Rudolf Lion

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Lion monument on the Hofer Jahnsportplatz

Rudolf Lion (born April 17, 1843 in Göttingen ; † May 6, 1893 in Erlangen ) was a gymnastics teacher , bookseller and publisher from Hof . He earned services to gymnastics , especially school gymnastics , and by publishing Friedrich Ludwig Jahn's works.

Life

Rudolf Lion was chairman of the Hof gymnastics club. As a district representative of the Bavarian Gymnastics Association, he was commissioned to prepare for the establishment of the German Gymnastics Association as a member of the five-man committee on the occasion of the 1861 Gymnastics Day . In addition, in 1868 he was co-founder of what is now the Turngau Fichtelgebirge-North Upper Franconia.

After girls' gymnastics at the Höhere Töchterschule in Hof in 1860, Rudolf Lion prepared the elementary school teachers for lessons from 1868 onwards. In 1869 he was elected by the magistrate as the city's main gymnastics teacher.

In the bookstore owned by CH Wolleydt, which the latter acquired in 1853 and sold to GA Grau & Cie. changed its name, Lion worked as an authorized signatory until he finally bought it from Wolleydt in 1870. In addition to the range of books, Lion dealt with the publication of publications from the field of gymnastics , as well as school books. After his death, his daughter Julie took over the business and then her son Ad. C. Th. Lion, who until then acted as managing director.

Honors

The city of Hof honors Lion in a variety of ways:

In 1896, a memorial was erected on the Jahn sports field in Hof for his services. The nearby Lionstrasse - it connects Jahnstrasse with Wölbattendorfer Weg - bears his name. Finally, in 2007 the new sports hall between Sigmundsgraben and Saale was named after him, it is called Rudolf-Lion-Halle .

Publications

  • Rudolf Lion: Regulations and official notices relating to gymnastics in Bavaria . Rudolf Lion, Hof 1872.
  • Rudolf Lion: The organization of the XII. German gymnastics circle . GA Grau & Co., Hof 1888.

Published works (selection)

  • Carl Tanera, E. Zimmer: Heavy Fights . Rudolf Lion, Hof 1880.
  • Georg Hirth , F. Rudolf Gasch : The entire gymnastics: A reading book for German gymnasts . Rudolf Lion, Hof 1893.
  • German Turnerschaft: Handbook of the German Turnerschaft . GA Grau & Co., Hof 1892.
  • Carl Euler (Ed.): Friedrich Ludwig Jahns works . Rudolf Lion, Hof (2 volumes; 1884–1887).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b stadt-hof.org ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2004 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. Origin of the street names of the city of Hof @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadt-hof.org
  2. ↑ turnerschaft-selb.de ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.turnerschaft-selb.de
  3. ↑ Börsenblatt for the German book trade. 1887
  4. ↑ https://www.hof.de/hof/hof_deu/leben/geschichte.html
personal data
SURNAME Lion, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hofer bookseller and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1893
Place of death gain