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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
Photo: Lithograph Georg Ludwig Engelbach (* 28. Februar 1817, † 4. Dezember 1894) (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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German educator, writer and politician (1778-1852)

Also known as: Fred. L. Jahn, Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn, Turnvater, Turnvater Jahn, Фридрих Людвиг Ян, فريدريش لودويغ يان

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Known works

  • Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1935)
  • Deutsches Volksthum (1810)
  • Deutsches Volkstum (1991)
  • Briefe von Friedrich Ludwig und Emilie Jahn an Wilhelm Lübeck 1835-1876
  • Unbekannte Briefe von Friedrich Ludwig Jahn und Hugo Rothstein als Quellen zur Frühgeschichte des Turnens