Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (Turnvater Jahn) (August 11th 1778, Lanz - October 15th 1852, Freyburg) was a German Prussian gymnastics educator and patriot. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links 180px-Friedrich_ludwig_jahn. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links 180px-Friedrich_ludwig_jahn. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... Jump to: navigation, search Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ...

Jahn studied theology and philology from 1796 to 1802 at Halle, Göttingen at the Greifswald. After Jena he joined the Prussian army. In 1809 he went to Berlin, where he became a teacher at the Gymnasium zum Grauen as well as at the Plamann School. Brooding upon the humiliation of his native land by Napoleon, he conceived the idea of restoring the spirits of his countrymen by the development of their physical anll moral powers through the practice of gymnastics. The first Turnplatz, or open-air gymnasium, was opened by him at Berlin in 1811, and the movement (Turnverein) spread rapidly, the young gymnasts being taught to regard themselves as members of a kind of gild for the emancipation of their fatherland. This patritic spirit was nourished in no small degree by the writings of Jahn. Early in 1813 he took an active part at Breslau in the formation of the famous corps of Lützow, a battalion of which he commanded, though during the same period he was often employed in secret service. After the war he returned to Berlin, where he was appointed state teacher of gymnastics. As such he was a leader in the formation of the student Burschenschaften (patriotic fraternities) in Jena. Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... --69. ... The Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg is located in the German cities of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and Wittenberg. ... The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. ... Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald is located in Greifswald, Germany, between the Islands Rügen and Usedom, and is the second oldest university in Northern Europe. ... The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older name: Auerstädt) were fought on October 14, 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in todays Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Berlin ( ♫), IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wrocław. ... A Studentenverbindung (the umbrella term that includes the Burschenschafts) is a German student corporation. ...

A man of democratic nature, rugged, honest, eccentric and outspoken, Jahn often came into collision with the reactionary spirit of the time, and this conflict resulted in 1819 in the closing of the Turnplatz and the arrest of Jahn himself. Kept in semiconfinement at the fortress of Kolberg until 1824, he was then sentenced to imprisonment for two years; but this sentence was reversed in 1825, though he was forbidden to live within ten miles of Berlin. He therefore took up his residence at Freyburg on the Unstrut, where he remained until his death, with the exception of a short period in 1828, when he was exiled to Colleda on a charge of sedition. In 1840 he was decorated by the Prussian government with the Iron Cross for bravery in the wars against Napoleon. In the spring of 1848 he was elected by the district of Naumburg to the German National Parliament. Jahn died on in Freyburg, where a monument was erected in his honor in 1859. 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Kolberg is the German name for the Polish town of Kołobrzeg. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz) is a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and first awarded on 10 March 1813. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Naumburg (pop. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Frankfurt Parliament is the name of the German National Assembly founded during the Revolutions of 1848 that tried to unite Germany in a democratic way. ...

Jahn invented the parallel bars, balance beam, gymnastics rings, vaulting horse and the horizontal bar. He is often described as the "father of gymnastics" (Turnvater). Two parallel bars form an artistic gymnastics apparatus only used by male gymnasts. ... The Balance Beam is a artistic gymnastics apparatus. ... The rings or still rings is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. ... The old vaulting horse The vault, formerly known as vaulting horse, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. ... The horizontal bar or high bar is an Artistic Gymnastics apparatus. ...

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, popularized the motto "Frisch, Fromm, Fröhlich, Frei" ("Hardy, God-fearing, Cheerful, Free") in the early nineteenth century. The band Jawbreaker appropriated the German monogram with 4 Fs for use on their early releases up to and including Bivouac. Jawbreaker can refer to the following: A hard, usually round, candy that one sucks on. ...

Among his works are the following: Bereicherung des hochdeutschen Sprachschatzes (Leipzig, 1806), Deutsches Volksthum (Lübeck, 1810), Runenblätter (Frankfurt, 1814), Neue Runenblätter (Naumburg, 1828), Merke zum deutschen Volksthum (Hildburghausen, 1833), and Selbstvertheidigung (Vindication) (Leipzig, 1863). A complete edition of his works appeared at Hof in 1884-1887. See the biograph by Schultheiss (Berlin, 1894), and Jahn als Erzieher, by Friedric (Munich, 1895).

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