Turnverein movement

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The Turnverein movement was a 19th-century German gymnastics and physical culture movement that combined exercise with nationalist and liberal ideals, inspiring similar organizations across Europe and beyond.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Turnverein movement canonical 3
German Turnverein associations 1
German Turnverein movement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gymnastics movement ⓘ
nationalist movement ⓘ
physical culture movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
associatedWithClass artisans ⓘ
students ⓘ
urban middle class ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Revolutions of 1848 ⓘ
linked to: 1848 revolutions

Wars of Liberation against Napoleon ⓘ
coreActivity apparatus gymnastics ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
outdoor training ⓘ
physical exercise ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
culturalImpact creation of Turner halls in immigrant communities ⓘ
integration of gymnastics into school curricula ⓘ
linking sport with nationalism in Central Europe ⓘ
foundedBy Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ⓘ
geographicSpread Austria ⓘ
Bohemia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
German states ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
other immigrant communities overseas ⓘ
hasAlternativeName German Turner movement ⓘ
Turnen movement ⓘ
linked to: Turnverein movement

Turner movement ⓘ
hasPart Turner societies ⓘ
Turnvereine ⓘ
ideology German nationalism ⓘ
anti-Napoleonic nationalism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
inception 1810s ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
influenced American Turner societies ⓘ
European gymnastics associations ⓘ
Sokol movement ⓘ
YMCA physical culture programs ⓘ
modern physical education in the United States ⓘ
nationalist youth organizations in Central Europe ⓘ
school physical education in Germany ⓘ
workers' sports associations ⓘ
influencedBy German Romantic nationalism ⓘ
Prussian military drill traditions ⓘ
movementGoal moral education ⓘ
national unity ⓘ
physical fitness of German youth ⓘ
political mobilization against foreign domination ⓘ
promotion of liberal constitutional reforms ⓘ
notableLeader Ernst Eiselen ⓘ
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ⓘ
Karl Friedrich Friesen ⓘ
opposedBy Metternich system ⓘ
linked to: Concert of Europe

conservative governments in German states ⓘ
organizationalForm club-based structure ⓘ
voluntary association ⓘ
sloganOrMotto a strong body supports a strong nation ⓘ
subjectTo periodic bans ⓘ
police surveillance ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
typicalActivity Turnfeste ⓘ
choral singing ⓘ
mass gymnastics festivals ⓘ
patriotic celebrations ⓘ
political speeches ⓘ
typicalFacility Turnplatz ⓘ
gymnasium ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Czech gymnastics (Sokol) → inspiredBy → Turnverein movement ⓘ
Turnverein movement → hasAlternativeName → Turnen movement ⓘ
linked to: Turnverein movement
Turnvereine → emergedFrom → Turnverein movement ⓘ
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn → movement → Turnverein movement ⓘ
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn → influenced → German Turnverein associations ⓘ
linked to: Turnverein movement
Sokol → inspiredBy → German Turnverein movement ⓘ
linked to: Turnverein movement