Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
Harz Mountains
Osterode am Harz
Herzberg am Harz
Turnvater Jahn Memorial at Jahnklippe
Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
Harz Mountains
Osterode am Harz
Herzberg am Harz
Turnvater Jahn Memorial at Jahnklippe
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 197 out of 211 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Steinberg bei Scharzfeld
Location: Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Monument to gymnast Jahn
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, also called "Turnvater Jahn" (1778 - 1852), was the initiator of the German gymnastics movement.Since the early 1950s also on the Scharzfelder Steinberg annual competitions of the athletics children's gymnastics held. With the proclamation of Steinberg as a nature reserve in 1988 ended these traditional events.Here - above the "Jahn cliffs" - a memorial was erected in his honor.Source: karstwanderweg.de/tvj.htm
March 9, 2019
His services to the movement in Germany are exemplary.
The monument is or is I really good.
April 22, 2019
The Turnvater Jahn monument can be found on the Steinberg and connects it with a visit to the stone church.
January 24, 2019
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Location: Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
4.3
(3)
44
00:29
1.64km
50m
4.8
(234)
853
03:35
11.5km
390m
4.6
(13)
39
07:43
26.4km
720m