Jahn’s monument in Cheb. Commemoration of german “turnen” in Bohemia

Abstract

The contribution should take the form of the case study which would describe the evolution of the movement, its creation and also its so called “second life” together with symbolic meaning of the movement and the importance of the biggest landmark connected with the germant turner movement – the gigantic monument of F. L.

Jahn in Cheb which is nearly forgotten in these days.

Keywords

• Monument
• Cheb
• Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
• Memory
• Turnen