New manager wanted
The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e.V. is looking for a new manager as of March 3, 2025. You can find the job advertisement here. We look forward to receiving your application.
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 Managing Director with effect from 10 November 2023. Ms. Kaps has worked in recent years as assistant to the…
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 an outstanding scientist and patron, but also an impressive personality and a…
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 press release.
Jahn Report No.54 published
The new "Jahn Report" is here: Shortly before the start of the summer vacations, the new issue of the "Jahn Report" was published, the 54th installment since July 1994. The brochure is a stately 60 pages…
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 wants to provide reliable information about the initiator of the gymnastics movement, but also to contribute to a critical judgment about a German who has been controversial up to the present day. An important…
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 Jahn-Gesellschaft has therefore decided to also refer to this year's general meeting as…
Civic foundation saves Jahn site in Meißen
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.
