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Aus dem Jahn-Museum

webartisan — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:24:28 +0000

In the current year, many enquiries have been addressed to the Jahn Museum, which unfortunately could not be processed in the desirable manner due to staff absences due to illness. In the meantime, the staff situation has eased somewhat. Nevertheless, Ms. Dietz, in her capacity as museum director, asks for your understanding that inquiries involving a greater amount of research cannot be answered until further notice, because otherwise the ongoing day-to-day business cannot be managed. In any case, the first thing to do is to clear the "backlog" of work that has accumulated due to illness.

In order to put the future of the Jahn Museum on a solid footing, the museum needs better staffing. We hope to achieve this goal together with the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the not too distant future!

The banner of the German Gymnastics Association donated by Frankfurt women on the occasion of the 5th German Gymnastics Festival in Frankfurt in 1880 is one of the most valuable objects in the museum and therefore requires special care. The Jahn Society has therefore applied to the East German Savings Bank Foundation for funds to restore the flagpole and the monstrance. For exhibition purposes - also outside Freyburg – a replica on a scale of 1:2 is also to be made.

In recent weeks and months, several film teams from various television stations have visited the Jahn Museum to gather material for reports and other features. Politicians such as Norbert Walter-Borjans or Manuela Hartung most recently visited the museum to get an impression of this special institution.

From the liquid assets of the defunct Swiss Sports Museum in Basel, the Jahn Society acquired for the museum a bundle of valuable historical objects. The purchase of these cultural assets was made possible by donations from members of the Jahn Society.

The senior sports group of the TSG Freyburg (Unstrut), which was founded in the 1950s, has handed over to the museum an extensive documentation which documents its diverse activities over more than six decades.

All important information for a visit of the Jahn-Museum can be found on our homepage.

If you are still looking for a "gymnastic" Christmas present, you might find it in the museum shop:

https://jahn-museum.de/museumsshop/

Just take a look...

175 Jahre Revolution 1848/49 – wie erinnern?

webartisan — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:22:37 +0000

The revolution of 1848/49 was the first Europe-wide movement for freedom, democracy and social justice. In order to increase the visibility of this important anniversary in the history of democracy, a jubilee network is being established that brings together the diverse regional, national, but also European activities and potentials of actors, institutions and places of remembrance in the history of democracy.

The topic of how to commemorate this incisive event was the subject of the kick-off event Jubiläumsnetzwerk 1848/49 held in Rastatt on 4 and 5 November 2021.
To the program: Programme of the kick-off conference Jubilee Network 1848/49 (PDF, 854KB)

Festvortrag im Rahmen der Jahrestagung des Akademischen Turnbunds

webartisan — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:21:20 +0000

In the run-up to its annual conference this year, the Academic Gymnastics Federation, which has the status of a state gymnastics federation in the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), had to make the bitter experience of being unwelcome as a supposed right-wing group at its original conference venue in Bückeburg. The conference therefore had to be moved at short notice to Bad Oeynhausen / Schloss Ovelgönne. Invitation: http://www.atb.net/upload/einladungen/2021/Einladung.pdf

The keynote speech on the topic "The Paulskirche in Frankfurt a. M. - Place of Remembrance of the German Democracy and Gymnastics Movement" was given by the President of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society, Dr. Josef Ulfkotte.

„Die kalten Ringe – Gesamtdeutsch nach Tokio 1964“ – Filmpräsentation mit Podiumsdiskussion

webartisan — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 06:07:07 +0000

The Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 were the last time an all-German team took part. This is the subject of the film "Die kalten Ringe" ("The Cold Rings"), which was presented by the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e.V. under the leadership of its managing director Manuela Dietz and in cooperation with the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt ("Saxony-Anhalt State Agency for Civic Education") and the Zentrum deutsche Sportgeschichte ("Center for German Sports History") on September 3, 2021 in the atrium of the Rotkäppchen-Mumm sparkling wine cellar in Freyburg. Thomas Grimm (author of the film), Jürgen May (Olympic participant 1964, athletics) and Christel Felgner (Olympic participant 1964, gymnastics) participated in the subsequent panel discussion. Particularly warmly welcomed among the approximately 100 guests was Felgner's former coach and today the oldest competitive gymnast in the world, Johanna Quaas. The lively discussion, in which many guests participated, was moderated by Dr. René Wiese / Center of German Sports History Berlin-Brandenburg.
To the film: Geschichte im Ersten: The cold rings | ARD Mediathek

Feier zur Erinnerung an das Wiederaufleben des Turnens nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges

webartisan — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 06:06:15 +0000

To mark the occasion, the Gymnastics Association of North Hesse held a small celebration at the Jahn monument on the Schenkelsberg in Kassel-Oberzwehren. In his speech, the president of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society, Dr. Josef Ulfkotte, explained the historical context and paid tribute to the commitment of the men and women who, in times of great hardship and deprivation, worked for a new beginning of gymnastics, games and sports. Following up on the speech of Federal President Richard von Weizäcker, which he held in 1985 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Germany from National Socialist rule, he then addressed the topicality of Weizäcker's appeal to the youth: "Do not let yourself be driven into enmity and hatred against other people, against Russians or Americans, against Jews or against Turks, against alternatives or against conservatives, against black or against white. Learn to live with each other, not against each other. Let us, too, as democratically elected politicians, always take this to heart and set an example. Let us honor freedom. Let us work for peace. Let us abide by the law. Let us serve our inner standards of justice."

Winzerfest im Innenhof des Jahn-Museums

webartisan — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:05:20 +0000

Together with the winery of the Lückel family, the Jahn Society organized a small vintners' festival in the courtyard of the museum in the first week of September - of course, in compliance with the Corona Protection Ordinance for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, which was valid at that time. The guests were delighted to be able to experience at least a "small" vintner's festival in the Jahn, wine and sparkling wine town this year!

Jahn-Mehrkämpfe für Fechter

webartisan — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 06:03:49 +0000

After a Corona-related cancellation in 2020, they took place under Corona conditions on 27 and 28 August 2021 in Freyburg. It was the 55th edition since 1955. The competition, which is based on the Friesian fights, involves points in air rifle shooting, three athletic disciplines, fencing and swimming. In addition, wreaths were traditionally laid at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Memorial Gymnasium and at the memorial stone for the founder of these competitions, Albert Gipp. The organizers around Werner Lauer and Steffen Fellmann of the organizer Fechtclub Leipzig e. V. did an extraordinary job under the given conditions as well as the 66 competitors aged 11 to 81 years from 22 clubs of the Federal Republic. As a great supporter of the event, Freyburg's mayor Udo Mänicke honoured the winners at the closing ceremony.

Jahnturnfest – Kranzniederlegung am Ehrengrab Jahns

webartisan — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:03:02 +0000

Due to the bad weather in Freyburg (Unstrut), the Landesturnverband Sachsen-Anhalt has cancelled this year's Jahn Gymnastics Festival. However, the Landesturnverband, the Jahn-Gesellschaft, the Burgenlandkreis and the city did not want to renounce the wreath-laying ceremony at Jahn's grave of honour, even if only a small circle of participants was possible. It was all the more pleasing that representatives of the partners from the region, who are so important for our work, accepted the invitation, first and foremost District Administrator Götz Ulrich. They were warmly welcomed by the Vice President of the Jahn Society, Dr. Gerlinde Rohr, with a short speech on the special importance of traditions, also and especially in these times. After the official part, the guests used the meeting for a lively exchange of ideas.

Zur Rolle der Turner, Sänger und Schützen in der Reichsgründungsära und im Kaiserreich

webartisan — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:01:11 +0000

January 18, 2021 marked the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the German Empire. Therefore, the AG Orte der Demokratiegeschichte organized a nationwide series of events and provided resources to help assess the ambivalent role of the Empire in German history and for German democracy, as well as to raise the sense of the complexity of the political system, society, and political culture of the Empire among a broad public.
On the occasion of the founding of the Reich, numerous publications have appeared that focus on the political, military and economic aspects of the Reich's founding period and do not take into account the role of the large social groups of gymnasts, singers and marksmen during this time. Therefore, the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft together with the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Sachsen-Anhalt organized a web symposium on 23 January 2021 entitled "Des Reiches Stützen? On the political and social role of gymnasts, singers and marksmen in the era of the founding of the empire and in the empire". The contributions of the symposium are available on the internet: https://www.demokratie-geschichte.de/index.php/3396/des-reiches-stuetzen-23-jan-2021/

All information on the series of events can be found in the thematic portal of the Places of the History of Democracy: https://www.demokratie-geschichte.de/extra/150jahre

Bürgerstiftung rettet Jahn-Areal in Meißen

webartisan — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:03:14 +0000

The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahnhalle in Meißen, which is now a listed building, was completed in only a short construction period in 1894/95 and served the local gymnastics club "Frisch auf" as a training facility for many years.