Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈluːtvɪç ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈjaːn]; 11 August 1778 – 15 October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports clubs, as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition of German states effectively ended the occupation by Napoleon's First French Empire. His admirers know him as "Turnvater Jahn", roughly meaning "Father of Gymnastics Jahn". Jahn invented the parallel bars, rings, high bar, the pommel horse and the vault horse. (From Wikipedia) More about Friedrich Ludwig Jahn:
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10 additional books about Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the extended shelves: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. (Velhagen & Klasing, 1912), by Karl Brunner (page images at HathiTrust)
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn : ein Geschichtsblatt aus den Jahren 1809-1819 (Freidenker Pub. Co., 1887), by Ernst Assmy (page images at HathiTrust)
Werke (G.A. Grau (Rud Lion), 1884), by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and Carl Euler (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Frühlingszeit des deutschen Volksturnens. Nach den Quellen zuusammengestellt. (R. Voigtländer, 1913), by Carl Cotta (page images at HathiTrust)
Alman jimnastikleri ve Yan (Selanik Matbaası, 1913), by Selim Sırrı Tarcan (page images at HathiTrust)
An essay on the systematic training of the body (Trübner & co., 1878), by Karl Heinrich Schaible (page images at HathiTrust)
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. Sein Leben und seine Bedeutung. (E. Hofmann & co., 1894), by Fr. Guntram Schultheiss (page images at HathiTrust)
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. Ein lebensbild für das deutsche volk von Wilhelm Angerstein ... (Haude und Spener, 1861), by Wilhelm Emil Angerstein (page images at HathiTrust)
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn's Leben, nebst Mitteilungen aus seinem literatischen Nachlasse. (F. Duncker, 1872), by Heinrich Pröhle (page images at HathiTrust)
Turnvater Jahn ; sein Leben und Werk. (Jena : E. Diederichs, 1928., 1928), by Edmund Neuendorff (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn: Additional books by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the extended shelves: Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Deutsches Volksthum. (Wilhelm Rein, 1817) (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Deutsches Volksthum. (E. Naumanns Drucherei, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Deutsches Volkstum (P. Reclam jun., 1852), also by Franz Brümmer (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Deutsches Volkstum. (Bibliographisches Institut, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Deutsches Volkstum von Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. (Velhagen & Klasing, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Die Briefe Friedrich Ludwig Jahns, gesammelt und im Auftrage des Ausschusses der Deutschen Turnerschaft (P. Eberhardt, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Die deutsche Turnkunst zur Einrichtung der Turnplätz (P. Reclam, 1903), also by Hugo Rühl and Ernst Eiselen (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Die deutsche Turnkunst zur Einrichtung der Turnplätze dargestellt (Der Herausgeber, 1816), also by Ernest Wilhelm Bernhard Eiselen (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Die deutsche Turnkunst zur Einrichtung der Turnplätze dargestellt (Conradi, 1967), also by Ernest Wilhelm Bernhard Eiselen (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Merke zum Deutschen Volksthum (J.C.H. Knopf, 1833) (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Recherches sur la nationalité, le̕sprit des peuples allemands et les institutions qui seraient en harmonie avec lerus moeurs et leur caractère (Bossange frères [etc.], 1825), also by Pierre Lortet (page images at HathiTrust) Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig, 1778-1852: Werke (G.A. Grau (Rud Lion), 1884), also by Carl Euler (page images at HathiTrust)
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