Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

Politician

1778 – 1852

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Who was Friedrich Ludwig Jahn?

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist. His admirers know him as Turnvater Jahn, roughly meaning "father of gymnastics" Jahn.

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Born
Aug 11, 1778
Lanz, Brandenburg
Nationality
  • Germany
Education
  • Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald
Died
Oct 15, 1852
Freyburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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