Johannes Niggeler

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Memorial to Johannes Niggeler on the Kleine Schanze in Bern

Johannes Niggeler (born February 5, 1816 in Worben , Canton Bern , † April 8, 1887 in Bern ) was a teacher, seminar teacher and is considered the father of gymnastics in Switzerland.

Life

Niggeler visited u. a. as a pupil of Adolf Spiess the teachers' college in Bern and made the teacher's license in 1836. He campaigned for physical education in schools and the training of physical education teachers. 1844-1852 he was a gymnastics teacher at the Münchenbuchsee seminar and from 1845 a teacher at the local village school. Dismissed by the new conservative government of Bern, he followed a call from the Canton of Neuchâtel in 1852 , where he a. a. took over the organization and management of school gymnastics in La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle . 1857–1863 he worked as a gymnastics teacher at the canton school in Zurich and at the Küsnacht seminar (ZH) . There he introduced annual gymnastics exams and for the first time awarded technical grades in gymnastics. In 1863 he returned to Bern as a gymnastics teacher at the cantons (until 1877) and at the university (until 1885) and as gymnastics inspector for secondary schools and from 1878 for primary schools, canton schools and seminars . Niggeler initiated and founded various gymnastics organizations in Switzerland, such as the Bern Cantonal Gymnastics Association in 1842 and Switzerland in 1858. Gymnastics teachers' association and the men's gymnastics club in Zurich and, in 1873, the city gymnastics club in Bern. He organized youth gymnastics festivals and gymnastics events and, as the founder of the Swiss gymnastics newspaper 1858–1886, was its editor in charge. 1870-1875 he worked as the central president of the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Club. With the slogan every teacher is a military man , he campaigned for the obligation to serve as teachers, which means that the Swiss Ministry of Defense is still responsible for promoting sport to this day. Niggeler advocated broad-based training in gymnastics at an early stage, which is the basis of the Swiss gymnastics school to this day.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arturo Hotz : The gymnastics pioneer Johannes Niggeler (1816-1887) .
  2. ^ Arturo Hotz: "Every apprentice a military man" . In: Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift , 144 (1978), 10.
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : Is there any sense in competition, specialization and the striving for records? The struggle between Turnen, sports and Swedish gymnastics in Germany. In: Guy Bonhomme (ed.): La place du jeu dans l'éducation. Histoire et pédagogie. Paris: FFEPGV 1989, 123-140.
personal data
SURNAME Niggeler, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss educator
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Worben (Canton of Bern)
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1887
Place of death Bern