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Otto Feick

1890 – 1959

German inventor and gymnast

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Lived 1890 – 1959 (aged 69). Otto Feick was a German gymnast and inventor.

Otto Feick (4 July 1890 in Reichenbach – 17 October 1959 in Schönau an der Brend) was a German inventor and gymnast.

Biography Feick was born in 1890, the son of a cooper. He worked as a locksmith and railwayman. Feick worked from 1914 to 1923 for Deutsche Reichsbahn in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. During this time he lived in Ludwigshafen-Gartenstadt. He was a supporter of the trade union movement and a member of the board of the railway workers union TRANSNET Gewerkschaft. In 1924/1925, Feick invented the gymnastics wheel or Rhönrad.

In 1921, Feick was charged with obstruction and subsequently put in jail by the French troops occupying the Palatinate. While he was in jail in Mainz, he recalled that during his childhood in Reichenbach, he had connected two iron hoops with cross-bars he had found in his grandfather's blacksmith's shop and used this construct to roll down the hill next to his parents' house. serving as the basis. He was awarded the patent for his invention on 8 November 1925. However, the name Rhönrad, named so in honor of his new home,

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Who was Otto Feick?

German inventor and gymnast (1890-1959)

When was Otto Feick born?

Otto Feick was born on 4 July 1890.

When did Otto Feick die?

Otto Feick died on 17 October 1959 in Schönau an der Brend.

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Otto Feick was a gymnast and inventor.

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Otto Feick was German.

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· Wikipedia: Otto Feick

· Wikidata: Q110310

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