Jena

Country

German Empire

Coordinates

50.9272, 11.5864

History

• Jena (–1296), Duchy of Saxony
• Jena (1296–1356), Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg
• Jena (1356–1572), Electorate of Saxony
• Jena (1572–1672), Saxe-Weimar
• Jena (1672–1690), Saxe-Jena
• Jena (1690–1809), Saxe-Weimar
• Jena (1809–1866), Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Jena (1866–1871), North German Confederation
• Jena (1871–1919), German Empire
• Jena (1919–1933), Weimar Republic
• Jena (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Jena (1945–1949), Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• Jena (1949–1990), German Democratic Republic
• Jena (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669–1753), died in Jena
• Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), died in Jena
• Wilhelm Berger (1861–1911), died in Jena