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FC Carl Zeiss Jena’s women’s football team faces a decisive match against SC Sand in the DFB-Pokal quarter-final, aiming for their first semi-final appearance in over a decade.
Following a bicycle theft in the Jena city center area, the police are searching for the rightful owner of a black mountain bike. The two-wheeler was stolen on March 6 and has since been recovered.
On March 23, 2026, the Zweckverband JenaWasser is hosting an information day at the Sportschwimmhalle Lobeda-West. Visitors can learn about water quality, infrastructure, and career opportunities.
On March 14, 2026, JenaKultur and its partners will host the 14th Day of City History, exploring the city’s lost architectural heritage under the theme ‘Memory Spaces’.
The Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, together with its partner universities in Leipzig and Halle-Wittenberg, will present current research and new publications at the “Forum Unibund” during the 2026 Leipzig Book Fair.
On Tuesday, a state-of-the-art new research building for the Fraunhofer Institute was ceremoniously inaugurated in Jena. With the new facilities and laboratories, research capacity at the site will be significantly expanded.
Hamburg / Jena, March 10, 2026. Science City Jena has secured an immensely important away victory in the fight for survival in the easyCredit BBL. In a dramatic final phase, the team from the Saale city narrowly prevailed 84:82 against Veolia Towers Hamburg.
Jena/Thüringen, 10.03.2026 – Commuters and students in the Free State are facing a difficult week. The union Verdi has once again called for extensive warning strikes in public transport (ÖPNV), which is massively disrupting the regular schedule in large parts of Thüringen.
Drivers in Jena must pay close attention to their speedometers this Tuesday. Authorities are conducting mobile speed checks at several locations across the city to increase road safety.
In the Jenaer Oberaue, a traffic accident occurred on Monday afternoon between an e-scooter rider and a cyclist. Both women suffered minor injuries in the collision and required medical treatment.