Institution

University of Jena

1558 · 16th century · Also known as Friedrich Schiller University Jena

The University of Jena is a university in Jena, Thuringia, founded by the Ernestine dukes of Saxony and inaugurated in 1558 after they lost Wittenberg. Shared by the Ernestine duchies, it flourished around 1800, when Fichte, Schelling, Hegel and Schiller taught there and the town became a centre of German idealism and Romanticism. It has been named the Friedrich Schiller University since 1934.

University of Jena
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Duchy of Saxe-JenaDuchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). University of Jena. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/university-of-jena
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