Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Jena, Germany

Volkspark Oberaue in Jena is the only park in Thuringia with the designation Volkspark. The park consists of three adjacent areas: Rasenmühleinsel, Paradies and Oberaue. Since 2002 it has been classified as a cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Volkspark_Oberaue (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Jena Phyletisches Museum (EN), Website

The Urania Jena Public Observatory is an observatory operated by a non-profit association of the same name as the successor to the Zeiss factory observatory. It is located in Schillergäßchen in the center of the city of Jena.

Wikipedia: Volkssternwarte Urania Jena (DE), Website

The Theaterhaus Jena is the theater of the city of Jena.

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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. Some of his most important works were written here, 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. The house is now owned by the Friedrich Schiller University, which maintains a museum and a place of discourse with numerous forms of events here.

Wikipedia: Schillers Gartenhaus (DE), Website

Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte Jena is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. It has two main locations in Jena, Germany

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The Volkshaus in Jena was one of the first free educational institutions in Germany to be set up on the North American model.

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The German Optical Museum in Jena is a museum of natural sciences and technology.

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Building 59, also known as Zeiss Building 59, is a high-rise building on the former factory premises of Carl Zeiss AG in the center of the city of Jena.

Wikipedia: Bau 59 (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Johannistor (Jena) (EN)

The powder tower is part of the old city wall of Jena.

Wikipedia: Pulverturm (Jena) (DE)

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist is located in the Thuringian city of Jena. It is the parish church of the parish of St. John the Baptist Jena in the Weimar deanery of the Diocese of Erfurt. It bears the patronage of St. John the Baptist.

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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.

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Peace is located on the corner of Humboldtstraße and Philosophenweg in Jena, an independent city in Thuringia.

Wikipedia: Friedenskirche (Jena) (DE)

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.

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The Seven Wonders of Jena are seven attractions associated historically with the Thuringian university town Jena.

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The Protestant town church of St. Michael in Jena has been the centre of church life in the city (Parochial Church) for over 750 years. Regular invitations are issued here for church services – usually starting on Sundays at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – at times of prayer and silence as well as for church music events. Located in the city centre, it characterises the cityscape. It is the main sermon church in the Jena church district.

Wikipedia: St. Michael (Jena) (DE)

The Hanfried is a bronze figure on the market 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 university's 300th anniversary celebration on August 18, 1858.

Wikipedia: Hanfried (Denkmal) (DE)

The Romantikerhaus Jena is a museum that is committed to researching, preserving and communicating Jena's early Romanticism. As part of the Jena Municipal Museums, it belongs to the JenaKultur company. It is the only museum in Jena under municipal sponsorship that exclusively commemorates the cultural heyday of the city around 1800 and questions its significance for modern art and culture.

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The Red Tower is part of the old city wall of Jena.

Wikipedia: Roter Turm (Jena) (DE)

The Burschenschaft Monument in Jena was erected on 12 June 1883 to commemorate the founding of the Urburschenschaft in 1815 on the historic Eichplatz in front of the Burschenschaftseiche (1816–1968). Since 1951, the location has been in front of the main building of the university.

Wikipedia: Burschenschaftsdenkmal (Jena) (DE)

The Grüne Tanne is a historical Gasthaus by the Camsdorf Bridge in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.

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The Schiller Church "Our Dear Lady" is a church building in the Jena district of Wenigenjena. Friedrich Schiller and Charlotte von Lengefeld were married here on 22 February 1790.

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