Features

“Jena für dich” helps you settle in Jena and organise your everyday life – in your language: German, English, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese. The app is free, needs no account and shows no ads. Here is what it can do today.

What do you need?

The home screen sorts everyday life by topic: Health, Food, Family and education, Transport, Documents and offices, Work, Waste, Leisure, Internet and phone, Power, gas and water, Post and parcels. Each topic takes you straight to the map, a guide or the official office.

Search by your situation

“Internet not working”, “Submit meter reading”, “Parcel not delivered”, “Eye doctor”: the search understands everyday questions in several languages and shows the responsible providers with their service number, service hours and the right form. The contact details come from the providers’ own websites and carry a check date.

12 guides, step by step

For the first weeks: registering your address, Ausländerbehörde (immigration office), health insurance, GP, child benefit (Kindergeld), Kita, integration course, finding a flat, Rundfunkbeitrag (broadcasting fee), bank account, mobile phone and ticket. Each guide lists documents, deadlines and costs and links to the responsible office – for example the online appointment booking of the Bürgerservice Jena (citizens’ service office) or the city’s Kita-Portal (childcare portal). For applications to the Ausländerbehörde Jena there is a ready-made cover letter in German, with a translation in your language.

Map of Jena – even without internet

3,077 places in Jena: public offices, medical practices, pharmacies, advice centres, schools, Kitas, restaurants, sport and more. The map is built into the app and works offline. “Near me” sorts places by distance, with an adjustable radius; your location stays on your device. Without your location, the app calculates from the centre of Jena and tells you so. You open the route in Apple Maps or Google Maps.

Today in Jena

Events from the events calendar of the City of Jena (source: destination.one / Veranstaltungskalender Stadt Jena), with a short explanation in your language, a route and “Add to calendar”.

Rubbish and bulky waste

Enter your street and house number and see the next collection dates – based on the open data of Kommunalservice Jena. Plus: a reminder the evening before, bulky waste, recycling centres and “Where does it go?” according to the Abfallsatzung (waste regulations).

Work

How to reach the Agentur für Arbeit Jena (employment agency), the Jobcenter, careers advice and vocational schools. The app does not copy job vacancies – it links to the official job search of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency).

Quick help

Emergency 112, police 110, out-of-hours medical service 116 117, poison control and other helplines – call with a single tap. The bell opens the official warnings on warnung.bund.de.

Your data stays with you

No account, no ads, no tracking. Your saved list, tasks, address and settings stay on your device. In the settings you choose your language, light or dark design and the text size. Details are in the app’s privacy policy.

Sources and reporting mistakes

Every entry shows which source it comes from and when it was last checked. Only the information provided by the responsible office is binding. If you find a mistake, tap “Report a mistake” on the place or guide – the app prepares an email with all the necessary details.

Coming soon: version 1.2

The next update adds: news from the City of Jena with title, date, teaser and a link to jena.de (source: Stadt Jena); a link to the timetable changes of Jenaer Nahverkehr; the new Support section with benefits and programmes in five topics and a card on the Jenabonus; new and updated places with their source; links to the KV Thüringen doctor search, to Jobcenter Jena and to the canteens of Studierendenwerk Thüringen. Details under What’s new.

What the app does not do

• It does not submit applications for you or book appointments – it takes you to the official office that does.
• It does not show bus and tram departure times; you open the route in your maps app.
• It does not replace legal, tax or medical advice. In an emergency: 112.

Free for iPhone. The Android version is being tested on Google Play and is coming soon.