The Salana - the "jewel" of the Ernestines

Time

19:30 - 20:00 o'clock

Organizer

JenaKultur and Institut für Orientalistik, Indogermanistik, Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie

Place

Stadtmuseum Jena

Adresse

Markt 7, 07743 Jena

Dr. Stefan Gerber and Prof. Joachim Bauer will take you back to the founding years of the university after the defeat of John Frederick I in the Schmalkaldic War and look at the importance of the Salana for the Ernestines up to the time of the F

The beginnings of Jena University can be traced back to the defeat of John Frederick I of Saxony in the Schmalkaldic War in 1546 and the resulting loss of his electoral dignity and Wittenberg University. The tour explains how a new university was founded at this low point of power and how it became the "jewel" of the Ernestines in the following decades. The tour also addresses the question of how the founding of the university in Jena influenced the creation of a separate principality of Saxony-Jena around 100 years later. Who were the princes of Jena? Where and how did they live? And in what way were they connected to "their" university?

Porträt Johann Friedrichs I.- 1654 im Rahmen der Rektoratsernennung Herzog Bernhards von Sachsen-Jena von seinem Vater gestiftet. (Abb.: Kustodie Universität Jena).

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Kustodie Universität Jena

Location

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Academic life and death at the Collegium Jenense - 20:15

Clothing in motion - the travels of the physician Friderici - 21:00

The Salana - the "jewel" of the Ernestines - 21:45