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==== Other sights ==== * The medieval city wall is preserved in parts (''Anatomieturm'' and ''Roter Turm''), the largest one is the complex around Johannistor and Pulverturm near Johannisplatz. * The town hall at Markt square was built around 1412 and is one of only few Gothic town halls in Germany. It has an astronomical clock featuring the "Snatching Hans" ("''Schnapphans''"). * The [[Planetarium Jena|planetarium]] opened in 1926 and was the first large planetarium in the world, with [[Zeiss projector|technology developed by Carl Zeiss]]. * The University Main Building stands at the former castle's place and was established in 1908 in early-modern style ([[Theodor Fischer]]/[[Bruno Taut]]). * The ''Abbeanum'' is a university building by [[Ernst Neufert]] in [[Bauhaus]] style, built in 1930. * The [[Jen Tower]] is the city's highest skyscraper, built between 1969 and 1972, with a viewing platform and a sky restaurant. * The ''Haus Auerbach'' is the former house of physicist [[Felix Auerbach]], built by [[Walter Gropius]] and [[Adolf Meyer (architect)|Adolf Meyer]] in [[Bauhaus]] style in 1924. Near is the ''Haus Zuckerkandl'', another mansion built by Gropius in 1929. * The former Carl Zeiss Factory in the city centre hosts interesting technical architecture from the period between 1880 and 1965, including Germany's first high-rise building, the ''Bau 15'' from 1915. * The monument to John Frederick the Magnanimous (built in 1858) at the Markt square is a landmark of Jena called "Hanfried". * The monument to [[Ernst Abbe]] is a building of early-modern architecture by [[Henry van de Velde]] (1910). * The Lobdeburg is a castle ruin above Lobeda district and the former seat of the lords of Lobdeburg, founders of Jena. * [[Naturschutzgebiet Leutratal und Cospoth]] is an important nature reserve to the southwest. <gallery> File:Jena Johannistor.jpg|Johannistor, medieval city gate File:Rathaus Jena.JPG|Town hall File:Zeiss-Planetarium 1926 Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung - Jena Thüringen Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann Steinberg PICT0028.jpg|Planetarium File:Universitäts Hauptgebäude. Jena.jpg|University Main Building File:Ernst-Abbe Memorial 2.Jena.jpg|Ernst Abbe Monument File:Pulverturm und Uniturm.jpg|Pulverturm at night File:JenTower Jena.jpg|Jen Tower </gallery>
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