Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg

Saxo-Borussia was established on 16 December 1820. In 1829 Robert Schumann became a lifelong member. During the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states the corps participated in founding the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV), an association of German-speaking Student Corps. In the German Empire and in the Weimar Republic Saxo-Borussia was considered "the most distinguished corps of Christendom" – a reference to the 1st Foot Guards (German Empire). Wilhelm Meyer-Förster wrote a student novel (1885) and Mark Twain reported on his visit in A Tramp Abroad. Kurt Tucholsky taunted the corps with a poem. The group was prosecuted in Nazi Germany. It dissolved on 3 July 1935 under persecution, and was recreated in 1952. In 1910 and 1998 it headed the KSCV. == Symbols ==

Saxo-Borussia's motto is . Its colors are white, green, black and white. The corps also has a zirkel. == Notable members ==

Princes • Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden • Prince Maximilian of Baden • Constantine I of Greece • Prince Oskar of Prussia • Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844–1894) • Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg • Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode Others • Herbert von Dirksen, ambassador to Britain • Albrecht von Hagen, executed in 1944 • Hermann Theodor Hettner, literary historian • William Hillebrand, physician and botanist in Hawaii • Leopold von Hoesch, esteemed diplomat in England • Joseph Florimond Loubat, bibliophile, antiquarian, sportsman, and philanthropist • Eduard von Rindfleisch, pathologist • Hans Joachim von Rohr, agrarian • Rudolf von Scheliha, executed in 1942 • Gustav Simon, surgeon == Riesenstein ==

Saxo-Borussia is also known for her Corpshouse called Riesenstein. It is located nearby the Gaisberg (Heidelberg). == See also ==