Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Jena is a city in eastern Germany on the River Saale in Thuringia. Its population is 101.325 (as of 2003-06-30). Table of contents 1 History 2 Economy 3 Colleges and universities 4 External Links History On October 14, 1806 Napoleon fought the Prussian army here (Battle of Jena-Auerstedt). Economy Jena is a manufacturing city, specializing in precision machinery, pharmaceuticals, optics and photographic equipment, and home to the famous Zeiss optics plant. Colleges and universities The university "Friedrich Schiller" at Jena was founded in 1558. The University of Applied Sciences at Jena was founded in 1990. External Links Maps http://www.jena.de University of Applied Sciences Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.