Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (died 1852)

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German Prussian gymnastics educator and nationalist (1778–1852)

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports clubs, as well as…