Jindřich Fügner

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Jindřich Fügner was a 19th-century Czech patriot and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of the Sokol gymnastics movement, which combined physical training with national revival.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech patriot
businessperson
human
adoptedNationality Czech
associatedWith Czech patriotic societies
Prague bourgeoisie
burialPlace Olšany Cemeteries
surface form: Olšany Cemetery
coFounded Sokol
coFounderWith Miroslav Tyrš
commemoratedBy memorials in Prague
countryOfBirth Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire
countryOfCitizenship Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire
countryOfDeath Austro-Hungarian Empire
ethnicGroup Czechs
familyName Fügner
fieldOfWork gymnastics
national revival activities
physical education
givenName Jindřich
hasHeritage German-speaking family background
hasMonument bust in Prague
hasRole organizer of mass gymnastics events
ideology Czech nationalism
influenced development of Czech physical culture
organization of Sokol units
knownFor promoting physical training as part of national consciousness
languageSpoken Czech language
German
surface form: German language
legacy symbol of civic patriotism in the Sokol tradition
memberOf Sokol
movement Czech National Revival
Sokol
name Jindřich Fügner self-link
nativeLanguage Czech language
notableFor co-founding the Sokol movement
leadership in the Sokol gymnastics organization
occupation businessman
patriot
sports official
placeOfBirth Prague
placeOfDeath Prague
positionHeld starosta of Sokol
religion freethought
residence Prague
sexOrGender male

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Czech gymnastics (Sokol) founder Jindřich Fügner
Jindřich Fügner name Jindřich Fügner self-link