page_title: Corps Marko-Guestphalia Aachen
section_title: Foundation
hierarchical_section_title: Corps Marko-Guestphalia Aachen / History / Foundation
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Mensurschläger (mit Paukschläger und Paukhelm) in den Farben des Corps Hannovera Göttingen im Bismarck-Museum in Friedrichsruh
context_page_description: The Corps Marko-Guestphalia Aachen is a fraternity in Aachen, Germany, founded on December 2, 1871. 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, the second oldest federation of classical European fraternal corporations, with roots dating back to the 15th century and fraternities founded in several European countries.
  Membership in the fraternity is open to honorable men studying at one of Aachen's universities and is based exclusively on personality, good moral standing, and strength of character. Members of the Corps Marko-Guestphalia value and engage in the tradition of academic fencing as a way to sharpen and prove their character under pressure. Continuing a practice dating back into the 1700s, Marko-Guestphalia's members wear the traditional couleur, colored stripes, in green-white-black. The fraternity teaches and expects tolerance from its members, stemming from diverse ethnic, national, religious and political backgrounds.
context_section_description: The fraternity was founded by three fraternity students of other fraternities on December 2, 1871 who had come to the Royal Rheinian-Westphalian Polytechnical School at Aachen for their graduate studies. The fraternity grew quickly and joined the Weinheimer Senioren-Convent (WSC) on May 17, 1872.
caption: Bismarck's student sword and helmet, comparable to those used by the fraternity's members then and now.
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