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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.

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Jena is a city in central Germany with about 110,000 residents that serves as a major hub for education and scientific research in the region. The city is home to the historically significant University of Jena, founded in 1558 with thousands of students, as well as numerous prestigious German research institutes.

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German place.type: City
German place.image_flag: Flag of Jena.svg
German place.image_coa: Wappen Jena.svg
German place.image_plan: Thuringia J.svg
German place.plantext: Location of Jena within Thuringia
German place.state: Thüringen
German place.district: Kreisfreie Stadt
German place.elevation: 143
German place.area: 114.76
German place.postal_code: 07743–07751
German place.area_code: 03641, 036425
German place.licence: J
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 16 0 53 000
German place.website: www.jena.de
German place.mayor: Thomas Nitzsche
German place.leader_term: 2024–30
German place.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister
German place.party: FDP

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Official name: Jena
Population: 110791
Area: 114.76
Elevation: 143
Official website: www.jena.de
Image: Zentrum Jenas 2008-05-24.JPG
Dialing code: 036425
Licence plate code: J

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hashtag: Jena
postal code: 07749
Commons category: Jena
Commons gallery: Jena
short name: J
native label: Jena
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time of earliest written record: 0900-00-00

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History
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Jena was first mentioned in 1182 and stayed a small town until the 19th century, when industry developed. For most of the 20th century, Jena was a world centre of the optical industry around companies such as Carl Zeiss, Schott and Jenoptik (since 1990). As one of only a few medium-sized cities in Germany, it has some high-rise buildings in the city centre, such as the JenTower. These also have their origin in the former Carl Zeiss factory.