Jena: Zeiss Optics, Schiller's University, and Thuringia's Saale Valley Innovation Hub
Jena has a population around 105,000 and stretches along the Saale river valley in Thuringia. Carl Zeiss founded his optical workshop here in 1846; Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott later joined to create the Zeiss-Abbe-Schott triangle that made Jena the world capital of precision optics. The Zeiss Planetarium, opened in 1926, is the world's oldest operating planetarium. The Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet, founded in 1558, has around 18,000 students. Schiller wrote parts of "Don Carlos" and "Wallenstein" while teaching here.
The Intershop Tower (JenTower), a 159-metre GDR-era cylindrical skyscraper completed in 1972, dominates the skyline from every angle. The Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806 saw Napoleon decisively defeat Prussia. Jena has reinvented itself since reunification as Thuringia's high-tech centre: Jenoptik, Carl Zeiss Jena, and Schott AG anchor the optics and photonics cluster. The Botanischer Garten, established by Goethe in 1794, is one of Germany's oldest. The Saale valley's limestone cliffs and the surrounding hills provide a striking natural setting. Adult companionship follows Thuringia's regulatory approach.
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Jena has a population around 105,000 and stretches along the Saale river valley in Thuringia. Carl Zeiss founded his optical workshop here in 1846; Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott later joined to create the Zeiss-Abbe-Schott triangle that made Jena the world capital of precision optics. The Zeiss Planetarium, opened in 1926, is the world's oldest operating planetarium. The Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet, founded in 1558, has around 18,000 students. Schiller wrote parts of "Don Carlos" and "Wallenstein" while teaching here.
The Intershop Tower (JenTower), a 159-metre GDR-era cylindrical skyscraper completed in 1972, dominates the skyline from every angle. The Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806 saw Napoleon decisively defeat Prussia. Jena has reinvented itself since reunification as Thuringia's high-tech centre: Jenoptik, Carl Zeiss Jena, and Schott AG anchor the optics and photonics cluster. The Botanischer Garten, established by Goethe in 1794, is one of Germany's oldest. The Saale valley's limestone cliffs and the surrounding hills provide a striking natural setting. Adult companionship follows Thuringia's regulatory approach.
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