Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, pen name Novalis, was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is regarded as an influential figure of Jena Romanticism.
1799 portrait of Novalis
Oberwiederstedt castle
Sophie von Kühn
Novalis house plaque, Freiberg
The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
University of Jena around 1600. Jena was the center of Gnesio-Lutheran activity during the controversies leading up to the Formula of Concord.
Friedrich Schiller.
Ernst Haeckel.
Inner courtyard with cafeteria of the Old University Building.