Universität Jena – Collegium Jenense

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Jena’s university faculties are spread throughout town, but this was where the university was founded as Collegium Jenense in 1548, in a former Dominican monastery. Enter the courtyard to admire the coat of arms of Johann Friedrich I and to check out the free exhibit (in German) on the university’s illustrious history.

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