 The process of forging an alliance of Catholic students' corporations began in 1863, when several "couleur"-wearing ones ("Farbentragende katholische Studentenverbindungen") independently prepared an inter-association group under the initial title "Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen;" the organization suffered schism in its first year.In 1865, a successful a new, non-"couleur"-wearing alliance under the present name was incorporated at Berlin twelve years to the day after the "Katholische Leseverein" was incorporated.The initial association consisted of five non-"couleur"-wearing student corporations ("Nichtfarbentragende katholische Studentenvereine")