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Jena, July 27, 2026: The Jena Tourist Information office is offering regular public city tours under the theme ‘Jena – Between History and High-Tech’ from July 27 to September 30, 2026.
Jena Tourist-Information is resuming its popular public city tour ‘Jena – Between History and High-Tech’ starting this Monday.
In view of declining birth rates, the city of Jena is adjusting its planning for daycare centers and schools, while commercial and research sites continue to grow. This raises the fundamental question of whether the strategic course of the city on the Saale is shifting.
PVA TePla AG from Jena is increasingly moving into the focus of technology investors, benefiting from the strategic trend toward European tech sovereignty in sectors such as semiconductors and quantum electronics.
The Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (IOF) in Jena has received a new extension. State-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities, costing around 30 million euros, have now been officially inaugurated.