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.

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Turnen movement 1
Turnverein movement canonical 1

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

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 of America
surface form: United States

other immigrant communities overseas
hasAlternativeName German Turner movement
Turnverein movement
surface form: Turnen 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
Czech gymnastics (Sokol)
surface form: 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 Concert of Europe
surface form: Metternich system

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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Czech gymnastics (Sokol) inspiredBy Turnverein movement
Turnverein movement hasAlternativeName Turnverein movement
this entity surface form: Turnen movement