Writers in Jena
The atlas holds 5 people and 14 moments here, from 1663 to 1889. The most recorded lives are Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Nietzsche.
Notable people
Friedrich Schiller
from 1787 to 1797
7 moments here
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher, historian, and a central figure of Weimar Classicism.…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1806 to 1828
2 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Friedrich Nietzsche
from 1882 to 1889
2 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
from 1801 to 1806
2 moments here
German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1663
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Moments
- 1663 Summer-semester enrolment at Jena Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1787 Visit to Jena Friedrich Schiller
- 1789 Move to Jena for university appointment Friedrich Schiller
- 1789 Inaugural lecture at the University of Jena Friedrich Schiller
- 1789 Return to Jena for inaugural lecture Friedrich Schiller
- 1790 Marriage to Charlotte von Lengefeld Friedrich Schiller
- 1794 Meeting with Goethe in Jena Friedrich Schiller
- 1797 Move into the Jena garden house Friedrich Schiller
- 1801 Moved to Jena Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1806 Catalogues minerals in Jena Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1806 Napoleonic-era Jena Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1828 Retreats to the Dornburg Palaces Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1882 Summer with Lou Salomé in Tautenburg Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1889 Transferred to the Jena clinic Friedrich Nietzsche