# Things to see in Jena (Germany): 92 places and when to go

> Jena is a city in Germany with around 105,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 92 places in and around it, mainly History (35), Nature (20), Hiking (16). The best known are Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Karl Schwarzschild Observatory and Haus am Horn. The best time to come is April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 16 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 43. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jena/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 50.9304, 11.58
- **Population:** About 105,000
- **Places:** 92 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (35) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (20) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/senderismo/) (16) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/montana/) (11) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museos/) (9) · [Stargazing](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/estrellas/) (6)
- **Best time:** April to October and December.
- **Also possible:** January to March and November.
- **Nearest airport:** BER Berlin, 207 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Jena

The places in and around Jena, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Duchess Anna Amalia Library](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/duchess-anna-amalia-library/): Library in Germany · 18 km
- [Karl Schwarzschild Observatory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/thuringer-landessternwarte-tautenburg/): Observatory · 11 km
- [Haus am Horn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/haus-am-horn/): Architectural structure · 18 km
- [Schloss Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stadtschloss/): Art museum and palace in Weimar, Germany · 18 km
- [Schloss Belvedere, Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-belvedere/): Palace and garden ensemble in Weimar, Germany · 16 km
- [St. Peter und Paul, Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stadtkirche-st-peter-und-paul/): Church in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany · 18 km
- [Bauhaus Museum Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bauhaus-museum-weimar/): Museum in Weimar, Germany · 19 km
- [Goethe and Schiller Monument](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/goethe-schiller-denkmal/): History · 19 km
- [Nietzsche Archive](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nietzsche-archiv/): Building in Weimar, Germany · 19 km
- [Russian Orthodox Chapel, Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/russisch-orthodoxe-kirche/): Church building in Weimar, Germany · 18 km
- [Jena Observatory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/astrophysikalisches-institut-und-universitats-sternwarte-jen/): Astronomical observatory · 607 m
- [Neues Museum Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museum-neues-weimar/): Museum in Germany · 19 km
- [Zeiss-Planetarium Jena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zeiss-planetarium/): Planetarium in Jena, Thuringia, Germany · 503 m
- [Jena Phyletisches Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/phyletisches-museum/): Natural history museum in Jena · 733 m
- [Botanischer Garten Jena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/botanical-garden/): Botanical garden in Jena, Germany · 397 m
- [Johannisberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/johannisberg/): Mountain in Jena, Germany · 4.0 km
- [Walpersberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/walpersberg/): Nature · Mountains · 15 km
- [Camsdorf Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/camsdorfer-brucke/): Bridge in Jena, Germany · 1.1 km
- [Fuchsturm](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fuchsturm/): Tower in Jena, Germany · 3.0 km
- [Jenzig](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jenzig/): Peak in the Jenaer Scholle, Thuringia, Germany · 3.5 km
- [Karmeliterkloster Jena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/karmelitenkloster/): History · 568 m
- [Leuchtenburg Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leuchtenburg/): Castle in Germany · 14 km
- [Lobdeburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lobdeburg/): Castle ruin in Jena, Germany · 5.3 km
- [Schloss Fröhliche Wiederkunft](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-wolfersdorf-zur-frohlichen-wiederkunft/): History · 18 km

And the other 68, by what you come to do:

- **Museums and art**: [Wielandgut Oßmannstedt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wielandgut/), [Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kunsthaus-apolda-avantgarde/), [Glocken-StadtMuseum (Apolda, Germany)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/glockenstadtmuseum/)
- **Nature**: [Ilsenhöhle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ilsenhohle/), [Windknollen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/windknollen/), [Dohlenstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dohlenstein/), [Großer Gleisberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gleisberg/), [Kaitsch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kotsch/), [Leutraquelle in Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leutraquelle/), [Luftschiff](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/luftschiff/), [Mönchsberg (Jena)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/monchsberg/), [Buchenberg bei Krölpa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/buchenberg-bei-krolpa/), [Großschwabhäuser Hain](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/grossschwabhauser-hain/), [Hain-Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hainberg/), [Isserstedter Holz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/isserstedter-holz/), [Prinzenschneise](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/prinzenschneise/), [Ronne-Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ronnerberg/), [Veitels Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/veitelberg/)
- **History**: [Kemenate Orlamünde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kemenate/), [Neues Jagdschloss Hummelshain](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/neues-jagdschloss-hummelshain/), [Romantikerhaus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/romantikerhaus/), [Schiller's garden house](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schillers-gartenhaus/), [Volkshaus Jena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/volkshaus/), [Burg Denstedt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burg-denstedt/), [Castle ruin Schauenforst](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burg-schauenforst/), [Camposanto Buttstädt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/camposanto/), [Carl-Alexander-Brücke](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/carl-alexander-brucke/), [Ernst-Abbe-Denkmal](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ernst-abbe-denkmal/), [Ordensburg Liebstedt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ordensburg-liebstedt/), [Schloss](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-apolda/), [Schloss Kromsdorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-kromsdorf/), [Holy Trinity Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stadtkirche-st-trinitatis/), [Töpfersdorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/topfersdorf/), [Wasserburg Kapellendorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wasserburg-kapellendorf/), [Bärenhügel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/barenhugel/), [St. John the Baptist Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kirche-johannes-der-taufer/), [Schwarzer Bär](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hotel-schwarzer-bar/), [Renaissanceschloss Dornburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/renaissance-schloss/), [Rokokoschloss Dornburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rokoko-schloss/), [Zum Stadttor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zum-stadttor/)
- **Architecture**: [Teufelstalbrücke](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/teufelstalbrucke/)
- **With kids**: [Imaginata](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/imaginata/), [Freibad Apolda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/freibad-apolda/), [Jenaer Bäder](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ostbad/)
- **Hiking**: [100-Kilometer-Horizontale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/100-kilometer-horizontale/), [Feengrotten-Kyffhäuser-Weg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/feengrotten-kyffhauser-weg/), [Gebietswanderweg Pößneck- Kahla - Blankenhain](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gebietswanderweg-possneck-kahla-blankenhain/), [Goethe-Erlebnisweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/goethe-erlebnisweg/), [Haus Helenenstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/haus-helenenstein/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobsweg-via-regia-5/), [Lutherweg Thüringen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lutherweg-thuringen/), [Lutherweg Thüringen - Ostroute](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lutherweg-thuringen-ostroute/), [Pfad der Ottonen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pfad-der-ottonen/), [Regionaler Wanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/regionaler-wanderweg/), [Regionaler Wanderweg (grün-weiß-grün)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/regionaler-wanderweg-grun-weiss-grun/), [SaaleHorizontale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/saalehorizontale/), [Saurierpfad Trixi Trias](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/saurierpfad-trixi-trias/), [Thüringenweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/thuringenweg/), [Thüringer Drei-Türme-Weg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/thuringer-drei-turme-weg/), [[THW] Thüringenweg [Mitte-Ost - OSM-Teil2]](/paises/europa/alemania/thw-thuringenweg-mitte-ost-osm-teil2/)
- **Food and drink**: [Brauerei Papiermühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-papiermuhle/), [Brauerei Weimar-Ehringsdorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-weimar-ehringsdorf/), [Brauhaus Jenaprießnitz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauhaus-jenapriessnitz/), [Holzländer Biere](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/holzlander-biere/), [L VINOTOP](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/l-vinotop/)
- **Stargazing**: [Gottschalls Sternenblick](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gottschalls-sternenblick/), [Observatory Großschwabhausen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sternwarte-grossschwabhausen/), [Volkssternwarte Urania Jena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/volkssternwarte-urania-jena/)

## When to go to Jena

The best time to visit Jena is **April to October and December**; also possible: January to March and November. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 11 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 45 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 32 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 34 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 18 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 16 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 52 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 21 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 22 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 24 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 38 |
| December | Best time | 7 h 43 |

In June there are 16 h 16 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 43. In April, 87 of the 92 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Jena

The nearest main airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, Berlin), 207 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=50.9304%2C11.58)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=50.9304%2C11.58)

## Other towns nearby

- [Naumburg (Saale)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naumburg-saale/): 49 places · 28 km
- [Gera](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gera/): 35 places · 35 km
- [Dittersdorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dittersdorf/): 27 places · 36 km
- [Saalfeld/Saale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/saalfeld-saale/): 48 places · 36 km
- [Roßleben-Wiehe](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rossleben-wiehe/): 23 places · 39 km
- [Erfurt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/erfurt/): 39 places · 39 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Jena?

The best known: [Duchess Anna Amalia Library](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/duchess-anna-amalia-library/), [Karl Schwarzschild Observatory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/thuringer-landessternwarte-tautenburg/), [Haus am Horn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/haus-am-horn/), [Schloss Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stadtschloss/), [Schloss Belvedere, Weimar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-belvedere/). In all, 92 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Jena?

April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 16 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 43.

### How do you get to Jena?

The nearest main airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 207 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=50.9304%2C11.58) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Jena as the destination and these 92 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).