City tour Jena

Short Description

1.3 kilometer city walk through Jena - between history and high-tech

Description

Starting point is the Jena Tourist Information at the Market Square. Right across is the historic town hall from the 14th century with its astronomical clock. Its most famous figure is Schnapphans. A few steps further, you will reach the late Gothic St. Michaels Church, from whose stone pulpit Martin Luther once preached. Visit the medieval city wall ensemble and the Collegium Jenense - the founding place of the University of Jena. And follow in the footsteps of important personalities. Because what would Jena be without Goethe and Schiller, without Zeiss, Abbe, and Schott? Schiller delivered his famous inaugural lecture at the University of Jena, which caused a sensation in the city. Goethe indulged his joy in scientific research in Jena. Physicist Ernst Abbe, together with Carl Zeiss and Otto Schott, developed groundbreaking optical products. Many other famous names are associated with Jena. You will be surprised. Then continue past the Jentower: The unmistakable landmark of the Light City is clearly visible from afar. The building is not only used as an office building. In one of the upper floors, there is a hotel and a restaurant as well as the viewing platform for all visitors to Jena who are not afraid of heights. Last but not least, the stations Botanical Garden (On an area of 4.5 hectares, about 10,000 plants from all climate zones of the earth grow in the open air and in the greenhouses) and the Zeiss Planetarium (Discover the fascination of the entire universe at the Zeiss Planetarium. Here, a journey to distant worlds becomes reality, with possibilities that some can only dream of) are visited.

More Information

https://www.visit-jena.de/

Travel Information

From Berlin or Munich:

Take the A9 motorway to exit No. 24 Hermsdorfer Kreuz.

Continue on the A4 motorway and Bundesstraße B 88 towards Jena city center.

From Frankfurt am Main or Dresden:

Take the A4 motorway.

Switch to Bundesstraße B 88 towards Jena city center.