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Jena – Weimar – Weimarer Land
Jena (; ) is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Jena is a centre of education and research. The University of Jena (formally the Friedrich Schiller University) was founded in 1558 and had 18,000 students in 2017 and the Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena serves another 5,000 students. Furthermore, there are many institutes of the leading German research societies. Jena was first mentioned in 1182 and stayed a small town until the 19th century, when industry developed. For most of the 20th century, Jena was a world centre of the optical industry around companies such as Carl Zeiss, Schott and Jenoptik (since 1990). As one of only a few medium-sized cities in Germany, it has some high-rise buildings in the city centre, such as the JenTower. These also have their or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Nitzsche
Thomas Nitzsche (born 1 December 1975 in Zeulenroda-Triebes, Zeulenroda) is a German politician (Free Democratic Party of Germany, FDP) and the Mayor of Jena since 1 July 2018. Career Nitzsche attended the Hubert Westhoff Polytechnic High School in Zeulenroda from 1982 to 1991, and the Carl-Zeiss-Gymnasium in Jena from 1991 until achieving his Abitur in 1994. In 1995, he began studies in English and political science at the University of Jena, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. He remained in Jena until graduation, apart from a year in Glasgow and a quarter-term in Salamanca. While at FSU Jena, Nitzsche was a research assistant to Klaus Dicke, later Rector of the university. For his graduate thesis in 2007, he wrote about the Spanish liberal politician Salvador de Madariaga. From 2008 until he took office as mayor, Nitzsche was a subject specialist (''Fachreferent'') at the Thuringian University and State Library (ThULB). Politics In 2003, Nitzsche became district chairm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
