Arminia is a student association founded on 6 November 1863 at the
University of Bonn. The name was chosen in reference to
Arminius, the chief of the
Cherusci who drove the
Romans out of Germany and thus became a symbol of the – not yet unified –
fatherland in the 19th century. In 1865
Arminia, among four other Catholic corporations, became the founder of the
Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine (KV), Germany's second oldest umbrella organisation of Catholic male student societies. In accordance with the Catholic faith and teachings,
Arminia strictly refuses
academic fencing. It has approximately 350 members, including "Aktive" (students) and "Alte Herren" (
alumni). == Symbols ==