Zwätzen
Zwätzen is a district of the city of Jena in Thuringia, Germany.
Zwätzen is a district of the city of Jena in Thuringia, Germany. As a settlement Zwätzen was first mentioned in 1182 and was under the rule of Louis the Pious at that time.
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Worth seeing in and around Zwätzen
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Planetarium Jena
The Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena, Germany, is the oldest continuously operating planetarium in the world. Engineered by German engineer Walther Bauersfeld, the building was opened on 18 July 1926.
3.7 km · planetarium in Jena, Thuringia, Germany · Wikipedia - 02Botanischer Garten Jena
The Botanischer Garten Jena is the second oldest botanical garden in Germany, maintained by the University of Jena and located at Fürstengraben 26, Jena, Thuringia, Germany. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.
3.8 km · botanical garden in Jena, Germany · Wikipedia - 03Camsdorf Bridge
The Camsdorf Bridge over the Saale river in Jena, Germany connects the city center of Jena with the suburb of Wenigenjena, and is considered to be the oldest stone arch bridge in Jena.
3.7 km · bridge in Jena, Germany · Wikipedia - 04Helmholtz Institute Jena
The Helmholtz Institute Jena was founded as an outstation of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung on June 25, 2009 and is located on the campus of the Friedrich Schiller University in the city of Jena, Germany. Its purpose is to unite the research activities of the FSU in the fields of high intensity laser physics and x-ray spectroscopy with the expertise of the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in the fields of accelerator physics, laser physics and x-ray technology.
3.7 km · physics Institute · Wikipedia - 05Grüne Tanne
The Grüne Tanne is a historical Gasthaus by the Camsdorf Bridge in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
3.6 km · Guest house in Jena · Wikipedia
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Getting to Zwätzen
- Airports
- Erfurt-Weimar (ERF), 46 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 67 km · Karlovy Vary (KLV), 124 km
- Stations
- Jena Saalbahnhof railway station, 2.9 km
- Erfurt → Zwätzen41 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · €5–8
- Schkeuditz → Zwätzen64 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · €8–11
- Dresden → Zwätzen149 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · €18–25
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Zwätzen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zwätzen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor day trips within the state, the Thüringen-Ticket (€35-€67) offers good value for groups, covering all regional transport in Thuringia, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt.
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Next door to Zwätzen
- Lehestenmunicipality in Saale-Holzland district, Thuringia, Germany3.7 km
- Neuengönnamunicipality of Germany3.8 km
- Johannistorcity gate in Jena4 km