (Tudors, Spain); Corps Masovia Königsberg^[19]
• Julius Bergmann (1840–1904), philosopher, Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen^[20]
• Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865–1910), writer; Corps Thuringia Leipzig^[21]
• Julius Binder (1870–1939), philosopher; Corps Bavaria Würzburg^[22]
• Otto Binswanger (1852–1929), Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg, Corps Tigurinia Zürich^[23]
• Carl-Heinz Birnbacher (1910–1991), Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Konteradmiral of the Bundesmarine; Corps Schacht Leoben^[24]
• Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), Minister for Foreign Affairs; Corps Borussia Bonn^[25]
• Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Chancellor of the German Empire; Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[26]
• Hinrich Bitter-Suermann (b. 1940), German-Canadian Professor of Surgery (organ transplantation); Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[27]
• Heinrich Blochmann (1838–1878), iranist in Kolkata; Corps Lusatia Leipzig^[28]
• Erich Bloedorn (1902–1975), Colonel and bomber pilot in WW 2, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Masovia Königsberg^[29]
• Johannes Blume (d. 1892), Brevet Brigadier General 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry;^[30] Corps Saxonia Bonn, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[31]
• Wilhelm von Bode (1845–1929), German art historian and museum director, founder of Bode Museum; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen^[32]
• Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede (1794–1854), Prussian politician, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen^[33]
• Karl von Bodelschwingh-Velmede (1800–1873), Prussian politician; Corps Guestphalia Göttingen^[34]
• Eduard Böcking (1802–1870), legal scholar; Corps Hassia Heidelberg (suspended)^[35]
• Franz Böhm (1895–1977), politician, lawyer, and economist; Corps Rhenania Freiburg^[36]
• Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976), German zoologist, Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Silesia Breslau^[37]
• Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907), Secretary of the Interior (1880–1897), and Vice Chancellor of Germany (1881–1897); Corps Nassovia Würzburg^[38]
• Ernst Bolbrinker (1898–1962), mining engineer, Generalmajor, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Afrikakorps; Corps Schacht Leoben^[39]
• Otto Bollinger (1843–1909), pathologist (fowlpox); Corps Suevia München^[40]
• Robert Bonnet (1851–1921), anatomist; Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen^[41]
• Franz Bracht (1877–1933), politician; Corps Rhenania Würzburg^[42]
• Curt Bräuer (1889–1969), diplomat, Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald^[43]
• Friedrich Gustav von Bramann (1854–1913), surgeon (tracheostomy on Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm; Corps Hansea Königsberg^[44]
• Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicist, Nobel laureate in physics 1909 (with Guglielmo Marconi); Corps Teutonia Marburg^[45]
• Magnus von Braun (senior) (1878–1972), jurist and politician; Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[46]
• Alfred Brehm (1829–1884), zoologist, Brehms Tierleben; Corps Saxonia Jena^[47]
• Eberhard von Breitenbuch (1910–1980), cavalry officer in the German resistance; Corps Silvania Tharandt
• Lorenzo Brentano (1813–1891), German journalist, member of the Frankfurt Assembly and U.S. Representative from Illinois; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg^[48]
• Alois von Brinz (1820–1887), jurist and politician; Corps Suevia München, Corps Franconia Prag^[49]
• Wilhelm Brückner (1884–1954), until 1940 Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant; Corps Transrhenania München^[50]
• Heinrich Brunn (1822–1894), archaeologist, Corps Palatia Bonn^[51]
• Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815–1879), secretary of state; Corps Vandalia Göttingen^[52]
• Heinrich von Bülow (1792–1846), prussian statesman; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg^[53]
• Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp (1894–1918), German World War I ace; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg^[54]

C

King of Greece Constantin I.

• Petre P. Carp (1837–1919), Prime Minister of Romania; Corps Borussia Bonn^[55]
• Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[56]
• Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1958), last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Corps Borussia Bonn^[57]
• Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (1794–1876), surgeon and ophthalmologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg^[58]
• Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus (1838–1900), chemist, known for his structure of benzene proposed in 1867; Corps Teutonia Marburg^[59]
• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
• Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839–1884), pathologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg^[60]
• Gerhard Conrad (pilot) (1895–1982), Generalleutnant of the Luftwaffe; Corps Hercynia München, Corps Frankonia Brünn^[61]
• Constantine I of Greece (1868–1923), King of the Hellenes, Duke of Sparta; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[62]
• Alexander Conze (1831–1914), archaeologist, secretary of the German Archaeological Institute; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen^[63]
• Wilhelm Paul Corssen (1820–1875), philologist; Corps Marchia Berlin^[64]
• Carl Hermann Credner (1841–1913), German earth scientist
• Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), surgeon; Corps Austria Frankfurt^[65]

D

Claude Dornier 1931 in front of a Dornier Do K-3

Rescuer of 7,000 Jews in the Holocaust Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz

• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development; Corps Stauffia Stuttgart^[66]
• Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), diplomat bringing Germany into the League of Nations in 1926 prior to representing the German contingent in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, the post-World War II effort known as the Marshall Plan, Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin^[67]
• Siegfried Dehn (1799–1858), music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian; Corps Saxonia Leipzig^[68]
• Max Delbrück (1850–1919), German agricultural chemist; Corps Cimbria Berlin^[69]
• Ernst von Delius (1912–1937), racing car driver; Corps Franconia München^[70]
• Nicolaus Delius (1813–1888), philologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn^[71]
• Georg Diederichs (1900–1983), politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Lower Saxony; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen^[72]
• Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792–1847), plastic surgeon, Corps Pomerania Greifswald^[73]
• Rudolf Diels (1900–1957), SS-Oberführer, in charge of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934; Corps Rhenania Straßburg^[74]
• Arnold Diestel (1857–1924), First Mayor of Hamburg; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg^[75]
• Franz von Dingelstedt (1814–1881), poet, dramatist and theatre administrator; Corps Schaumburgia Marburg^[76]
• Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), ambassador to Britain; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[77]
• Rudolf Doehn (1821–1895), Forty-Eighter, fought in the Union Army; Corps Guestphalia Halle^[78]
• Claudius Dornier (1884–1969), founder of Dornier GmbH; Corps Suevo-Guestphalia München^[79]
• Ludwig Draxler (1896–1972), Austrian Secretary of Finance; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck^[80]
• Julius Dreschfeld (1845–1907), leading British physician and pathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg^[81]
• Jakob Dubs (1822–1879), member of the Swiss Federal Council; Corps Helevetia Heidelberg (suspended)^[82]
• Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904–1973), ambassador to Denmark, Righteous among the Nations; Corps Rhenania Freiburg^[83]

E

Georg Ebers, egyptologist

• Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909), psychologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn^[84]
• Georg Ebers (1837–1898), egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Ebers Papyrus; Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[85]
• Victor von Ebner (1842–1925), Austrian anatomist and histologist; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck^[86]
• Walter Eckhardt (1906–1994), member of the Bundestag and Member of the European Parliament; Corps Teutonia Marburg^[87]
• Wilhelm Endemann (1825–1899), legal scholar, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg^[88]
• Johann Georg Veit Engelhardt (1791–1855), theologian; Corps Franconia II Erlangen^[89]
• Friedrich Erismann, (1842–1915), Swiss ophthalmologist and hygienist; Corps Tigurinia Zürich^[90]
• Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863–1950), Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Borussia Bonn^[91]
• Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1908), Corps Franconia Jena, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[92]
• Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Corps Franconia Jena^[93]
• Walter Eucken, protagonist of the social market economy; Corps Saxonia Kiel^[94]
• Botho zu Eulenburg (1831–1912), Prussian prime minister (1892–1894)
• Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), actor and writer; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien^[95]

F

Olympic tennis champ Otto Froitzheim

Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940), King of Finland

• Paul Falkenberg (1848–1925), botanist; Corps Hildesia IV Göttingen^[96]
• Gottfried Feder (1883–1941), economist, one of the early key members of the Nazi party; Corps Isaria München^[97]
• Max Fesca (1846–1917), agricultural scientist, hired by the Meiji government of Japan as a foreign advisor from 1882–1894; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen^[98]
• Carl Flügge (1847–1923), bacteriologist and hygienist; Corps Bremensia Göttingen^[99]
• Max von Forckenbeck (1821–1891), politician, founder of the German Progress Party and National Liberal Party, Berlin mayor, Reichstag president; Corps Teutonia Giessen^[100]
• Gustav Freytag (1816–1895), dramatist and novelist, Pour le Mérite; Corps Borussia Breslau^[101]
• Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg, Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Suevia Heidelberg^[102]
• Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940), King of Finland; Corps Suevia Freiburg^[103]
• Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (1882–1945); Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Visigothia Rostock^[104]
• Wilhelm von Freeden (1822–1894), mathematician, navigation lecturer, founder of the North German Naval Observatory; Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Frisia Göttingen^[105]
• Karl Rudolf Friedenthal, Prussian statesman; Corps Silesia Breslau^[106]
• Nikolaus Friedreich, pathologist and neurologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg^[107]
• Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Corps Bremensia Göttingen^[108]
• Richard Frommel, Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen, Corps Rhenania Würzburg^[109]
• August von Froriep, Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[110]
• Otto Froitzheim (1884–1962), tennis champion; Corps Teutonia Bonn^[111]
• Karl Fürstner, neurologist and psychiatrist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg^[112]

G

Death of General Friedrich von Gagern in the Battle at Kandern, which ended the Hecker Uprising. The print shows the battle from the perspective of the Revolutionaries.

• Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist, sinologist; Corps Franconia Jena^[113]
• Friedrich Balduin von Gagern (1794–1848), German general, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[114]
• Wilhelm von Gayl, Secretary of Interior; Corps Saxonia Göttingen, Corps Borussia Bonn^[115]
• Karl Geiler, Prime Minister of Hessen; Corps Rhenania Freiburg^[116]
• Heinrich Gelzer, classical scholar; Corps Alamannia Basel^[117]
• Kurt Gerstein (1905–1945), German SS officer, tried to inform the international public about the Holocaust, author of the Gerstein Report, Corps Teutonia Marburg^[118]
• Robert Gersuny (1844–1924), Austrian surgeon
• Gustaw Gizewiusz, pastor in Mazovia; Corps Masovia Königsberg^[119]
• Themistocles Gluck, surgeon, inaugurator of joint replacement; Corps Saxonia Leipzig^[120]
• Heinrich Ernst Göring, colonial governor of German South-West Africa, father of Hermann Göring; Corps Saxonia Bonn^[121]
• Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez, chemist; Corps Bavaria München^[122]
• Gustav Graef, painter; Corpslandsmannschaft Normannia Königsberg^[123]
• Hans Grässel, architect, Pour le Mérite; Corps Rheno-Palatia München^[124]
• Ferdinand Gregorovius, journalist and historian, honorary citizen of Rome; Corps Masovia Königsberg^[125]
• Paul Güssfeldt, geologist, mountaineer and explorer, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg^[126]

H

Brigade commander in the Union Army Friedrich Hecker

Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann, 1858.

Heinrich Hoffmann

• Klaus Hänsch
• Albrecht von Hagen, Wehrmacht officer, German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg.^[127]
• Werner Hartenstein, commander of German submarine U-156, Knight's cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg^[128]
• Emil Hartwich, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg^[129]
• Ulrich von Hassell, diplomat, German resistance, executed; Corps Suevia Tübingen^[130]
• Hermann von Hatzfeldt, Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[110][131]
• Friedrich Hecker, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg, Corps Hassia Heidelberg, Corps Palatia Heidelberg^[132]
• Justus Hecker, founder of historical pathology, Corps Marchia Berlin^[133]
• Johann Gustav Heckscher, minister resident; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg^[134]
• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), significant German poet of the 19th century, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen^[135]
• Karl Heinzen (1809–1880), revolutionary author; Corps Guestphalia Bonn^[136]
• Vollrath von Hellermann, Generalmajor of the Wehrmacht, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[137]
• Wilhelm Hemprich, naturalist and explorer; Corps Teutonia Breslau, Corps Borussia Breslau^[138]
• Paul Hensel, pastor, defender of Mazovia; Corps Masovia^[139]
• Rudolph Hering, American engineer, Corps Altsachsen Dresden
• Alfred Herrhausen
• Jürgen Herrlein
• Wilhelm Hertz, rediscovered writer; Corps Teutonia Stuttgart, Corps Franconia Tübingen^[140]
• Walther Herwig (1838–1912), Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[141]
• Otto Hesse, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg.^[142]
• Hermann Theodor Hettner, literary historian; Corps Silesia Berlin, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[143]
• Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
• Carl von Heyden, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
• William Hillebrand, founder of the Hawaii Medical Association and Foster Botanical Garden in Honululu; Corps Hanseatia Göttingen und Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[144]
• Paul von Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall, Reichspräsident; Corps Montania Freiberg
• Eduard Hitzig, neuropsychiatrist, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Neoborussia Berlin^[145]
• Leopold von Hoesch, diplomat; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[146]
• Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann, theologian and orientalist; Corps Teutonia Halle^[147]
• Heinrich Hoffmann, psychiatrist, author of Struwwelpeter; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg^[148]
• Anton Friedrich Hohl, obstetrician; Corps Thuringia Leipzig, founder of Corps Saxonia Leipzig^[149]
• Karl Christian Johann Holsten, theologian; Corps Misnia Leipzig, Corps Vandalia Rostock^[150]
• Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff, jurist
• Caspar Alexander Honthumb, contributing editor New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Cincinnati Volksfreund, Puck, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[151]
• Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), Swiss ophthalmologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich^[152]

German Emperor Wilhelm II.

• House of Hohenzollern
  • Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883–1942), Prussian prince and general; Corps Borussia Bonn^[153]
  • Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn^[154]
  • Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Wilhelm II, Großadmiral; Corps Holsatia Kiel^[155]
  • Prince Oskar of Prussia, Generalmajor, Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden; Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[156]
  • Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Corps Brandenburgia Berlin (Cleveland)^[157]
  • Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Corps Borussia Bonn^[158]
  • William, German Crown Prince, Corps Borussia Bonn
  • Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945); Corps Holsatia Kiel^[159]
  • Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn
• Francis Huebschmann (German: Franz Hübschmann), 1817–1880), 1851–1852 and 1871–1872 senator in Wisconsin, "best physician" of the Union Army;^[160] Corps Saxonia Jena^[161]
• Ferdinand Hueppe, bacteriologist, military surgeon, first German Football Association president; Corps Alemannia Berlin^[162]
• Carl Hueter, surgeon, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg^[163]

J

Hugo Junkers

• Hermann Jacobi (1850–1937), indologist, Corps Teutonia Bonn^[164]
• Otto Jaekel, paleontologist, geologist; Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald^[165]
• Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
• Philipp von Jolly, physicist, mathematician; Corps Hassia Heidelberg^[166]
• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, writer and politician; Corps Littuania.^[167]
• Heinz Jost, SS Brigadeführer; Corps Hassia Gießen^[168]
• Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), innovative engineer (gas engines, aeroplanes), Corps Delta Aachen

K

Friedrich Kapp

Silhouette portrait of Mitchell Campbell King (1832/33 in Göttingen wearing the Hanoverian colours and student cap)

• Karl Kaiser (b. 1934), Harvard professor, co-worker of Henry Kissinger; Corps Hansea Köln^[169]
• Manfred Kanther
• Friedrich Kapp, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
• Wolfgang Kapp (1858–1922), nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[170]
• Walther Kausch, surgeon, pioneer of pancreaticoduodenectomy; Corps Palaio-Alsatia Straßburg^[171]
• Albert Keller, German painter, Corps Isaria München
• Ott-Heinrich Keller (1906–1990), German mathematician; Corps Austria^[172]
• Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
• Wilhelm Kiesselbach, ENT surgeon; Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg^[173]
• Mitchell Campbell King (1815–1901), American planter and physician in the Carolinas, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[174]
• Georg Kloss (1787–1854), German historian of freemasonry, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[175]
• William August Kobbé, United States Army officer; Corps Franconia Freiberg^[176]
• Wolfgang Franz von Kobell, mineralogist, writer in Bavarian dialect; Corps Isaria München Corps^[177]
• Hans Koch, jurist, officer in both World Wars, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Baltia Königsberg^[178]
• Eberhard von Koerber, past CEO of ABB Group, co-president of the Club of Rome; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[179]
• Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer (1878–1962), Austrian novelist, poet and playwright; Corps Symposion Wien^[180]
• Franz König, Corps Teutonia Marburg.^[181]
• Theodor Körner, German poet and soldier^[182]
• Werner Körte (1853–1937), German surgeon; Corps Teutonia Bonn^[183]
• Ludwig Kohl-Larsen, anthropologist, explorer
• Herbert Kraus, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
• Adalbert Krüger, Corps Marchia Berlin
• Jacob Kuechler (1823–1893), he pioneered the science of Dendrochronology to date natural events, Corps Starkenburgia Gießen.^[184]
• Hermann Kümmell, Corps Nassovia Würzburg
• Eberhard von Kuenheim (b. 1928), German industrial manager, long time CEO BMW-Group, Corps Teutonia Stuttgart
• Adolph Kussmaul (1822–1902), German physician and a leading clinician of his time, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
• Otto Küstner, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
• Hermann Kuhnt, ophthalmologist

L

The young Liebig: 1843 lithograph after an 1821 painting (Liebighaus)

• Hans Heinrich Landolt, Swiss chemist
• Bernhard von Langenbeck, surgeon
• Arnold von Lasaulx, mineralogist and petrographer
• Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1796–1869), German sculptor, Corps Curonia Göttingen^[185]
• Robert Lehr, Corps Teutonia Marburg
• Helmut Lemke
• Max Lenz, historian
• Heinrich Leo, Prussian historian and politician
• Ernst Levy von Halle, Jewish propaganda chief of Alfred von Tirpitz
• Wilhelm Liebknecht
• Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist and Gießen University faculty, Corps Rhenania Erlangen I (suspended ...)
• Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
• Joseph von Lindwurm, physician and dermatologist, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
• Hermann Lingg, poet
• Rudolf Lipschitz, mathematician
• Friedrich Loeffler
• Carl Ludwig, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
• Georg Albert Lücke, surgeon

M

Sinologist Möllendorff in official Korean dress

Chemist Ludwig Mond (right) in colors of his Corps

• Helmuth von Maltzahn
• August von Mackensen (1849–1945), German field marshal, Corps Agronomia Göttingen
• Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian statesman; Corps Saxonia Halle^[186]
• Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege, politician
• Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein
• Walter Masing, physicist; Corps Misnia IV^[187]
• Ludwig Maurer, mathematician; Corps Suevia München^[188]
• Albert von Maybach, Under Secretary of State in thPrussian Ministry of Trade; Corps Hansea Bonn^[189]
• Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer, Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen
• Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), last imperial chancellor of Germany
• Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, anatomist; Corps Baruthia Erlangen^[190]
• Hanns von Meyenburg (1887–1971), Swiss Pathologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
• Georg Michaelis
• Julius von Michel, ophthalmologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg^[191]
• Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli
• Julius von Mirbach, member of the Prussian House of Lords; Corps Borussia Bonn^[192]
• Eilhard Mitscherlich, chemist; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg^[193]
• Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier
• Woldemar Mobitz, Corps Rhenania Freiburg
• Paul Georg von Möllendorff, sinologist, diplomat; Corps Normannia-Halle^[194]
• Andreas Mölzer
• Hans Adolf von Moltke
• Ludwig Mond
• Franz Mone, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
• Hans Much, hygienist, writer; Corps Teutonia Marburg^[195]
• Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1859–1924), diplomat of the German Empire, successor of the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[196]
• Jean de Muralt, Corps Tigurinia Zürich

N

Monument to Gustav Nachtigal in Stendal, Germany

• Gustav Nachtigal (1834–1885), explorer of Central and West Africa; Corps Palaiomarchia Halle, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Pomerania Greifswald^[197]
• Bernhard Naunyn, pharmacologist; Corps Hansea Bonn^[198]
• Rudolf Nebel
• Fritz Neumayer, Federal Minister; Corps Rhenania Würzburg^[199]
• Konstantin von Neurath, Corps Suevia Tübingen^[200]
• Otto Nüsslin (1850–1915), Zoologist at the TH Karlsruhe university, Corps Hubertia Freiburg

O

• Maximilian Oberst, surgeon; Corps Isaria München^[201]
• Otto von Oehlschläger, president of the Reichsgericht; founder of the Corps Baltia Königsberg^[202]
• Goetz Oertel, physicist, past president of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Associate of the National Academy of Sciences; Corps Masovia Königsberg^[203]
• Wilhelm von Opel, founder of Opel; Corps Franconia Darmstadt^[204]
• Max von Oppenheim (1860–1946), ancient historian and archaeologist; Corps Palatia Straßburg^[205]
• Robert von Ostertag, veterinarian; Corps Suevia Stuttgart^[206]

P

US-Army Colonel and Professor Elias Peissner

• Hans von Pechmann, chemist; Corps Isaria München^[207]
• Elias Peissner, Professor at Union College; Corps Palatia München, Corps Alemannia München; member of Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Society, fallen in the Battle of Chancellorsville^[208]
• Hugo Karl Anton Pernice, gynecologist and obstetrician, Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Teutonia Göttingen^[209]
• Maximilian Perty, zoologist in Berne; Corps Isaria München^[210]
• Carl Wilhelm Petersen
• Hubert Petschnigg, architect; Corps Hansea Wien, Corps Marchia Brünn.^[211]
• Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten, legal scholar and politician; Corps Onoldia Erlangen^[212]
• Kurt Plötner, SS physician, recruited by US intelligence; Corps Thuringia Leipzig^[213]
• Count Franz Pocci, artist and composer; Corps Isaria München^[214]
• Alfred Pribram, Jewish physician in Prague; Corps Austria^[215]
• Robert Prutz, poet and critic; Corps Borussia Halle^[216]

Q

• Reinhold Quaatz, civil servant, right-wing politician, half-Jewish in ancestry; Corps Guestphalia Jena^[217]

R

William von Reed

Friedrich Rückert.

• Count von Racowitza, Corps Neoborussia Berlin
• Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr., Foreign Secretary; Corps Borussia Bonn^[218]
• Hanns Albin Rauter, highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands, executed; Corps Joannea Graz^[219]
• Count Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen, Austrian statesman; Corps Isaria München^[220]
• William Reed (Union Army) (1825–1864), highest ranking African American line officer in the U. S. army during the civil war; Corps Saxonia Kiel^[221][222]
• Oskar von Redwitz, poet; Corps Franconia München^[223]
• Ludwig Rehn, surgeon; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg^[224]
• Joseph Martin Reichard, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
• Ernst Julius Remak, neurologist; Corps Borussia Breslau^[225]
• August Leopold von Reuss (1841–1924), Austrian ophthalmologist; Corps Austria
• Gregor von Rezzori (1914–1998), Austrian novelist and screenwriter, Corps Schacht Leoben
• Friedrich Julius Richelot, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg^[226]
• Sigmund von Riezler, historian; Corps Isaria München^[227]
• Eduard von Rindfleisch, pathologist; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[228]
• Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
• Hans Joachim von Rohr, agrarian, politician; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[229]
• Paul Rohrbach
• Otto Roquette, poet; Corps Teutonia Berlin^[230]
• Wilhelm Roscher (1817–1894), economist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[231]
• Alfred Rosenberg, Corps Rubonia Riga^[232]
• Eugen Rosshirt, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
• August von Rothmund, ophthalmologist; Corps Isaria München^[233]
• Friedrich Rückert, poet, orientalist; Corps Franconia Würzburg^[234]

S

Sir William Schlich

Samuel Hanson Stone as a member of his Leipzig and Heidelberg corps

Watercolour of Alexander Suvorov by Alexander Brullov, 1830

• Wilhelm von Salisch, Oberst, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves; Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[235]
• Gustav von Saltzwedel, Prussian civil servant; founder of the Corps Littuania Königsberg^[236]
• Hans Sandrock (1913–1995), officer of the German Army during World War II, decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Corps Pomerania-Silesa
• Julius Scharlach (1842–1908), Hamburg lawyer, businessman and a prominent figure in the colonial history of Germany, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[237]
• Max Schede, surgeon; Corps Borussia Halle, Corps Tigurinia Zürich^[238]
• Rudolf von Scheliha, diplomat, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[239]
• Gustav Schleicher (1823–1879), German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas, veteran of the Confederate Army; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen^[240][241]
• Alexander von Schleinitz, Foreign Minister of Prussia; Corps Saxonia Halle^[242]
• Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1913–1989), Oberst of the Wehrmacht; Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[243]
• Hanns Martin Schleyer, Corps Suevia Heidelberg^[244]
• Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich (1840–1925), forester in India; Corps Hassia Gießen^[245]
• Ernst Reinhold Schmidt (1819–1901), spokesman of the German immigrants in Philadelphia, author of The History of the American Civil War and The Founding of Pennsylvania: the German View of our Bi-centennial (1882); Corps Masovia Königsberg^[246]
• Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig, legal scholar and past Federal Minister; Corps Hansea Bonn^[247]
• Otto Schott, industrialist, inventor of borosilicate glass; Corps Teutonia Braunschweig
• Karl Ludwig Ernst Schroeder, gynecologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg^[248]
• Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg officer, German Resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[249]
• Max Schuler, Schuler tuning, gyrocompass; Corps Franconia München^[250]
• Ernst Schulze (1789–1817), German romantic poet, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[251]
• Robert Schumann, composer; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
• Berent Schwineköper (1912–1993), historian; Corps Teutonia Göttingen^[252]
• Hans-Christoph Seebohm, federal minister; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg^[253]
• Franz Seldte, co-founder of the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten, Minister for Labour of the German Reich; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Braunschweig
• Friedrich Wilhelm Semmler, chemist; Corps Silesia Breslau^[254]
• Carl Semper, Corps Visurgia Hannover
• Eduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold, gynecologist; Corps Lusatia Berlin, Corps Lusatia Leipzig^[255]
• Philipp Franz von Siebold, Corps Moenania Würzburg^[256]
• Ernst Siehr
• Gustav Simon, surgeon in Heidelberg; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[257]
• Eduard von Simson, Jewish-born father of the first German constitution; Littauer-Kränzchen (Corps Littuania Königsberg)^[258]
• Reinhold Solger, prominent Forty-Eighter, historian, Professor at West-Point United States Military Academy; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald, founder and honorary member of Corps Borussia Greifswald^[259]
• Alexander Spengler, founder of Davos medicine; Corps Suevia Heidelberg^[260]
• Bernhard Sprengel, industrialist, founder of the Sprengel Museum; Corps Holsatia Kiel^[261]
• Martin Stamm, founder of Cleveland Clinic
• Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956), Austrian politician, 163rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg
• Hermann Stieve, anatomist; Corps Franconia München^[262]
• Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar, Corps Onoldia Erlangen, Corps Franconia Würzburg^[263]
• Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg^[264]
• Otto Stolz, Austrian mathematician, his name lives on in the Stolz-Cesàro theorem, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg;^[265]
• Samuel Hanson Stone, Corps Thuringia Leipzig, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg^[266]
• Adolph Strecker, chemist; Corps Teutonia Gießen^[267]
• Louis Stromeyer (1804–1876), German surgeon, Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[268]
• Gustav Struve, Corps Bado-Württembergia Göttingen^[269]
• Franz Susemihl, classical philologist; Corps Misnia Leipzig^[270]
• Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov, Prince of Italy, Count Rymniksky (1804–1882), Russian general, diplomat and politician, Corps Curonia Göttingen^[271]

T

Ludwig Thoma, by Karl Klimsch

• Ludwig Thoma, Bavarian writer; Corps Suevia München^[272]
• Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum, physician and biochemist; Corps Hassia Gießen^[273]
• Heinrich Triepel, legal scholar; Corps Suevia Freiburg^[274]
• Adam von Trott zu Solz, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen^[275]

U

• Edward Uhl, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Corps Rhenania ZAB, Corps Franconia Karlsruhe
• Paul Uhlenhuth, bacteriologist; Corps Franconia Hamburg^[276]
• Hermann Ulrici, philosopher; Corps Saxonia Halle^[277]

V

Northern Pacific Railway tycoon Henry Villard

• Karl von Vierordt, physiologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg^[278]
• Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
• Henry Villard, American railroads tycoon; Corps Franconia München^[279]
• Karl Vogt
• Carl von Voit, physiologist; Corps Franconia München^[280]
• Otto Volger, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
• Richard von Volkmann, surgeon and poet^[281]

W

Portrait of Ulrich Wille by Ferdinand Hodler

• Werner Wachsmuth, "nestor of the German surgeons"; Corps Rhenania Würzburg, Corps Suevia Tübingen^[282]
• Johann Andreas Wagner, zoologist; Corps Bavaria Würzburg^[283]
• Richard Wagner, composer, Corps Saxonia Leipzig^{[284][285][286]}
• Max Waldau (1825–1855), German poet and novelist, Corps Silesia Breslau
• Benedict Waldeck, left-leaning deputy in the Prussian National Assembly; Corps Guestphalia II Göttingen^[287]
• Karl Weierstrass, Corps Saxonia Bonn^[288]
• Arthur von Weinberg, industrialist; Corps Transrhenania München^[289]
• Christian Samuel Weiss, mineralogist; Corps Montania Freiberg^[290]
• Carl Theodor Welcker, legal scholar and liberal politician; Corps Franconia Gießen^[291]
• Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, classical philologist and archaeologist; Corps Lahnania Gießen^[292]
• Hermann Welcker, anatomist and anthropologist; Corps Teutonia Gießen, Corps Palatia Bonn^[293]
• Karl Weltzien, chemist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg^[294]
• Heinrich Wendland, botanist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen^[295]
• Horst Wessel, Nazi activist, Horst Wessel Lied; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien^[296]
• Moritz Wiggers, jurist and democratic politician; Corps Vandalia Rostock, Corps Hanseatia Rostock, Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg^[297]
• William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Borussia Bonn^[298]
• William II of Württemberg, Corps Bremensia Göttingen, Corps Suevia Tübingen
• Max Wirth, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
• Heinrich Wendland, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
• Theodor Wiegand
• Ulrich Wille, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
• Friedrich Hermann Wölfert, publisher and aviation pioneer; founder of the Corps Plavia Leipzig^[299]
• Michael Wolff, (1971 – ) legal scholar and barrister, diplomat, extreme sports personality; Akad. Corps Saxonia Wien, pen. Corps Arminia Klagenfurt

Y

Japanese secretary of state Yamamoto Teijirō

• Nikolay Yazykov, Russian poet, Corps Ruthenia Dorpat
• Yamamoto Teijirō, Japanese industrialist and politician, Corps Germania Hohenheim^[300]
• Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, member of the German resistance, executed^[301]

Z

United Nations official Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

• Eberhard Zahn (1910–2010), manager, Corps Austria^[302]
• Joachim Zahn, CEO Mercedes-Benz, Corps Rhenania Tübingen^[303]
• Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Corps Rhenania Tübingen^[304]
• Hans Zehrer
• Ernst Ziehm^[305]
• Hermann Zimmer (8 October 1867 in Ocklitz, district Breslau, † 22 April 1928 in Breslau) was a German trade unionist and social democratic politician. Most recently, he was Oberpräsident the Prussian province of Lower Silesia
• Eugen von Zimmerer, Corps Bavaria Würzburg^[306]
• Arthur Zimmermann, Imperial Secretary of State (Zimmermann Telegram)^[307]
• Franz Heinrich Zitz^[308]
• Hans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst (1845–1906), Austrian historian; Corps Teutonia Graz, Vandalia Graz und Saxonia Wien^[309]

Bibliography

• Hans-Georg Balder, Rüdiger B. Richter: Korporierte im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg, Hilden: WJK-Verlg, 2007
• Otto Gerlach: Kösener Corps-Listen 1930, Frankfurt am Main 1930.
• Otto Gerlach: Kösener Corpslisten 1960, Kassel 1961.
• Hermann Kruse: Kösener Corpslisten 1996, Gesamtverzeichnis 1919–1996, Nürnberg-Fürth 1998.
• Rosco G.S. Weber: The German Corps in the Third Reich, Macmillan London 1986
• Stephen Klimczuk, Gerald Warner: Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries: Uncovering Mysterious Sights, Symbols, and Societies, Sterling Publishing Company, 2009, p. 224–232 (The German University Corps)

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References

• The Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband as the oldest umbrella association of German Studentenverbindungen founded in 1848 publishes continuously memberships in its member corps in the Kösener Corpslisten beginning with the first edition in 1904. For this purpose the Corps are indicated in bold figures, the individual number of the member in the membership list of his individual corps is the next figure following. The Weinheimer Senioren-Convent as the second oldest association of German Studentenverbindungen does not publish comparable lists of membership for its roughly 60 member corps; therefore this list is based on other available references.