Jena

Jena (; ) is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Jena is a centre of education and research. The University of Jena (formally the Friedrich Schiller University) was founded in 1558 and had 18,000 students in 2017 and the Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena serves another 5,000 students. Furthermore, there are many institutes of the leading German research societies.

university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany

1806 pair of battles during the War of the Fourth Coalition

German philosophical and literary movement

district of East Germany

Jenoptik AG is a Jena, Germany-based integrated photonics company. The company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is included in the TecDAX stock index.

Jenapharm is a pharmaceutical company from Jena, Germany. Founded in 1950 in East Germany, the company focused from the beginning on the production and development of steroids. Because of the economic circumstances of the Eastern Bloc, the company initially used a unique process of steroid synthesis starting from hog bile, however, this method was abandoned a decade later in favor of total synthesis. Initially the company produced a wide range of generic steroids, including corticosteroids, but later on it focused on anabolic steroids, estrogens and progestins.

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mountain in Jena, Germany

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German veterinary research centre

German symphony orchestra based in Jena

seven Wonders of Jena showcase the city's remarkable attractions