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Article History. Jena. The market square in Jena, Germany. Jena, city, Thuringia Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies on the Saale River, east of Weimar. First mentioned in the 9th century as Jani, it was chartered in 1230 and belonged to the margraves of Meissen from the mid-14th century.
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www.jena.de. Jena ( German pronunciation: [ˈjeːna] ⓘ) [3] 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.
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The beginnings of German history 9 Germany in the early and high middle ages 13 Germany in the later middle ages 22 3 theageofconfessionalism,1500–1648 33 The German Reformation: the early years 34 The German Peasants’ War 40 The development of the German Reformation 43 Germany in the age of Counter-Reformation 50 The Thirty Years War 53
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IN JENA AROUND 1800 OLAF BREIDBACH 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Local traditions Around 1800, Jena University was at the centre of one of the highlights in European science. Jena was a small town at that time, and a pedestrian could cross it in less than a quarter of an hour. It was, in fact, a poor area to live and work in. (Steiger 1958; Walther, H ...
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114,76 square kilometres. Jena's idyllic setting in the Saale Valley, ringed by steep limestone cliffs, was not lost on Goethe, who spent a total of five years in the city. Fellow writer Friedrich Schiller lived in Jena for twice that time. Near his summer house on Schillergässchen, the oval stone table where he often sat with Goethe remains ...
Feb 15, 2022 · Jena 1800: The Republic of Free Spirits. Peter Neumann. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Feb 15, 2022 - Biography & Autobiography - 256 pages. “An exhilarating account of a remarkable historical moment, in which characters known to many of us as immutable icons are rendered as vital, passionate, fallible beings . . .
Jul 27, 2020 · He founded the "Hohe Schule," which was elevated to university status in 1558. Jena has developed into one of the best known academic and scientific locations in Germany.
