Your update on city life, tips, and upcoming events in Jena.
Jena, 16.06.2026 – The Friedrich-Schiller-Universität (FSU) shapes the life, economy, and cityscape of Jena like almost no other institution. An upcoming TV documentary on MDR takes this as an opportunity to shed light on the profound historical and current role of the university for Thuringia’s City of Light.
Following the cancellation of the qualification race in Lübeck due to weather-related crashes, the final ticket for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar will now be decided at the DTU Youth Cup in Jena on June 28.
On late Sunday morning, a traffic accident involving two cars occurred on the Bundesstraße 7 (B7) within the Jena city area. A failure to yield right of way while entering the federal highway is considered the cause of the accident; fortunately, there were no injuries.
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena has secured a major scientific coup: Renowned physicist Corinna Kufner has moved from Harvard to Jena to research the origins of life using ultrafast spectroscopy.
Jena, June 15, 2026 – On Sunday morning, a fallen tree on Stadtrodaer Straße heading into the city caused a temporary blockage. Thanks to observant citizens and a rapid fire department response, the hazard was quickly cleared.
Forty-five years after the death of the civil rights activist Matthias Domaschk in Stasi custody, his fate remains a symbol of repression in the GDR and a central point of remembrance in Jena.
The Universitätsklinikum Jena (UKJ) looks back on a successful 6th Long Night of Sciences, which attracted numerous visitors to the laboratories and research areas. A newly published image gallery now documents the highlights and the diversity of the medical research presented.
An unusual incident in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis caused a stir on Sunday morning when three free-roaming horses triggered a parked car’s automatic emergency call system (eCall) by kicking it.
A rear-end collision between two BMWs occurred on the B88 in Kahla on Friday afternoon after a driver failed to notice a vehicle stopping at a red light.
Jena police report several incidents over the past weekend, including the apprehension of juvenile graffiti sprayers in West and North Jena, and a major motorhome theft in the Winzerla district.