Wickersdorf Free School Community

The defunct school, pictured in 2014

The Wickersdorf Free School Community (German: Freie Schulgemeinde Wickersdorf) was a progressive school in Germany, founded by Gustav Wyneken and Paul Geheeb in 1906.

In particular, the concept of "movement play" on the school stage can be understood as the original contribution of the Freie Schulgemeinde to a school culture of movement and physical culture, which continues to have an impact on the subject of performing play today. This concept, which goes back to Martin Luserke, was both theoretically elaborated and practically tested by him over decades.[1]

  1. ^ Alexander Priebe: Vom Schulturnen zum Schulsport – Die Reform der körperlichen Ausbildung in den Deutschen Landerziehungsheimen und der Freien Schulgemeinde Wickersdorf von 1898 bis 1933. Julius Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 2007, ISBN 978-3-7815-1561-1, S. 124.