18 Sights in Jena, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Jena, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 18 sights are available in Jena, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Jena1. Johannisberg
Johannisberg is a prominent ridge of the Wöllmisse, a Muschelkalk plateau east of Jena. The steeply sloping spur of land to the Saale Valley north of the district of Alt-Lobeda bears the remains of two important fortifications from the late Bronze Age and the early Middle Ages. Due to several archaeological excavations and finds recovered since the 1870s, they are among the few investigated fortifications from these periods in Thuringia. Of particular interest in archaeological and historical research is the early medieval castle. Due to its location directly on the eastern bank of the Saale, its dating and interpretation were and are strongly linked to considerations of the political-military eastern border of the Frankish empire. It is disputed whether it was a fortification of independent Slavic rulers or whether it was built under Frankish rule. According to a recent study, it may have been built in the second half of the 9th century in connection with the establishment of the limes sorabicus under Frankish influence.
2. Ernst Haeckel's House
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms and coined many terms in biology, including ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and Protista. Haeckel promoted and popularised Charles Darwin's work in Germany and developed the influential but no longer widely held recapitulation theory claiming that an individual organism's biological development, or ontogeny, parallels and summarises its species' evolutionary development, or phylogeny.
3. Carl Zeiss Grabmal
Carl Zeiss was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman. In 1846 he founded his workshop, which is still in business as Carl Zeiss AG. Zeiss gathered a group of gifted practical and theoretical opticians and glass makers to reshape most aspects of optical instrument production. His collaboration with Ernst Abbe revolutionized optical theory and practical design of microscopes. Their quest to extend these advances brought Otto Schott into the enterprises to revolutionize optical glass manufacture. The firm of Carl Zeiss grew to one of the largest and most respected optical firms in the world.
4. Schillers Gartenhaus
Schiller Gartenhaus is one of only two surviving residences of Friedrich Schiller in Jena, where he lived with his family in the summers of 1797 to 1799. It was here that some of his most important works were written, such as parts of Wallenstein and Mary Stuart, as well as numerous ballads. In 1799 Schiller moved with his family to Weimar, but did not finally give up the Jena garden house until 1801. Today, the building is owned by the Friedrich Schiller University, which maintains a museum and a place of discourse with numerous forms of events.
5. Johannistor
The Johannistor is the only remaining preserved city gate of the city of Jena, Thuringia, Germany. As part of the medieval city wall, it is connected to the Pulverturm via a reconstructed walkway. The outer gate remained in existence until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when it was demolished as a result of increasing traffic. Until the houses lining the south side of Johannisstrasse were demolished in 1968, the Johannistor remained the only western entrance to the old town of Jena.
6. Phyletisches Museum
Jena Phyletisches Museum is a museum in the German town of Jena. It was established by the scientist Ernst Haeckel, as an institute dedicated to explaining evolution to the public. Exhibits include skeletons, stuffed animals, fossils and zoological artworks from Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, and cover topics including the principles of evolution, biodiversity and the links between different taxonomic groups.
7. Abbeanum
The Abbeanum is a teaching and research building of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. It was built between 1929 and 1930 in the Bauhaus style with funds from the Carl Zeiss Foundation founded by Ernst Abbe. The former Bauhaus student Professor Ernst Neufert was recruited as the architect. At that time, the building was used by the Institute of Optics and the Institute of Applied Mathematics.
8. Romantikerhaus
The Romantician House Jena is a museum that is committed to researching, preserving and teaching the Jena early romanticism. As part of the Jena city museums, it is part of the Jenakulture in -house. It is the only Jena Museum in urban sponsorship that is exclusively reminiscent of the cultural flower of the city around 1800 and questioned its importance for the art and culture of modernity.
9. Ernst Abbe-Grabmal
Ernst Karl Abbe was a German businessman, optical engineer, physicist, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments. He was also a co-owner of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of scientific microscopes, astronomical telescopes, planetariums, and other advanced optical systems.
10. Burschenschaftsdenkmal
The fraternity monument in Jena was built on June 12, 1883 to commemorate the founding of the Urburschildren from 1815 on the historic Eichplatz in front of the fraternity oak (1816–1968). The location in front of the main building of the university has been in front of the main building since 1951.
11. Kath Kirche St. Johannes Baptist
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist is located in the city of Jena, Thuringia, Germany. It is the parish church of the parish of St. John the Baptist Jena in the deanery of Weimar in the diocese of Erfurt. It bears the patronage of St. John the Baptist.
12. Dreifaltigkeitskirche
The Evangelical Trinity Church is located in the Burgau district of the city of Jena in Thuringia, Germany. It belongs to the pastoral care district of Jena-Süd of the church district of Jena in the episcopal district of Erfurt of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.
13. Hanfried
The Hanfried is a bronze figure on the market square in Jena in memory of Johann Friedrich I of Saxony, the founder of the city's university. The monument was unveiled on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the university on August 18, 1858.
14. Napoleonstein
The Napoleon Stone is a monument to the Battle of Jena and Auerstedt and is located on the Windknollen northwest of Jena. Due to its location on this hill close to the city, the Napoleonstein is a popular destination for the population of Jena.
15. Burg Greifenberg
The local mountain near Jena is an elongated 391.7 m high shell limestone mountain east of Jena in Thuringia, Germany. The mountain on which the Fuchsturm observation tower is located is a popular hiking destination close to the city.
16. Botanical Garden
The Botanischer Garten Jena is the second oldest botanical garden in Germany, maintained by the University of Jena and located at Fürstengraben 26, Jena, Thuringia, Germany. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.
17. Paradies
The Volkspark Oberaue in Jena is the only Thuringian Park called Volkspark. The park consists of the three together areas of lawnmill island, paradise and Oberaue. He has been classified as a cultural monument since 2002.
18. Bismarckturm Jena
Jena's Bismarck Tower stands on the summit of the 328-metre-high Tatzend. It was erected in 1909 on the initiative of the Jena students in honour of Bismarck and commemorates Bismarck's visit to Jena in 1892.
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