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Jena | |
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![]() Jena Market Square | |
Coordinates: 50°55′38″N 11°35′10″E / 50.92722°N 11.58611°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Urban district |
Government | |
• Lord mayor | Thomas Nitzsche (FDP) |
Area | |
• Total | 114 km2 (44 sq mi) |
Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 111,191 |
• Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 07701 – 07751 |
Dialling codes | 03641 |
Vehicle registration | J |
Website | www |
Jena is a city in the middle of Germany, in the state of Thuringia. About 103,000 people live there. Jena has a university called Friedrich Schiller University.
Geography
Jena is partly in the middle hall valley between from mixed woodlands covered shelly limestone and sandstone slopes (geological phenomena are among other things the devil holes and the student chute). On them, numerous partially rare Orchideenarten occurs. From north to south Jena is 14.7 kilometres (9.1 miles) wide, and from east to west 12.2 kilometres (7.6 miles). The following larger cities are close to Jena: Gera, approx. 35 kilometres (21.7 miles) east, Erfurt, approx. 40 kilometres (24.9 miles) west, Weimar, approx. 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) west, Naumburg (Saale), approx. 33 kilometres (20.5 miles) northeast, is (Saale), to approx. 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) northeast, Leipzig, approx. 75 kilometres (46.6 miles) northeast and Chemnitz, approx. 94 kilometres (58.4 miles) east, Rudolstadt, approx. 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) south.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/View_over_Jena.jpg/196px-View_over_Jena.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Intershop_Hochhaus.jpg/196px-Intershop_Hochhaus.jpg)
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
- ↑ Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. "Population of Thuringia by district". Retrieved 2007-08-10.
Other websites
- A traveller's review of Jena
- The University's website Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- University of Applied Science Jena website Archived 2014-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
Media related to Jena at Wikimedia Commons