Meissen

Meißen (, ) 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.Christine O'Keefe.Concentration Camps.www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html

 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 

 Municipal website 
 Giga-Catholic
 Meissen Porcelain 
 History of Meissen Porcelain Works 
 Further information on Tourism 
 Webcam Meissen  

Category:Meißen Rural District