Vindicat atque Polit
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Latin
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for Maintain and Refine) is the oldest Dutch
Netherlands
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student
Student
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association and was founded on February the 4th, 1815 as a reaction to attacks on students from local citizens. The first rector of the senate was B.J. Winter. Nowadays Vindicat is the largest student organization in Groningen, a city in the North of The Netherlands, with nearly 2500 members.
Vindicat's Society building is located in the heart of Groningen and is called Mutua Fides (Mutual Trust or Confidence) and plays a large role in the social-life of its members. Vindicat is also home to numerous cultural and sport sub-organizations like GSR Aegir
G.S.R. Aegir
The Groningen Student Rowing Club Aegir is a Dutch rowing club, founded 7 February 1878 as a subsidiary organization of Vindicat atque Polit, a Groningen Student Corporation....
. In 2010, Vindicat celebrated its 195th anniversary
Anniversary
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with its 39th lustrum
Lustrum
A lustrum was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome.The lustration was originally a sacrifice for expiation and purification offered by one of the censors in the name of the Roman people at the close of the taking of the census...
festival.
In 2005, a copy of Mutua Fides on a scale of 1:25 was built in the miniature city Madurodam
Madurodam
Madurodam is a miniature city located in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is a model of a Dutch town on a 1:25 scale, composed of typical Dutch buildings and landmarks, as are found at various locations in the country. This major Dutch tourist attraction was built in 1952 and has...
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