title: Turnerschaft
text: # Turnerschaft
  
  A Turnerschaft is a kind of Studentenverbindung, a German student corporation, similar to fraternities in the US and Canada. The Turnerschaften are a sports corps, and students practice the Mensur (academic fencing).
  
  Most Turnerschaften are members of either the Coburger Convent or the Marburger Convent.
  
  ## Notable Turnerschaft members
  
  * Christoph Ahlhaus
  * Karl Andree
  * Heinrich Biltz
  * Adolf Butenandt
  * Otto Dempwolff
  * Max Eckert-Greifendorff
  * Franz Etzel
  * Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
  * Hugo Junkers
  * Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz
  * Eckart von Klaeden
  * Hermann Löns
  * Gottfried Münzenberg
  * Ferdinand Sauerbruch
  
  ## Literature
  
  * Edwin A. Biedermann, "Logen, Clubs und Bruderschaften", Droste-Verlag, 2007, 2.AUfl., ISBN 3-7700-1184-8, 415 Seiten
  