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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was born on August 11, 1778, in Lanz, Brandenburg.
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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was born on August 11, 1778, in Lanz, Brandenburg.
In 1796 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn started studying theology in Halle. Later he predominantly concentrated on the studies of history and philology.
From 1809 Jahn worked as an assistant teacher in Berlin. In spring 1811, at Berlin's Hasenheide Friedrich Ludwig Jahn opened the first German gymnastics field ("Turnplatz"), or open-air gymnasium. His activities were particularly pointed at the youth, with whom he went to the gym field in free afternoons . The German gymnastics, understood by Jahn as a whole of the physical exercises, fit into his "Nationalerziehungsplan", as he had developed it in his main writing "Das Deutsche Volkstum" (1810).
Jahn developed well-known gymnastic equipment, invented also new apparatuses. Particularly by his main writing "Die Deutsche Turnkunst" (1816) the apparatus gymnastics developed to an independent kind of sport, and so the gym activities were not only limited to simple physical exercises. In 1817 Jahn was appointed honorary doctor Dr. phil. by the universities of Jena and Kiel.
As a German patriot Jahn fought against the "Kleinstaaterei" and for the unity of Germany. He took part in the preparation and realisation of the liberation struggle against the Napoleon foreign rule 1813-1815, in which result he expected the fulfilment of his dreams of a unified Germany. In 1819 he and many other sportsmen and "Burschenschaftler" fell victim to the so-called "Prosecution of Demagogues". He was arrested and imprisoned for five years because of revolutionary activities and state-endangering propaganda.
In June 1825, after his release from prison, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn moved into the town Freyburg. Since the stay in Berlin as well as in all Prussian university and secondary school cities was forbidden to him, he took refuge in this little town. In Freyburg he lived for a short time in the hotel "Zum schwarzen Bären" (today Schützenstraße), afterwards at the master tailor's Sachse at the market. On September 19, 1828, Jahn was banned to the little Thuringian town Koelleda due to alleged contacts with young people, students and teachers of secondary schools in the area. When Jahn returned to Freyburg in spring 1835, he moved into a house at the church square. Since this building burnt down in 1838, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn acquired a property at the foot of the 'Schlossberg'. One year later he had a house built there according to his own plans.
In Freyburg Jahn lived in seclusion and spent more and more time on scientific and theoretical work. Only in 1840 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was rehabilitated. In 1848, Jahn, a representative of the administrative district Merseburg, was elected member of the Frankfurt National Assembly. On October 15, 1852, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn died in his house in Freyburg.
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was a well-known “father of gymnastics” who founded the turnverein (gymnastics club) movement in Germany. He was a fervent patriot who believed that physical education was the cornerstone of national health and strength and important in strengthening character and national identity.
In 1840, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was belatedly decorated with the Iron Cross for bravery in the wars against Napoleon.
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Quotations:
"The secret of living in peace with all people lies in the art of understanding each one by his own individuality. "
"A state without a Volk is nothing, a lifeless frivolous phantom like the vagabond gypsies and Jews. "
In 1848, Jahn, a representative of the administrative district Merseburg, was elected member of the Frankfurt National Assembly.
On August 30, 1814, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn married Helena Johanna Amalia Kollhof and had 3 children.
On February 11, 1824, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn married Sophie Luise Emilie Hentsch and had a child.
