225th Birthday of FRIEDRICH LUDWIG JAHN

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was born 1778, August , 11th in the little village Lanz, near Lenzen as a son of the pastor.
A big part of his life Jahn lived in the 'Town of Jahn Freyburg'Unstrut' in Saxonia-Anhalt. In October (3 - 5) this year there will held a historical and scientific symposium.
Every year, at the last weekend in August in Freyburg take place the Jahn tournament, a artistic gymnastics competition for all age groups, from 15 to nienty years... >> Read more about Jahn on our special GYMmedia websites, about the Father of Gymnastics, the Town of Jahn and about historical gymnastics traditions in Germany...