Wolfgang Eichel

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Wolfgang Eichel (born August 13, 1910 in Thorn ; † May 16, 1989 ) was a German sports historian and university professor .

Life

Eichel studied German, foreign languages ​​and physical education in Berlin , Königsberg and Greifswald . In 1948 he was appointed director of the sports institute at the University of Greifswald and in 1949 a lecturer, he taught in the subjects of sociology, aesthetics, psychologist of physical exercise and methodology of physical education. from May to September 1949 he was also chairman of the HSG University of Greifswald sports club. During his time in Greifswald he was also involved in the district sports committee. Eichel published writings on swimming lessons and on assessing performance in school gymnastics, as well as poems and novels outside of sport, launched two literary magazines and published scientific essays on style theory during the genius period.

In October 1950 Eichel took over the management of the Institute for Physical Education and School Hygiene at the Humboldt University in Berlin . In 1954 he completed his doctoral thesis on the development of modern Olympism there, making him the first person to do a doctorate at this institute.

In 1958 he moved to the German University for Physical Culture (DHfK) in Leipzig and became head of the Institute for the History of Physical Culture. Thanks to a special regulation, he completed his habilitation at the DHfK before the university was granted the right to habilitation in October 1965. The subject of his work was "From the 'General German Gymnastics Federation' to the 'German Gymnastics Association': a decisive turning point in the history of German physical culture (1849–1871)”.

At DHfK he dealt with the history of gymnastics and sports festivals in the GDR , the history of physical culture as a sports science discipline, history propaganda as the task of sports historians, sports of the working class, Lenin and sports, sports in antiquity and of the person Pierre de Coubertin. In the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, he published the textbook "The History of Physical Culture in Basics" in several editions.

From 1960 to 1989 Eichel was Vice President of the Society for the Promotion of the Olympic Thought in the GDR . He was also a member of the GDR's NOK .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / GDR 1945–1990. Volume 1 , 1995, p. 148. ISBN 3-598-11176-2
  2. ↑ Physical education was upgraded in the GDR. In: Ostseezeitung. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 60 years of the HSG. A journey through the first 40 years. In: Sportbund Greifswald. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Peter Hirtz, Gerhard Grasmann, Jochen Hinsching, Eberhard Jeran, Eleonore Salomon & Horst Wurster: On the history of the Greifswald sports institute. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  5. ^ Historical outline - Institute for Sports Science. In: spowi.hu-berlin.de. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Hans Schnürpel: Portrait of the scientific discipline. Physical culture management (sports management) . In: Gerhard Lehmann, Lothar Kalb, Norbert Rogalski, Detlev Schröter and Günther Wonneberger (eds.): German University for Physical Culture Leipzig 1950-1990 . Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8403-0034-9 , pp. 339 .
  7. ^ Gerhard Lehmann: Academic Senate and Scientific Council . In: Gerhard Lehmann, Lothar Kalb, Norbert Rogalski, Detlev Schröter and Günther Wonneberger (eds.): German University for Physical Culture Leipzig 1950-1990 . Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8403-0034-9 , pp. 32 .
  8. ↑ Wolfgang Eichel: From the "General German Gymnastics Federation" to the "German Gymnastics Association": a decisive turning point in the history of German physical culture (1849 - 1871) / . 1965 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  9. ^ The German gymnastics and sports festivals in the GDR - the national festivals of our German physical culture / . 1959 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Wolfgang Eichel: Current problems and future tasks in the history of body culture as a sports science discipline . In: Theory and Practice of Physical Culture . tape 19 , no. 4 , 1970, ISSN  0563-4458 , pp. 369–373 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Justus Johannes Meyer: Political Games - The German-German disputes on the way to the XX. 1972 Summer Olympics and the Munich Games. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Wolfgang Eichel: WORKING CLASS AND MODERN OLYMPISM . In: Theory and Practice of Physical Culture . tape 22 , no. 2 , 1973, ISSN  0563-4458 , pp. 99-104 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  13. ↑ Wolfgang Eichel, Friedrich Donath, Reinhard Schreiter, Hans Simon: WI LENIN AND THE REALIZATION OF HIS HERITAGE IN THE FIELD OF BODY CULTURE AND SPORT IN THE GDR . In: Scientific journal of the German University for Physical Culture . tape 12 , no. 2 , 1970, ISSN  0457-3919 , pp. 5–27 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  14. ↑ Wolfgang Eichel, Gerhard Lukas: Comparative study on manifestations and position of sport in ancient Egypt and in other ancient class societies . In: Scientific journal of the German University for Physical Culture . tape 15 , no. 1 , 1974, ISSN  0457-3919 , pp. 131–138 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  15. ↑ Wolfgang Eichel: Pierre de Coubertin as a pedagogue and historian . In: Theory and Practice of Physical Culture . tape 36 , no. 4 , 1987, ISSN  0563-4458 , pp. 273–277 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  16. ↑ The history of physical culture in basics / (=  textbook on the subject of sports history ). 4th ed. Dt. University f. Body culture, 1989 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  17. ↑ The history of physical culture in basics (from the beginnings to 1945) / (=  textbook on the subject of sports history ). 1st edition Ger. University f. Body culture, 1990 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Eichel, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Thorn
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1989