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Town Hall and Market Square

Jena Town Hall at the Market Square is the evidence of welfare of the medieval Jena. It was built in the middle of the XIV century. After some time a clock was set up on it. However, not the clock, but Snatching Hans (Schnapphans) was the main feature of the Town Hall. It is a bronze statue of a head, which comes out of a loophole with each ringing of the clock and tries to grab an apple, symbolizing the human soul. Apostle Peter- the keeper of the keys to heaven- brings the mechanical apple to Hans. Every time Hans fails to grab the apple ... 

The Market Square itself is a small square. Its enclosed space is extremely comfortable. It is surrounded by colorful burgher houses on all four sides. The man on a pedestal in the center of the square is Elector Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, who founded the local university.

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