Attraction in Jena

By clicking on each of the places, a page with more detailed information and some hiking routes to that point are suggested.

If you know a beautiful route which passes through one of these points, feel free to share it with us that we register it in our list with your own name. If you want another attraction around Jena to be added, please contact us.


Hiking-Highlights in Jena

In our opinion, these are the important points and buildings in the hills around Jena which should be visited as the highest priority. Each one of these highlights is very specific in a different way, which puts them in the TO BE VISITED list.

Bismarckturm

A tower in the Jena West

Forstturm

Beautiful tower in Jena forest

Fuchsturm

Highest point of Jena

Jenzig

One of Jena seven wonders

Kunitzburg

A castle ruin in north of Jena

Lobdeburg ruins

Castle ruins in Lobeda Ost

Napoléonstein

The memorial of Napoleon victory

Steinbruch

Aliens landing place?

Other Attractions around Jena

Besides Highlights in Jena, there are many beautiful points and memorials in the hills around Jena, and each of them has its own beauty. Here is a list of some of them, which are remarkable.

Blinkerdenkmal

Memorial about first WW

Diebeskrippe

a tiny gorge

Erlkönig

The figure from Goethe poetry

Fürstenbrunnen

Natural drinkable water fountain

Kunitzer Hausbrücke

The only house bridge on the whole Saale

Papiermühle

An antique hotel from 13th century

Perückensträucher

colourful bushes near Jena West

Sommerlinde

a beautiful tree in Kernberge

Soviet Barracks

A lost place

Tautenburg

a castle ruin north of Jena

Waterfall and Burschenplatz

shelter to take a rest at the stream

View Points around Jena

Due to the beautiful river passing in the middle of the hills, there are astonishing view points around Jena. Here we are introducing some of them.

Cospoth

a big hill behind Göschwitz

Ernst - Haeckel - Stein

A monument next to an amazing view point

Käuzchenberg

A vineyard in Jena

Kupferplatte

a board which shows some points

Landgrafen

Beautiful scenery over Jena

Rabenschüssel

A special view point on a rock next to the valley

Ziegenhainer Höhe

a view point on the hill behind the village Ziegenhain