Meissen

Meißen (Sorbian: Mišno, Latin: Misnia, Misena) is a town of about 30,000 near Dresden on both banks of the Elbe in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meißen is the home of Meißen porcelain. Meißen is the capital city of Meißen Rural District

Meißen
Meissen - Albrechtsburg und Dom - 2017.jpg
Coat of arms of Meissen
Location of Meissen within Meißen district
Meißen in MEI.svg
Coordinates: 51°10′N 13°29′E / 51.167°N 13.483°E / 51.167; 13.483Coordinates: 51°10′N 13°29′E / 51.167°N 13.483°E / 51.167; 13.483
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictMeißen
Subdivisions12 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke
Government
 • MayorOlaf Raschke
Area
 • Total30.90 km2 (11.93 sq mi)
Elevation
106 m (348 ft)
Population
 (2005-09-30)
 • Total28,544
 • Density923.75/km2 (2,392.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
01654–01662
Vehicle registrationMEI
Websitewww.stadt-meissen.de

During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenburg concentration camp was in Meißen.[1]

Porcelain

 
Porcelain bells in Meißen

Meißen is famous for the manufacture of porcelain. This is because there are big local deposits of china clay (kaolin) and potter's clay (potter's earth). Meißen porcelain was the first high quality porcelain to be produced outside of China.

The first European porcelain was made in Meißen in 1710, when the Royal Porcelain Factory was opened in the Albrechtsburg. In 1861, it was moved to the Triebisch valley of Meißen, where the Meißen porcelain factory can still be found today.

Notable residents

Meissen Media

Related pages

References

  1. Christine O'Keefe.Concentration Camps.www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html

Other websites

  Media related to Meißen at Wikimedia Commons