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The Landsmannschaft Schottland ("Scotland") is a German fraternity – not to be confused with the American variety – situated in Tübingen, a university city in south-western Germany. It is a brotherhood of students and alumni of Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, with membership being a lifelong commitment. ''Schottland'' was founded on 19 November 1849. The name comes from an early meeting place of members, a pub called the "Schottei". Since 1905, ''Schottland'' resides in its fraternity house, a multi-storey mansion in the style of a Scottish castle, on the top of a hill overlooking Tübingen. The members of ''Schottland'' commit themselves to the principles of tolerance and democracy as well as the tradition of "akademisches Fechten" (academic fencing), a variety of fencing. A "Band" (a type of ribbon or sash) in the colours blue-gold-red and the traditional student cap (in Tubingen-style) in blue are worn by members. The colours are derived from the old Scottish royal colours. ''Schottland'' is a member of an association of about 100 fraternities, that practice obligatory fencing and wear colours – the Coburger Convent. The fraternity's slogan is ''"Amicitia honos virtus"'' (Latin for: "friendship - honour - virtue") and its motto is ''"Vera amicitia fructus virtutis!"'' (Latin for: "true friendship is the fruit of the virtuous"). ==Notable members== *Georg Bretschneider, former vice president of Bundesrechnungshof *Rolf Emmrich, professor of internal medicine *Friedrich Graf Medem, zoologist and representative of the IUCN Crocodiles Specialist Group in South America *Ernst von Mohl, professor in Saint Petersburg *Hugo Restle, former CEO of ''Agrippina Versicherungs AG'' (insurance company) *Friedrich von Riekert, DVP-politician in Prussia and member of Reichstag (German Empire) *Jonathan Roth, BDL-politician in Prussia and member of Reichstag (German Empire) *Karl Friedrich Schmidhuber, professor of Dentistry at the Heidelberg University *Heinrich Schönfelder, lawyer, founder of the well-known collection of German legal code "Schönfelder" *Alexander von Zagareli, professor at St. Petersburg University and co-founder of Tbilisi State University 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Landsmannschaft Schottland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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