Jindřich Fügner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jindřich Fügner

Czech sports administrator

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1822

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1865

Profession: merchant, sports administrator

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Jindřich Fügner

  • Jindrich Fügner (born Heinrich Fügner, 12 September 1822, Prague – 15 November 1865, Prague) was co-founder (together with Miroslav Tyrš) and the first starosta (leader) of the Czech sport organization Sokol. He was born in Prague (baptized in the church.
  • Stephen) to Peter (1787-1863) and Frances (Františka) (1794-1863) Fügner.
  • His father was a businessman (Handelsmann), a native of Leitmeritz.
  • Police records show that the family of Peter and Frances had two daughters: Caroline and Julia and three sons: Ferdinand, Heinrich and Wilhelm.Thanks to private study and study abroad he gained a broad education and learned several foreign languages.
  • Later, he run a trade insurance business.
  • Though his business was successful, he had higher goals.
  • He was devoted to music, sports and social interests. Thanks to the legacy of his grandfather (inherited his vineyards and boats) his family was quite wealthy.
  • As a successful businessman, he became the owner of the Italian company Nuova Societa Commerciale d'Assecurazioni, a general trade company.Fügner, a German by birth, never mastered the Czech language.
  • His decision to adopt a political and national identity as a Czech was derived from a strong sense of his local identity as a "Praguer" and from his disenchantment with social pretensions of the German elite in Prague and the northern Bohemia.The Czech patriotic circles introduced him to Tyrš.
  • Soon after, Fügner and Tyrš worked together on founding the Czech gymnastic association.
  • The association was named Sokol Prague and Fügner became the association first leader (starosta).
  • He introduced and promoted tykání, i.e.
  • the way of addressing one person using the second person singular (you) among the association members and addressing the members as "brothers".
  • The red jacket he used to wear, became part of the Sokol uniforms.
  • Thanks to him the first Sokol society was established in the Sokol Street (a former fortification) in Prague.
  • He died at the age of 43; the cause of his death was most likely blood poisoning.
  • His funeral became a national manifestation.

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