Information event on the Day of Urban Development Promotion
On Saturday, May 10, 2025, an information event will be held at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Museum in Freyburg as part of the nationwide day of ...
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Dr. Norma Henkel appointed as new head and managing director
The Presidium of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e. V. has appointed Dr. Norma Henkel as a member of the ...
learn more Volunteers wanted – for the Federal Volunteer Service
The Jahn Museum is looking for new colleagues - are you looking to enter the world of work, would you like to reorient yourself professionally or ...
learn more Jahn Report No. 59 published
The new "Jahn-Report" is here The new "Jahn-Report" is here: The new issue was published at the beginning of the year, ...
learn more ATTENTION: Changed opening hours
From April 01, 2024 until further notice, the Jahn Museum will change its opening hours. The museum will be open from Wednesday ...
learn more Stephanie Kaps appointed acting managing director of the Jahn-Gesellschaft
The Executive Committee of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e.V. has appointed Ms. Stephanie Kaps (Großjena) as Acting President with effect from November 10, 2023.
learn more Symposium of the German Gymnastics Federation
On November 16 and 17, 2023, the German Gymnastics Federation will hold a symposium to commemorate the founding of the DTB 175 ...
learn more Theater walks 2023 lead through Jahn memorials
"Fresh, free, cheerful and pious - that is the gymnast's wealth. Who was the so-called "Turnvater Jahn"? How ...
learn more The Jahn Society mourns the death of its honorary president
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bartmuß passed away on January 6, 2023 in Halle. With him, the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society not only loses ...
learn more Dr. Josef Ulfkotte celebrates 70th birthday
The President of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society will celebrate his 70th birthday on November 15, 2022. For all information, please refer to the ...
learn more Sound views of life of the tomcat Murr
When E.T.A. Hoffman, born in Königsberg in 1776, was writing "Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr," he was ...
learn more Jahn's godson Meffert
As part of this year's Jahnturnfest, the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e.V. in cooperation with the Freyburg parish office and the Berlin ...
learn more Jahn Report No.54 published
The new "Jahn-Report" is here: Shortly before the start of the summer vacations, the new edition of the "Jahn-Report" appeared, which ...
learn more Wanted: Letters of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) for a new complete edition of the Jahn letters.
The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e.V. not only aims to provide reliable information about the initiator of the gymnastics movement, but also to contribute to a critical ...
learn more From the Jahn Museum
In the current year, many requests have been made to the Jahn Museum due to staff absences due to illness and ...
learn more 175 years of revolution 1848/49 - how to remember?
The revolution of 1848/49 was the first Europe-wide movement for freedom, democracy and social justice. To increase the visibility ...
learn more Lecture at the annual conference of the Akademischer Turnbund
In the run-up to its annual conference this year, the Academic Gymnastics Association, which has the status of a state gymnastics association within the German Gymnastics Association (DTB), ...
learn more Federal President honors the work of the „Places of Democratic History“
As part of the annual conference of the working group "Places of the History of Democracy" in Berlin, Federal President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, received on 8 October ...
learn more „Die kalten Ringe – Gesamtdeutsch nach Tokio 1964“ – Film presentation with panel discussion
The Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 were the last time an all-German team took part. That's what it's all about...
learn more Celebration of the revival of gymnastics after the end of the Second World War
On this occasion, the Gymnastics Association of North Hesse held a small celebration at the Jahn monument on the Schenkelsberg in Kassel-Oberzwehren. In ...
learn more Winegrowers' festival in the courtyard of the Jahn Museum
Together with the winery of the Lückel family, the Jahn Society organized in the first week of September in the courtyard of the museum ...
learn more „Die kalten Ringe – 1964 all-German to Tokyo “
In 2021, the Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo for the first time since 1964. On the occasion of this not only sporting but ...
learn more Jahn Gymnastics Festival 2021 canceled!
In May 2021, the Landesturnverband Sachsen-Anhalt Corona conditionally cancelled this year's Jahnturnfest in Freyburg. The presidium of the ...
learn more Jahn multi-disciplines for fencers
After Corona conditional cancellation in 2020, they took place under Corona conditions on 27 and 28 August 2021 in Freyburg. ...
learn more Jahnturnfest - laying of a wreath at Jahn's grave of honor
Corona, the Saxony-Anhalt State Gymnastics Association has cancelled this year's Jahn Gymnastics Festival in Freyburg (Unstrut). The wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of honor ...
learn more Sites of democratic history speak out against appropriation
Increasingly, various institutions of the working group experience a direct and indirect appropriation of the history of democracy by right-wing populist groups. The Spokesperson's Council of the ...
learn more Jahnturnfest 2021 cancelled!
Due to the Corona pandemic no Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Turnfest will take place in Freyburg (Unstrut) in 2021. The decision was announced by the Landesturnverband Sachsen-Anhalt ...
learn more Jahn Museum open to the public again!
We open again! From Tuesday, 25 May 2021, we may finally open our doors to you again.
learn more On the role of the gymnasts, singers and marksmen in the era of the foundation of the empire and in the imperial period
January 18, 2021 marked the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the German Empire. Therefore, the AG ...
learn more Websymposium „Des Reiches Stützen?“
January 18, 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the German Empire. For this reason, the ...
learn more Civic foundation saves Jahn site in Meißen
The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahnhalle in Meißen, now a listed building, was completed in only a short construction period in 1894/95 and served the local gymnastics club ...
learn more Jahn Museum in Freyburg: Currently a house without visitors
Freyburg - Closed are currently also the doors of the Jahn Museum in Freyburg. But already before the current restrictions ...
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