Kulturbahnhof Jena, Cultural center in a former railway station building in Jena-Nord, Jena, Germany

The Kulturbahnhof Jena occupies the reception building of the former Saalbahnhof, opened on 24 April 1965 and designed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn's Dresden design office on Bauhaus principles. Its ticket hall survives in its original state, with a large aluminium-band mural by Kurt Hanf showing figures leading rail travellers towards the university, Zeiss and Schott. A mosaic in the passage to the former platform underpass depicts the molecular structure of penicillin, and the former Mitropa restaurant upstairs now houses the Jazzcafe.

The reception building opened on April 24, 1965, designed according to Bauhaus principles in its architecture. A local association called JenKultig transformed it into a cultural space in 1999.

The ticket hall survives in its original state, with a large wall picture by Kurt Hanf made of aluminium bands; its figures once pointed rail travellers toward the university, Zeiss and Schott. In the passage to the former platform underpass, a mosaic shows the molecular structure of penicillin. The hall's acoustics resemble those of a church and have been demonstrated in an audio-visual scientific art performance.

The Kulturbahnhof is at Spitzweidenweg in Jena-Nord, a short walk from the Friedrich Schiller University main building and the Thuringian University and State Library. The former check-in hall, the Jazzcafe upstairs and the gallery in the old bunker are separate areas, so allow time to move between them. Some events are run by student and cultural associations, so check the programme before travelling.

A former transport police bunker in the basement was converted into an art gallery in 2011. The upper floors serve as living and working spaces for artists and students who inhabit the building.