Erich Klinge (sports scientist)
Erich Klinge (born July 31, 1889 in Berlin , † 1957 ) was a German pedagogue , sports educator and university teacher.
Life
Initially an elementary school teacher, Klinge completed scientific and medical studies. In 1921 he became a lecturer at the German University for Physical Education in Berlin. In 1922 he received his doctorate in Würzburg on sports history as Dr. phil. In 1929 he became a professor at the Pedagogical Academy in Hanover . From 1933 he was head of the German University for Physical Exercise in Berlin-Charlottenburg , from 1936 Director at the University Institute for Physical Exercise in Cologne , and at the beginning of the war in 1939 for a short time at the institute of the same name in Jena . In 1943 he became honorary professor for pedagogy of physical exercise at the University of Vienna . He joined the NSLB on April 1, 1933, and the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 . In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . In 1946 he was prematurely retired from university service.
After the war, Klinge was on the advisory board of the magazine "Sportmedizin" . In 1955 he was made honorary chairman of the Association of Physical Education .
Fonts
- German girls' gymnastics , Berlin 1937 (several editions up to the 1960s)
- Education for courage, action and bravery , Dortmund-Breslau 1938
literature
- Wolfgang Kohlrausch (1888-1980) and the history of German sports medicine (PDF; 1.7 MB)
- Hans-Christian Harten, Uwe Neirich, Matthias Schwerendt: Racial hygiene as an educational ideology of the Third Reich. Bio-bibliographical manual. Berlin 2006 (p. 414 with curriculum vitae; online version )
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Klinge in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Blade, Erich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports educator |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1889 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | 1957 |