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Jena

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Country: Germany

Population:99,269

Time Zone:UTC+2

The University of Jena, founded in 1558, remains at the heart of the city’s academic life, with 18,000 students recorded in 2017. Jena is also a major centre for education and research, supported by the Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule and institutes from Germany’s leading research societies. With about 110,000 residents, it forms part of Thuringia’s central metropolitan area alongside Erfurt and Weimar.