Gremium MC –
one of the leading motorcycle club in the European biker scene and the
biggest MC in Germany. Already in 2002 Gremium looked back onto a
tradition of 30 years. It was established in 1972 in Mannheim and has
been developing consequently since then.
By now many Chapter in Germany and further more in Italy, Poland,
Canaries, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, Spain, Venezuela,
Thailand, Serbia, Turkey and Chile belong to the large family of the
world wide Gremium motorcycle-club and cultivate special friendship and
very strong and long lasting relations to each other.
Our club is being understood as a community of bikers, which represents
an own and special way of life essentially embossed by belonging and
brotherhood. Our attitude towards life and power is represented by our
Colour with its rising sun and the clenching fist towards heaven. „G“ is
the seventh letter of the alphabet and also the term „Gremium“ has seven
letters.
1978 Gremium MC and Bones MC arranged the conference of all German
motorcycle clubs called „Presi-Rally“ at the Friesenheimer Insel in
Mannheim. In the years of 1983, 1986 and 1995 Gremium MC arranged this
conference by it self. Since 1972 Gremium MC has been embossed the club
scene essentially. Beside other activities we were one of the founder
members of special interest group of German biker and rocker – the Biker
Union association- in 1986.
Already in 1988 State Office of Criminal Investigation and the
Department of Public Prosecution had been approached against our
community. At the twenty second of November in 1988 a couple of Gremium MC
chapter had been forbidden by law because of accumulation of criminal
community. More than 550 police officer attacked club homes and member
apartments, several members were arrested and alleged evidence was
backed up. Later on it was announced Gremium MC have been destroyed and
an effectual move against organized crime would be done by the
department of public prosecution.
Later on it turned out to be a failure. Except of a couple of members,
which kept being arrested because of having drugs or other less
profoundly cases, the most of the members were rereleased. Three years
later the club forbidding was reversed and the costs of proceedings had
to be payed by the county (Baden-Württemberg) – so lately by tax-payer.
Many times we have been judged in several ways, even as right-wing
extremist or as criminal organization. Without success in each case and
we never had any damages out of it. The press, the Departments of the
Interior of the counties or of the country as well as other parts of
society act in the way of: „If one of them criminal, we will judge all
of them – if they do something good, we will ignore it“.
We entirely take distance to all of what is meant by the right-wings and
left-wings ideas. We just believe in ourselves and those who don´t
understand our way of life can not judge us. Just our lifestyle, the
brother driving his bike next to you and the team spirit of Gremium MC
is important to us – nobody has to love us, but everybody should have
respect.
The Iron Cross was given by Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. in
1813. The way it looks it remains consciously of the cross of the
Teutonic Order: a black cross with widening ends of each side on a white
coat, just like the German knights have been wearing. The black cross of
the white background is the symbol of Christi´s victory over the
darkness and death. Until today it is the symbol of the still ongoing
Teutonic Order „Brothers of the German house“ and it stands for power in
life, comfort and confidence in dying, honor and rum in eternity.
By contrast to other military order the Iron Cross was consciously made
of simple materials. Simple black metal is rounded by a silver frame and
it stood for knightly acquittal and abstinence of a soldier. This kind
of simplifying may led to the special attraction and prestige of the
Teutonic Order.
The Iron Cross had been conferred independently to differences of
soldiers status or grade as the highest honor in the war against
Napoleon. At the beginning of the Napoleon wars the Iron Cross was
reinvented by the German King Wilhelm I. and was conferred until the end
of the war.
In the Second World War the Iron Cross was reinvented by Adolf Hitler.
The material was thicker, the year 1945 was standing on the front side
and the year 1813 at the back. In the middle of it was the swastika.
Since 1945 the Iron Cross as a typical symbol of German armed forces has
not been conferred anymore. Nevertheless the Iron Cross was on
traditionally reason assumed by the German armed forces, as a national
emblem. The flag of German troops shows the Iron Cross surrounded by oak.
And also the badges of honor, like the medal of honor, bronze, silver or
golden cross of honor, has the Iron Cross as a Symbol of freedom,
chivalry and braveness on its front side.
After 32 years Gremium MC
changed its Colour marginally. Majorly this was about changing the names
of the cities of every single Chapter in Germany into a united lettering
„Germany“. Also there was a little redone. Through majority decision the
old Celtic cross, which had been on the Colour until 2004, was replaced
by the Iron Cross. This was acclaimed by many members, because the
Celtic cross was often wrongly seen as the christian Cross, although the
MC never restricted his member in political meaning or religious
believes.
Gremium MC is to be understood as a motorcycle club founded in Germany,
which has been expanding strongly and in many countries representing as
a sort of home for many bikers with different political opinions and
believes. But nobody gets his membership right away, everyone has to run
through a probationary period to get to know each other. Membership is
possible after that. |
