The fraternity teaches and expects tolerance from its members, stemming from diverse ethnic, national, religious and political backgrounds.

[9] A characteristic of Corps Franconia is its cooperation with the American fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon which evoked mutual memberships.

[10] On November 16, 1889, the fraternity was founded as an academic cycling club (Academischer Radfahrer-Verein)[11] and was approved by the directory of the Technische Universität Darmstadt on January 9, 1890.

[14] In comparison to other university cities, the relationship between the Corps in Darmstadt and the students was regarded as "convenient"[13] in the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

For this purpose, the club Verein Alter Darmstädter Franken (VADaF) was founded on July 15, 1919.

Wilhelm von Opel led the club as chairman and 1920, he was elected as the first Ehrenbursch of the corps, a very honorary member.

[15] Together with his nephew Hans von Opel, Wilhelm donated 60.000 Reichsmark and provided a loan for further 50.000 RM to make the house project possible.

[16] The Opel family (and later Klaus Mahn as well[17][18]) raised further voluntary donations, whose amounts exceeded the average payments many times,[19] which is apparent from the cash reports and bank statements.

[19][20] Wilhelm von Opel signed a duty to assure lifelong financial support to the corps, which even moved on to his children.

A lot of resistance was raised against this adsorption: For example, in May 1930 the German corps magazine printed an explicit warning about political engagement in general and within the NSDAP especially.

Under pressure of the national socialist student leadership, the corps suspended on October 19, 1935, and the WSC ended with its voluntary disbanding, the only alternative to escape the NSDStB.

Despite the disbanding of the corps, the participating VADaF club kept up under provisional leadership through Arthur Tix,[23] as it did not stand in contrast to any party authorities".

[29] The newspapers quoted chairman Jonathan Hildebrand, saying "The opening for other associations and for the public is one of the most important topic at the conference.

)"[30] On the basis of historically grown relations, there is an exchange program with the American fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon.

[6] With Friedrich Dingeldey, Otto Berndt and mayor August Buxbaum agents from both university and city visited the ceremony.

Next to a lot of other speakers, mayor Rudolf Mueller and his Magnificence Haus Rau delivered their congratulations, as the newspaper reported on its front page.

[32] As the only Corps in Darmstadt, Franconia did not sold the new house in the national socialism, but partially provided it to a Kameradschaft.

It offers seminars in the topics Assessment centre, management, rhetoric, Neuro-linguistic programming, negotiation, etiquette, organization and group theory.

The coaching program comprises seminars in the topics personal development, networking, logistics and individual mentorship by personnel consultants.

Important partners of Jugend Aktiv are the Handelshochschule Leipzig, the Technische Universität Braunschweig as well as the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

[38] When he received for the Wachenburg-Medaille (the highest award from the WVAC) the magazine "Corps" reported:[39] Götz Junkers-Lommatzsch made an outstanding contribution about the WSC.

).In 2012 the Corps Franconia officially supported the club Freunde für Frieden - friends for peace.

The Klinggraeff-Medal is awarded for the combination of extraordinary accomplishments in academia, involvement for the fraternity and proven leadership on local and, preferentially, national level.