The notes for this week are a set from the Universitat Jena in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. Jena is near Erfurt, which is where my grandfather was born. These notes are very nice. The 1st of three 75 Pfennig notes show Goethe and Friedrich Schiller at the the University of Jena. Schiller taught at the college and Goethe apparently lived in Jena for a while. One source states that Schiller and Goethe co-founded the Weimar Theatre. The 2nd note shows Ernst Haeckel, who studied at the university. The 3rd note shows Ernst Abbe, who also taught at the University.
An interesting side note is that while Ernst Abbe was working at Carl Zeiss's microscope works he introduced the 8 hour work day. Way to go Ernst!!!
The next set of notes are 50 Pfennig notes. One note shows the Fuchsturm (Fox Tower) in Jena which is the oldest mountain inn in Jena. The 2nd note shows the Church of St. Michael in Jena. And the last note shows a scene at the University of Jena.
The 10 and 25 Pfennig notes are smaller in size.
The 25 Pfennig note below, I believe shows a scene of students or fraternity members caroling near a monument on campus. I can't quite be sure though.
Below the 10 Pfennig note is just good looking.
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