Meissen

Meißen (Sorbian languages: 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 During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenburg concentration camp was in Meißen. Porcelain 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 St. Benno (1010–1106), Bishop of Meißen Heinrich Frauenlob (died 1318), poet Johann Klaj (1616–1656), poet Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), critic and poet Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721–1793), poet and clergyman Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), physician Karl G. Maeser (1828–1901), Mormon academic Ralf Schumann (born 1962), Olympic shooter Related pages Missingsch List of Margraves of Meißen Rulers of Saxony Saxon Switzerland References Other websites Media related to Meißen at Wikimedia Commons Municipal website (in German) Giga-Catholic Meissen Porcelain Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine History of Meissen Porcelain Works Archived 2008-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Further information on Tourism Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine Webcam Meissen Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German)