Jahn-Gesellschaft – Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Museum

Beneﬁz-Museumsﬂohmarkt im Jahn-Museum

Henkel — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:07:41 +0000

Am Reformationstag (Freitag, den 31.10.2025) veranstaltet das Jahn-Museum in Freyburg zwischen 10-16 Uhr einen Beneﬁzﬂohmarkt. Im Museumsgarten können
Besucher nach Herzenslust stöbern, handeln und besondere Schätze entdecken. Auch Ausrangiertes aus dem Inventarbestand des Museums (u. a. Weihnachtsdeko) wird
angeboten.
Das Jahn-Museum lädt herzlich zum Mitmachen ein! Die Standgebühr (pro Stand 12,-€ + freiwillige Spende) geht zugunsten der Jahn-Gesellschaft e. V. Mit den
Spendeneinnahmen werden dringend benötigte Gelder für die Auslagerung und den Umzug des Museums in Vorbereitung auf die Sanierung gesammelt. Ab Januar 2026 wird
das Jahn-Museum für eine Generalsanierung geschlossen. Während dieser Zeit wird eine Interimsausstellung in der Jahn-Ehrenhalle eingerichtet. Alle Bürgerinnen und
Bürger aus Freyburg und der Region sind herzlich eingeladen sich zu beteiligen oder als Besucher nach Herzenslust zu stöbern.

Der Eintritt zum Flohmarkt und in das Museum ist an diesem Tag frei. Um Spenden wird gebeten. Anmeldungen bis 24.10.2025 per Mail an info@jahn-museum.de oder
telefonisch unter: 034464/27426. Der Standaufbau startet ab 8.00 Uhr. Tische sind in begrenztem Rahmen vorhanden. Das Mitbringen eigener Tische wird empfohlen. Bei
Schlechtwettervorhersage ﬁndet der Flohmarkt in der Ehrenhalle am Schützenplatz statt.

Wann: Freitag 31.10.2025, 10-16 Uhr

Where: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Museum Freyburg, Schloßstraße 11, 06632 Freyburg

Flyer Museums-Flohmarkt zum Download (jpg)

Informationsveranstaltung zum Tag der Städtebauförderung

Henkel — Fri, 02 May 2025 12:37:08 +0000

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, an information event will be held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Museum Freyburg as part of the nationwide Urban Development Day (www.tag-der-staedtebaufoerderung.de). Between 2 and 4 p.m., interested members of the public can find out about the extensive construction project to redesign and extend the museum. Representatives of the town of Freyburg as the client will provide information on the status of the plans. The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e. V. as the operator of the Jahn Museum cordially invites all interested parties and all citizens of the town of Freyburg to take a look behind the scenes of the museum.

The Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Museum will be extensively renovated and expanded from 2026 to 2028 with the support of the town of Freyburg, the Burgenland district and the state of Saxony-Anhalt. As part of the renovation of the residential building, the permanent exhibition, which is over 20 years old, will also be redesigned according to current scientific, historical and didactic exhibition findings. The information event offers the opportunity to view the current conditions on site and to find out what will change and improve in the course of the construction project. There will also be an opportunity to talk to the new managing director and museum director, Dr. Norma Henkel.

The event is free of charge. Pre-registration is not necessary. There is no admission charge to the museum between 2pm and 4pm.

When: Saturday, 10.05.2025, 14-16 o'clock

Where: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Museum Freyburg, Schloßstraße 11, 06632 Freyburg

Poster for the Day of Urban Development in pdf format.

Dr. Norma Henkel zur neuen Leiterin und Geschäftsführerin berufen

Henkel — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:35:33 +0000

The Executive Committee 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 46-year-old archaeologist took over as museum director from Ms. Kristina Kuhn (until September 2023) and Ms. Manuela Dietz (until May 2023). In the position of Managing Director, she succeeds Ms. Stephanie Kaps, who has been managing the Jahn-Gesellschaft on an interim basis since November 2023.

Henkel has extensive experience in strategic public relations work in the cultural and museum sector. After studying archaeology in Halle (Saale), she has worked in various positions in the press department, editorial office and on the staff of the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archaeology with the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle since 2006. During this time, she has accompanied numerous exhibitions and scientific or cultural tourism projects as well as coordinating various book projects and specialist conferences. For the most part, she worked in parallel on her dissertation on the Neolithic circular ditch complex at Goseck in the Burgenland district, which she successfully completed in 2016. Most recently, as a research assistant in the "GOLEHM Initiative for Earthen Building and Sustainable Circular Economy", she was responsible for the public relations work of the research alliance and gained experience in the renovation of listed buildings.

This experience will now also be put to good use at Henkel's future place of work: from 2026, the former home of the "gymnastics father" will be renovated in line with its listed status. At the end of 2024, the town of Freyburg received the funding decision for 3.3 million euros from the "National Urban Development Projects" investment program of the Federal Ministry of Building (BMWSB). The museum will be completely cleared out by the end of 2025 and the collection of around 17,000 objects, the library collection of almost 7,000 titles and the offices will be housed in alternative premises in Freyburg. The museum is set to reopen in 2028 with a newly designed permanent exhibition. During the renovation work, the museum will continue to operate in the form of an interim exhibition in the Jahn-Ehrenhalle in the town of Freyburg.

The press release with additional interview can be found here as pdf for download.

Jahn-Report Nr. 59 erschienen

jahn-buero — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:01:17 +0000

The new "Jahn Report" is here

The new "Jahn-Report" is here: The new issue was published at the beginning of the year, the 59th edition since July 1994. The brochure is an impressive 64 pages long. The first part deals once again with the 100th Jahn gymnastics festival, which took place in Freyburg an der Unstrut in mid-August: reviews from different perspectives illustrate the pleasingly diverse range of events. The new brochure focuses on: the future of the Jahn memorial in Hasenheide, the development of the gymnastics movement in southwest Germany (Gustav von Struve's work), the symposium in Hanau in autumn 2024 (175 years of the DTB) and an appreciation of the fact that sports science has existed in Halle for 100 years.

Information: Email: info@jahn-museum.de or tel. 034464/27426.

Hansgeorg Kling

Stephanie Kaps zur kommissarischen Geschäftsführerin der Jahn-Gesellschaft berufen

jahn-buero — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:16:42 +0000

The Executive Committee of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gesellschaft e.V. has appointed Stephanie Kaps (Großjena) as acting Managing Director with effect from November 10, 2023. Ms. Kaps has worked as assistant to the management at the Jahn Museum in recent years and was able to gain experience during this time, which will now benefit her as acting managing director. The appointment of Ms. Kaps became necessary because Dr. Kuhn resigned from her position as Managing Director of the Jahn Society and Director of the Jahn Museum on 1 October 2023. Until this position is filled, Ms. Kaps will manage the Jahn Society's office in Freyburg (Unstrut).

Die Jahn-Gesellschaft trauert um ihren Ehrenpräsidenten

Henkel — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:47:52 +0000

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bartmuß passed away in Halle on January 6, 2023. With him, the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Society not only loses an outstanding scientist and patron, but also an impressive personality and a loyal friend. read more

Dr. Josef Ulfkotte feiert 70. Geburtstag

Henkel — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:24:15 +0000

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 Nr.54 erschienen

jahn-buero — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 07:55:48 +0000

The new "Jahn Report" is here: Shortly before the start of the summer vacations, the new issue of the "Jahn Report" appeared, the 54th installment since July 1994. The brochure is a handsome 60 pages thick and again attractively designed. Under "News", the main topics are a review of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and the restoration of the banner of the German Gymnastics Association (DT), which is one of the treasures in the permanent exhibition of the Jahn Museum in Freyburg. Basic articles deal with the history of the Freyburg Jahn Gymnastics Festival, held annually in August, first in 1901; with the almost friendly closeness between the writer and jurist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) and F. L. Jahn (1778-1852); and with the question of why mountaineering/mountain hiking/rock climbing is not part of gymnastics but is covered by its own association, the German Alpine Association (DAV). Among the reports are two on sports museums, one on new prospects for the Berlin Sports Museum, the other on the recently closed Sports Museum of Switzerland in Basel. A look back at 1947 reveals a piece of post-war history: The German Gymnastics Working Committee (DAT), founded exactly 75 years ago in Northeim, was the forerunner of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), which was founded in Tübingen in 1950. Five book reviews and the entertainingly readable "Notes" round off the richly illustrated brochure.

Information: Email: info@jahn-museum.de or tel. 034464/27426.

Hansgeorg Kling

Gesucht: Briefe von Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) für eine neue Gesamtausgabe der Jahnbriefe

jahn-buero — Wed, 25 May 2022 11:19:23 +0000

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 basis for the discussion of his life and work are his letters, which, after the first complete edition by Wolfgang Meyer in 1913, are now to be newly edited and published.

The majority of the surviving Jahn letters are now kept in the Privy State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin, the Central and State Library in Berlin, and the Freyburg Jahn Museum. However, many letters have come into private hands over the course of time, while others lie dormant in the archives of the gymnastics clubs. In the new edition of all Jahn letters, the Jahn Society would like to include these letters as far as possible and therefore asks all owners of original Jahn letters to provide a legible photocopy or a digital copy.

Please send the photocopy or the digital copy either to the

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Museum

Castle road 11

06632 Freyburg (Unstrut)

Tel.: 034464 - 27426

Email: m.dietz@jahn-museum.de

or directly to the editor of the new letter edition

Dr. Josef Ulfkotte

Email: J.Ulfkotte@t-online.de

Jahn-Turnfest 2021 abgesagt!

jahn-buero — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:54:31 +0000

In May 2021 the Landesturnverband Sachsen-Anhalt Corona has cancelled this year's Jahnturnfest in Freyburg. The presidium of the Jahn-Gesellschaft has therefore decided to forego this year's general meeting as a presence event.