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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Turner movement canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gymnastic movement
nationalist movement
social movement
basedOn German nationalism
liberalism
republicanism
countryOfOrigin Germany
foundedBy Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
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
linked to: Turnvereine
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
Napoleonic Wars
location Argentina
Austria
Brazil
German states
Prussia
Switzerland
United States
other German diaspora communities
mainActivity gymnastics
physical education
motto Frisch, Fromm, Fröhlich, Frei
opposedBy Metternich-era governments
conservative authorities in German states
participatedIn Revolutions of 1848 in German states
practicedBy German middle class
German students
German workers
relatedTo German nationalism in the 19th century
German student fraternities
Turnfest
typicalVenue Turnhalle
usesLanguage German

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Turnverein movement hasAlternativeName Turner movement
American Turner societies hasOrigin Turner movement
Karl Friedrich Friesen movement Turner movement