The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e. V. and the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. will be presenting the exhibition „Paths to Peace. Consequences of War and Peace Processes“ in the Jahn Ehrenhalle in Freyburg starting March 19, 2026...
On Reformation Day (Friday, October 31, 2025), the Jahn Museum in Freyburg will host a benefit flea market from 10 AM to 4 PM. Visitors can browse, haggle, and discover special treasures to their heart's content in the museum garden. Items no longer needed from...
On Saturday, May 10, 2025, an information event will take place at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Museum Freyburg as part of the nationwide Urban Development Day (www.tag-der-staedtebaufoerderung.de). Between 2 and 4 pm, interested…
The Presidium of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society has appointed Dr. Norma Henkel as the new Director of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Museum and the new Managing Director of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society with effect from March 1, 2025.…
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 are you already retired? Are you looking for a useful and fulfilling task…
"Fresh, free, cheerful and pious - that is the gymnast's wealth. Who was the so-called "Turnvater Jahn"? How did he come to Freyburg? Why is the town of Freyburg the Mecca of…
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bartmuß passed away on January 6, 2023 in Halle. With him, the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society not only loses an outstanding scientist and patron, but also an impressive personality and a…
The President of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society will celebrate his 70th birthday on November 15, 2022. For all information, please refer to the press release.
When E.T.A. Hoffman, born in Königsberg in 1776, was writing "Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr," he was commissioned to investigate the demagogue trial against the "gymnastics father" Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.…
As part of the annual conference of the Working Group "Places of the History of Democracy" in Berlin, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier received members of the Working Group in Bellevue Palace on 8 October 2021. He praised the work of the…
