Georg Benedix
Georg Benedix (born August 5, 1876 in Leipzig , † February 22, 1970 ibid) was a German sports organizer and sports official. He was the director of the workers gymnastics and sports school in Leipzig.
Life
Georg Benedix was the son of a bricklayer. He learned the trade of bookbinder, which he practiced as a journeyman until he was 35.
In 1892 he joined the SPD and became a member of the gymnastics department of the workers' education association . In 1906 he became a gymnast at the gymnastics club TV Thonberg . He was also involved theoretically by working from 1900 on the Arbeiter-Turnzeitung, the organ of the Arbeiter-Turnerbund (ATB). In 1905 he became technical director in the ATB federal board. Only when he became the second national gymnastics supervisor and national gymnastics teacher in 1911 did he give up his bookbinding activity.
The "Guide for budding instructors", which he published in 1906, was followed by other exercise books. In his federal functions he was significantly involved in the organization of the large events of the workers' sports movement. In 1922 the 1st German Workers 'Gymnastics and Sports Festival of the Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association (ATSB) took place in Leipzig , to which the ATB had renamed itself in 1919. Here he directed the calisthenics of the 16,000 gymnasts. He also participated in the organization of the 1st Workers' Olympics in Frankfurt am Main in 1925 .
Benedix played a key role in the development of the workers gymnastics and sports school , which opened in Leipzig in 1926 , and of which he became director. When the school was closed in 1933, he managed to find a job at the institute for physical exercise at the University of Leipzig , which was then moved in, under the direction of Hermann Altrock . In 1936 he was in Gestapo detention for six months because of a circular from a former ATSB athlete.
Although he was already in retirement in 1941, he took part in the development of the German University of Physical Culture (DHfK) founded in 1950 and worked here as an archivist .
In the 1950s Benedix received high state awards, such as the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver in 1956 , the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Medal in gold, the medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945 and the title of Honored Master of Sports .
Georg Benedix died in 1970 at the age of 93 and was buried in the grove of honor in the Leipzig South Cemetery.
Fonts (selection)
- Advice for aspiring gymnast , Arbeiter-Turnverlag 1906 (1922 6th edition)
- Apparatus gymnastics. The gymnastics exercises with development examples, examples of developing and changing exercises, basic rules and gymnastics language , Arbeiter-Turnverlag 1914
- The staff exercises in exercise designation and exercise use . (Library of physical exercises, 15), Arbeiter-Turnverlag 1920
- The gymnastics officer. Auxiliary book for practical exercises. , Arbeiter-Turnverlag 1921
- Women gymnastics. Games and sports . First part. A textbook for female physical exercise, edited in collaboration with others, Arbeiter-Turnverlag 1924
- The gymnast. Men's, women's and children's gymnastics in the Arbeiter-Turn- und -Sportbund e. V. (years 11 + 12 in 1 volume), Arbeiter-Turnverlag 1931/1932
literature
- Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 45
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany , October 7, 1956, p. 7
- ↑ Documents in the object database of the Leipzig City History Museum (call up Georg Benedix)
- ^ Anti-fascist resistance fighters and deserving socialists, Ehrenhain Südfriedhof Leipzig Part I in the Leipzig City History Museum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benedix, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports organizer and sports official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1970 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |