Local news from Jena
Local & regional news and contributions from Jena, Kreisfrei and surroundings
News from Jena
Current local news & reports from Jena and surrounding area
19.01.2025 08:06
Failed shortcut in the roundabout
In Eisenberg on Saturday evening, a 21-year-old drove his Ford car from Friedrich-Ebert-Straße into the roundabout at Schützenplatz
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17.01.2025 11:30
There's something wrong here
"Something isn't right here," thought the officers of the police in Jena, and on Thursday afternoon they checked a fast-paced e-bike rider on Camburger Street. Upon closer inspection, the officers discovered that the bike had been tampered with, t...
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17.01.2025 11:30
Deliberately deceived
In a bar on Johannisstraße, a customer treated a friend to a service for amusement and then ordered several alcoholic drinks to enhance his stay in the early hours of Friday morning. However, he did this knowing that he could not afford it. The s...
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16.01.2025 12:00
Graffiti on the school toilet
From Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning, unknown individuals took advantage of this time to deface the toilet block of a school on Ammerbacher Street. They applied several graffiti, some with political statements, on the walls. This has resulted...
Read more 16.01.2025 12:00
Sleep with devastating consequences
Firefighters and police were called out early Thursday morning just before 2:00 a.mdue to the activation of a fire alarm in Musäusring
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16.01.2025 12:00
Your driver's license and vehicle registration, please!
During a traffic control in the city center, a 55-year-old man was unable to present a driver's license when requested by the officers
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15.01.2025 11:15
Tracking chip showed the path of the prey
A cyclist briefly parked his e-bike at the Old Post Office and secured it with a lock
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15.01.2025 11:15
Almost collided with oncoming traffic
On Tuesday evening at around 6:45 pm, road users reported a conspicuous car driving on the state road from Apolda via Kleinromstedt towards Isserstedt. The vehicle repeatedly veered into the oncoming lane, endangering other drivers. Evasive maneuv...
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15.01.2025 11:15
Brave man prevents burglary
Due to the intervention of a man, a burglary at a bakery in the north of Jena was prevented on Tuesday evening
Read more 14.01.2025 11:00
Suddenly there was a crash
A 54-year-old man was not fully attentive while driving on Monday morning
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High property damage after apartment fire
At around 8:00 am, the fire department and police received a report of a residential fire on Ernst-Zielinski-Straße to start the week
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13.01.2025 11:00
Short joy for the thief
In Jena, a thief only briefly enjoyed his lootHe or she stole a moped from a property on Hermann-Löns-Straße and disappeared with it
Read more 13.01.2025 11:00
Pedestrian spat on and insulted
On Sunday morning, a woman was walking through the city center of Jena, causing a disturbance and verbally abusing several passersby without reason
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Pizza delivery was a priority
As a witness reported, a car hit a bollard on Binswangerstraße at around 6:30 pm on Sunday evening
Read more 12.01.2025 12:42
Smoking trash can in the backyard
On late Saturday evening, a witness observed smoke rising from three garbage bins located in the backyard of a residential building on Am Anger street in Jena. Consequently, he informed the police. Apparently, an as yet unknown perpetrator attempt...
Read more 12.01.2025 12:41
Broke into university
On Friday afternoon, an employee of the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences in Jena discovered that a laboratory at the university had been broken into. An unknown perpetrator forcibly broke open the door to the lab and stole six oscillators...
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