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The JenTower stands directly opposite to the so-called Building 15, which was the first German highrise building. Building 15 was erected in to a height of 43 meters in 1915, based on plans by the architect
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In 1968‐1969 there were also state plans to build a recreation center for VEB Zeiss workers next to the tower. This additional building would have displaced the historical Collegium Jenese
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were added, and the 28th and 29th floors were converted into a restaurant. Including the antenna the tower reaches 159 meters. The building was the second tallest in
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after the City Hochhaus Leipzig, and after two additional stories were added in 2001, became the tallest in former East Germany. It is currently the
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In 1999 the building was sold to an investor, who completed a modernization in 2001. At this time, two additional floors and a
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Heckart, B. (May 2006). "The Battle of Jena: Opposition to "Socialist" Urban Planning in the German Democratic Republic".
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The tower has been known by many names, official and unofficial. From 1992 until January 2005, the tower was called the
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building method, and was completed on October 2, 1972 at the original height of 127 meters. The circular tower is a
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construction with two basements, a 3.20-meter-thick mat foundation and a diameter of 33 meters.
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Roll (Keksrolle), University Tower (Uniturm) or the Henselmann tower, after the architect
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Construction began in June 1969, in a residential and business quarter spared by the
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after it was completed, despite the University's protestations.
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Jena Research building), likewise designed by Henselmann.
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Jen-Tower


skyscraper
Jena
Germany
Intershop Communications AG
University of Jena
Phallus
Cookie
Hermann Henselmann
Friedrich Puetzer
Jenoptik
Zeiss
Hermann Henselmann
German Democratic Republic
Bruno Taut
Magdeburg
Second World War
sliding scarf
reinforced concrete
cloister
Hans Knöll
University of Jena
UMTS
antenna
East Germany
28th-highest in Germany
West Germany
Oderturm

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