Nikolaus Wynmann

Nikolaus Wynmann (* 1510 in Saanen ; † around 1550) was a Swiss humanist and teacher of ancient languages ​​(especially Hebrew ) at the University of Ingolstadt .

Life

After studying and working in Zurich , Breslau and Vienna , he became a language teacher at the University of Ingolstadt, and later in Tübingen . Correspondence between him from Basel and Erasmus from Rotterdam has come down to us in 1531 . He is particularly well known for having written the world's first swimming book with Colymbetes, Sive De Arte Natandi . In his book, however, Wynmann assumes that swimming is still considered something unusual, even if in Zurich on Limmatquai it is a matter of course for children to jump into the water and swim. One in the Danubedrowned boy was beaten with rods as a corpse, the usual punishment for swimming. Wynmann recommends a swimming technique like a frog (= breaststroke). Since Wynmann teaches swimming pragmatically with aids and does not deal with the physics of swimming like Everard Digby , he initially practiced swimming in the chest style and with buoyancy aids . Wynmann also dealt with wrestling .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ He is often referred to in the literature as a professor, although his name is not listed in the registers of the University of Ingolstadt. Cf. Franz Xaver Freninger : Matriculation book of the University of Ingolstadt-Landshut-Munich. Part 1. Rectors, professors, doctors 1472 - 1872 . E. Eichleiter, Munich 1872.
2. ↑ Nikolaus Wynmann: Colymbetes, avagy az uszas müveszete. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Jean-Michel Agasse: Discere ex tipulis . In: Biblioteca Sportiva Nazionale (ed.): Il corpo e l'acqua . Iride, Rome 2009, ISBN 978-88-6389-030-3 , pp. 59-66.
4. ↑ Colymbetes sive de arte natandi… . Steiner , Augsburg 1538.
5. ↑ Ralph Thomas: Swimming . London: Samson Low 1904
6. ↑ Detlef Wienecke-Janz (ed.): The great chronicle world history: Europe's leap into the modern age. 1492-1648 . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-577-09070-4 .
7. ^ Arnd Krüger : Swimming. The change in attitude towards a form of physical exercise . In: ders., John McClelland: The Beginnings of Modern Sport in the Renaissance . Arena, London 1984, ISBN 0-902175-45-9 , pp. 19-42.
8. ↑ Herculis Cum Antao Pugnae Allegorica Ac Pia Interpretatio, Christiano militi non minus utilis quam iucunda lectu . Petreius , Nuremberg 1537.