Turner movement

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The Turner movement was a 19th-century German gymnastic and social movement that promoted physical fitness, nationalism, and liberal political ideals through organized gymnastics clubs (Turnvereine).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gymnastic movement
nationalist movement
social movement
basedOn German nationalism
liberalism
republicanism
countryOfOrigin Germany
foundedBy Friedrich Ludwig Jahn NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic anti-absolutist orientation
civic engagement
combination of physical and political education
emphasis on discipline
emphasis on group exercise
male-dominated membership in 19th century
organized in clubs
patriotic rituals
support for constitutional reforms
use of gymnastic apparatus
hasGoal moral education
promotion of German nationalism
promotion of liberal political ideals
promotion of physical fitness
social cohesion
hasOrganizationType voluntary association
hasPart Turnverein NERFINISHED
inception early 19th century
influenced American physical culture
German physical education system
development of modern gymnastics
formation of German-American communities
influencedBy German Wars of Liberation NERFINISHED
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
location Argentina NERFINISHED
Austria NERFINISHED
Brazil NERFINISHED
German states
Prussia NERFINISHED
Switzerland NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

other German diaspora communities
mainActivity gymnastics
physical education
motto Frisch, Fromm, Fröhlich, Frei
opposedBy Metternich-era governments NERFINISHED
conservative authorities in German states
participatedIn Revolutions of 1848 in German states NERFINISHED
practicedBy German middle class
German students
German workers
relatedTo German nationalism in the 19th century
German student fraternities
Turnfest NERFINISHED
typicalVenue Turnhalle
usesLanguage German

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Turnverein movement hasAlternativeName Turner movement