Jena-West

Jena-West City of Jena Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 49 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 47 ″  E
Area :	3.39 km²
Residents :	8458  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density :	2,495 inhabitants / km²
Area code :	03641
Jena-West, typical street scene (Luther- corner Melanchthonstraße)

Jena-West is a district of Jena .

geography

Jena-West is 3.39 km² and borders in the southwest on the Jena-Zentrum district , in the northwest on Jena-Nord , in the north on Closewitz and Cospeda , in the west on Münchenroda / Remderoda and in the south on Jena-Süd . The Bach Leutra flows through Jena-West, which rises in the Mühltal and flows into the Saale in Paradise .

history

A prehistoric, fortified hilltop settlement was located on the foothills of the Baierberg protruding into the Mühltal above the Luther pulpit , because a section wall with stone tools and pottery shards was found. The river Leutra had deposited a terrace shortly before its confluence with the Saale . It was suitable for a river crossing. A ford was laid there from east to west. This is probably why there was a Carolingian royal estate in Jena with a manor house that could not be classified in a specific area. It is believed that he stood near the Johanniskirche . Older components from the 12th century were found there. It could also have been the place of the Nydeck house or the Kollegienhof . In 1145 they were called the Knights of Jena.

Buildings and facilities

Integrated comprehensive school "Grete Unrein"

In Jena-West are the clinics for skin diseases, ENT, urology, psychiatry, gynecology and obstetrics as well as ophthalmology , which belong to the Jena University Hospital . The latter two belong to the Bachstrasse university hospital complex.

The integrated comprehensive school “Grete Unrein” Jena and the western school are located in August-Bebel-Straße next to the former building of the Higher Regional Court .

traffic

The Weimar-Geraer Bahn or Central Germany connection runs through Jena-West, but the Jena West station is not in the Jena-West district, but in Jena-South.

City bus routes 14 and 16 as well as intercity buses run through Jena-West . Trams ran through Wagnergasse and along August-Bebel-Straße until the 1960s, but today only individual track sections can be seen along August-Bebel-Straße.

The federal highway 7 runs through Jena-West .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , pp. 62/63
2. ↑ Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces Jenzig-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 147/148