Jahndenkmal (Berlin)

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The Jahndenkmal, 1983

The Jahndenkmal in today's Berlin district of Neukölln (at the time Rixdorf ) is a memorial in honor of the "gymnastics father" Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the Hasenheide park . It is also reminiscent of the first gymnasium in Germany, which Jahn opened on June 19, 1811 on the Hasenheide.

history

The foundation stone for the erection of a memorial took place during the second German Gymnastics Festival on August 10, 1861 in the Hasenheide. As early as 1857 the Berlin gymnastics clubs "Gut Heil" and the Eiselenschen gymnastics club had called for the creation of a monument, whereupon the Berlin Turnrath founded a monument committee two years later under the direction of General Ernst von Pfuel . In 1866 a competition was held to select the best monument design. The winner was Erdmann Encke , who was still unknown at the time . His design was carried out using the portrait created by Georg Engelbach in 1846 as a template for Jahn's head. The bronze foundry of Hermann Gladbeck took over the production. On August 10, 1872, the monument was inaugurated by the German Gymnastics Association . “The peculiarity of this commemoration is, on the one hand, that the gymnasts themselves mainly bore the costs and the magistrate of Berlin only made an extremely small contribution. On the other hand, gymnastics clubs from all over the world sent 139 stones of different sizes with and without inscriptions from Germany and abroad to Berlin. ”These stones were used to base the monument. The figure itself is made of bronze and originally stood about a hundred meters north of the current location. For the 1936 Olympics, the monument was moved to its current location on a small hill in Hasenheide Park , and the seemingly disorganized base was redesigned.

In memory of the establishment of the gymnasium 200 years ago, Deutsche Post AG issued a special stamp on June 9, 2011 . The stamp shows a historical representation of the gymnasium.

literature

  • Gerd Steins: Where gymnastics was invented ... Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and the 175-year history of the Hasenheide , (Berliner Forum 6/86), Berlin 1986.
  • Thomas Schnitzler: Monuments for "gymnastics father" Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , in: Michael Krüger (Hrsg.): Memories, history (s), traditions. Reconstructions of the past between market and myth . Hamburg 2003. pp. 33-48.
  • Christa Jančik: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. A career in the Hasenheide , in: Neukölln moves. From gymnastics father Jahn to Tasmania . (Accompanying volume to the exhibition “Neukölln moves” May 8, 2004 to April 2, 2005 in the Heimatmuseum Neukölln) Edited by Udo Gößwald on behalf of the Neukölln District Office of Berlin.

Web links

Commons : Jahndenkmal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Steins: Where gymnastics was invented ... Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and the 175-year history of the Hasenheide , (Berliner Forum 6/86), Berlin 1986, p. 6
  2. ↑ Christa Jančík: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. A career in the Hasenheide , in: Neukölln moves. From gymnastics father Jahn to Tasmania , Berlin 2004, p. 53

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 11 "  N , 13 ° 25 ′ 11"  E