Jahn taught, for instance,
how... |
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"...the lost balance of human education can be
restored ... and can comprise and seize the entire man in the youthful living
together."
From: Jahn/Eiselen
"A Treatise onGymnastics", (1828)
| 16-19/10/1813 |
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Battle of Nations near
Leipzig |
| 31/3/1814 |
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the allies march into Paris |
| Jahn’s demands of the day are: |
| "...freedom
of speech, a constitution, the unity of the fatherland ..." |
Chauvinistic attacks and his passionate teutomania offered the misuse by later
nationalist propaganda.
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| 12/6/1815 |
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student gymnasts and former members of the Lützow corps
founded the German student’s society true to Jahn’s
ideas. |
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Friedrich
Ludwig Jahn:
teacher,father of gymnastics, MP
(Part I) |
| 11/8/1778 |
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born as son of a parish priest in Lanz, Brandenburg,
Prussia |
| 1794 |
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‘Graues Kloster’ secondary school (Berlin) |
1796-1803
1802-1805 |
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studied in Halle and Greifswald among others,
private tutor in Neubrandenburg |
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1806 - Napoleon’s victory at Jena and Auerstedt
ahn witnessed the defeat of Prussia and the
conquest of Germany,
which sparked off his decision to work for the unity and freedom of
Germany. |
| 1807 |
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visit to GutsMuths in Schnepfenthal,
who is regarded as a representative of progressive pedagogy
(philanthropy); stimulus for
Jahn’s introduction of gymnastics to Germany |
| 1809 |
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teacher at ‘Graues Kloster’ school Berlin |
| 1810 |
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physical exercises and games in the open air |
| 18/6/1811 |
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opening of the 1st German gym field at
Berlin’s Hasenheide |
Jahn developed gymnastics as a
patriotic education too,
to prepare for the war of liberation in Germany
1813 - gymnasts and students proved
their worth in the volunteer Lützow corps.
Jahn himself was one of the commanding officers. |
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