Jena

:This article refers to the German town of Jena. For the battle refer to Battle of Jena-Auerstedt and for the town in the United States refer to Jena, Louisiana.

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Jena is a town in central Germany on the River Saale. With a population of 101,325 (as of 30 June 2003) it is the third biggest town in the federal state of Thuringia.

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Jena was first mentioned in 1236 and developed as a market town up until the foundation of the university in 1558.

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On 14 October 1806 Napoleon fought and defeated the Prussian army here in the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt.

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In 1945, towards the end of World War II, Jena was heavily bombed by the American and British allies. 153 people were killed and most of the medieval town centre was destroyed.

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Battle of Jena-Auerstedt: The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older name: Auerst?dt) were fought on October 14, 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia....

United States: :For other uses, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation)....

Jena related Images and Photos (experimental)

View of Jena from Rasenhuehlberg C.1810