Based on the Roman Catholic faith, Askania-Burgundia strictly refuses academic fencing.

Georg von Hertling (a university student who later became imperial German chancellor) founded Askania-Burgundia in 1853.

During the German Kulturkampf (literally, "culture struggle") in the late 19th century the fraternity became an important meeting point for Catholic students in Berlin.Askania-Burgundia's house and headquarters was built in 1927.

It is located at Pücklerstrasse 24, 14195 Berlin-Dahlem, Germany The emblem of the community is a golden trefoil cross on a black ground.

Among its members, there have been several German chancellors, such as Wilhelm Marx, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Konrad Adenauer as well as industrial managers such as Heinrich Nordhoff, chief of the Volkswagen company, and several famous scientists.