History
The Corps sprang from the older Landsmannschaft. The name Corps came into use in 1810 at the University of Heidelberg and soon displaced the older name of Landsmannschaft at all the universities. The oldest Corps, Onoldia, at the University of Erlangen dates from 1798, though it was not called a Corps until some years later. Most of the Corps came into existence in the period 1800-1820. At first, the various governments prohibited them as well as the Burschenschaften, but tolerated them after 1840. After 1848, they were officially approved.
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