Jena - A City in Transition

For many, Jena is still synonymous with the optical systems manufacturer Zeiss. But the city is also home to many internationally renowned research institutes. Over the last 2 decades, Jena has become a "city of science" and one of eastern Germany's economic success stories. In addition to Zeiss, many other high-tech companies, such as Jenoptik and Schott are based here. And the city's Friedrich Schiller University of Jena attracts students from around the globe. Our reporter Jürgen Schneider went to take a look around.

DW-World | November 3, 2009

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