Karl Schelenz [SEP] place of death
Karl Schelenz
Karl Schelenz (or Carl Schelenz, born February 6, 1890 in Berlin; died February 7, 1956) was a German sport teacher. He is famous as the "father" of modern handball.
Life.
Schelenz worked as a sport teacher in Berlin and in Flensburg. As an author, he wrote books on the modern sport of handball and in 1920 created the modern rules of that game. In 1916 and in 1917, he was the German champion in long jump. He was third
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The team handball game of today was codified at the end of the 19th century in northern Europe: primarily in Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden. The first written set of team handball rules was published in 1906 by the Danish gym teacher, lieutenant and Olympic medalist Holger Nielsen from Ordrup grammar school, north of Copenhagen. The modern set of rules was published on 29 October 1917 by Max Heiser, Karl Schelenz, and Erich Konigh from Germany. After 1919 these rules were improved by Karl