Hugo Rothstein (28 August 1810

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- 28 March 1865

) was a Prussian officer, writer, educator and gymnast. He traveled to

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to investigate Swedish gymnastics, and introduced it into Prussian military and civil physical training programs. He was a severe critic of the Turners and their German system of gymnastics.

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* * 1810 births 1865 deaths 19th-century German educators Prussian Army personnel German gymnasts Military personnel from Erfurt German male writers {{gymnastics-bio-stub