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The Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Library was founded by Karl Thielecke (1940 - 2009). has been set up. The task of this text database is also to counteract the narrowing of the image of Jahn to the role of the "gymnastics father" and to provide building blocks for a complex, differentiated and thus realistic picture of his multi-layered work. The texts of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Bibliothek therefore also take into account different viewpoints of Jahn's reception. The contributions of the online library should contribute to the understanding of the phenomenon "Jahn" by embedding it in the historical context and trace his gymnastic, political, pedagogical and linguistic history of influence. In doing so, it will not be ignored that Jahn was already a controversial personality during his lifetime and that even today opinions are divided about him. At the same time, however, it should become clear that the study of Jahn and the history of the gymnastics movement is still important today in order to demonstrate the lasting merits of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn - despite all the controversy surrounding his person - and to prove that the history of German gymnastics and German national history are closely interwoven. The Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Library is intended not only for scholars, but also for the interested public. It is intended to encourage a more in-depth study of Jahn's person and work and thus also to promote scientific research. It is not the aim of the project to create a library in the sense of encyclopaedic completeness.