Your update on city life, tips, and upcoming events in Jena.
Jena, 05.03.2026. The dream of professional football continues in the Kernberge: FC Carl Zeiss Jena is among the top group of the Regionalliga Nordost that has submitted its licensing documents for the 3. Liga to the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) on time.
Jena, March 05, 2026. A project team from the Universitätsklinikum Jena (UKJ) has won a nationwide university competition with an innovative concept on the topic of sepsis. Under professional guidance, young people are to artistically process the life-threatening disease and bring it into the public space.
For the second time in a row, around 1,000 students in Jena have taken to the streets to protest against a possible reintroduction of compulsory military service. The protest was peaceful and part of a nationwide school strike.
Police in Saale-Holzland-Kreis are investigating a 24-year-old man for attempted dangerous bodily harm after he threw a beer bottle at construction workers in Eisenberg, damaging two parked vehicles.
The planned surface renovation on Fürstengraben in Jena’s city center is delayed by one week due to unexpected supply shortages for asphalt plant spare parts.
With rising temperatures, the annual amphibian migration has begun in Thüringen. NABU calls for caution and a speed limit of 30 km/h on migration routes to protect animals and volunteers.
A serious traffic accident at the Umpferstedt intersection on the B87 led to two vehicles catching fire. Both drivers were able to escape their vehicles unharmed before they were completely destroyed by the flames.
The months-long full closure of the Bundesstraße 88 in the north of Jena is leading to massive traffic problems in the adjacent municipalities. Drivers are increasingly using unofficial shortcuts through the villages, causing great resentment among residents and mayors.
In a DIY store in the Jena district of Lobeda, a shoplifter stole electronic items worth over 1,600 euros on Wednesday afternoon. During his escape, the perpetrator attacked a store detective who attempted to stop him and subsequently fled unidentified.
Hermsdorf, March 5, 2026 – A risky overtaking and braking maneuver on Reichenbacher Straße in Hermsdorf prompted police action on Wednesday afternoon. A rear-end collision was only averted by the automatic intervention of an emergency brake assist system in the following vehicle.