It was renamed after the poet Friedrich Schiller who was teaching as professor of philosophy when Jena attracted some of the most influential minds at the turn of the 19th century .
It iqanjwe kabusha ngemva imbongi Friedrich Schiller owayefundisa njengoba uprofesa wefilosofi lapho Jena bakhangwa ezinye izingqondo ezinethonya kunazo ekuqa- ngekhulu le-19.