Carl Zeiss AG
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Carl Zeiss AG, branded as ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott he laid the foundation for today's multinational company. The current company emerged from a reunification of Carl Zeiss companies in East and West Germany with a consolidation phase in the 1990s. ZEISS is active in four business segments with approximately equal revenue in almost 50 countries, has 30 production sites and around 25 development sites worldwide.
First workshop of Carl Zeiss in the center of Jena, c. 1847
Carl Zeiss Jena (1910)
One of the Stasi's cameras with the special SO-3.5.1 (5/17mm) lens developed by Carl Zeiss, a so-called "needle eye lens", for shooting through keyholes or holes down to 1 mm in diameter
Oberkochen
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Oberkochen is a municipality in the Ostalbkreis, in Baden-Württemberg, in Germany.
Oberkochen
Panoramic view from the Rodstein (4. May 2022)