Meissen

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in Saxony, Germany




























Meissen


Meißen


Albrechtsburg and Cathedral
Albrechtsburg and Cathedral


Coat of arms of Meissen
Coat of arms

Location of Meissen







Meissen is located in Germany

Meissen

Meissen




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Meissen is located in Saxony

Meissen

Meissen




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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
Government

 • Mayor
Olaf Raschke
Area

 • Total30.90 km2 (11.93 sq mi)
Elevation

106 m (348 ft)
Population
(2017-12-31)[1]

 • Total28,061
 • Density910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
01654–01662
Dialling codes03521
Vehicle registrationMEI
Websitewww.stadt-meissen.de

Meissen (in German orthography: Meißen, IPA: [ˈmaɪsn̩]) is a town of approximately 30,000 about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche. The Große Kreisstadt is the capital of the Meissen district.




Contents





  • 1 Names


  • 2 History


  • 3 Porcelain


  • 4 Main sights


  • 5 Notable residents


  • 6 Personalities who have worked in the village


  • 7 Twin towns – sister cities


  • 8 See also


  • 9 Citations


  • 10 Bibliography


  • 11 External links




Names



  • German: Meißen


  • French: Misnie


  • Latin: Misnia, Misena, Misnensium


  • Polish: Miśnia


  • Czech: Míšeň


  • Upper Sorbian: Mišno


  • Lower Sorbian: Mišnjo


History



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Historical affiliations


Samo's Empire 631-658

Margraviate of Meissen 968–1002
Poland 1002
Margraviate of Meissen 1002–1423
 Electorate of Saxony 1423–1697
Poland-Saxony 1697–1706
 Electorate of Saxony 1706–1709
Poland-Saxony 1709–1763
 Electorate of Saxony 1763–1806
 Kingdom of Saxony 1806–1871
 German Empire 1871–1918
 Weimar Republic 1918–1933
 Nazi Germany 1933–1945
 Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
 East Germany 1949–1990


 Germany 1990–present


Meissen is sometimes known as the "cradle of Saxony". The city grew out of the early Slavic settlement of Misni inhabited by the Glomacze tribe and was founded as a German town by King Henry the Fowler in 929.[2] In 968, the Diocese of Meissen was founded, and Meissen became the episcopal see of a bishop. The Catholic bishopric was suppressed in 1581 after the diocese accepted the Protestant Reformation (1559), but re-created in 1921 with its seat first at Bautzen and now at the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden.


The Margraviate of Meissen was founded in 968 as well, with the city as the capital of the Margraves of Meissen. A market town by 1000, Meissen passed to the Duchy of Poland in 1002 under Boleslaw I the Brave, afterwards into hands of Henry II a few months later and the House of Wettin in 1089. In 1015 Meissen was besieged by the Poles led by future King Mieszko II.


In 1241 the city was attacked in the Mongol raid on Meissen. The small Mongol force under Orda Khan defeated the city's defenders and much of the city was destroyed. The Mongols withdrew from Germany after the death of Ögedei Khan, sparing the region from further destruction.


The city was at the forefront of the Ostsiedlung, or intensive German settlement of the rural Slavic lands east of the Elbe, and its reception of city rights dates to 1332.


The construction of Meissen Cathedral was begun in 1260 on the same hill as the Albrechtsburg castle. The resulting lack of space led to the cathedral being one of the smallest cathedrals in Europe. The church is also known as being one of the purest examples of Gothic architecture.


In 1423 Meissen became capital of the Electorate of Saxony. In 1464 the capital was moved to Dresden.


In 1759 the Austrians defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Meissen.


During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located in Meissen.[3]



Porcelain




Porcelain bells at the Frauenkirche


Meissen is famous for the manufacture of porcelain, based on extensive 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 the Orient.


The first European porcelain was manufactured in Meissen in 1710, when by decree of King Augustus II the Strong the Royal-Polish and Electoral-Saxon Porcelain Factory (Königlich-Polnische und Kurfürstlich-Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur)[4] was opened in the Albrechtsburg. In 1861, it was moved to the Triebisch river valley of Meissen, where the porcelain factory can still be found today. Along with porcelain, other ceramics are also manufactured.



Main sights




Cathedral


The Albrechtsburg, the former residence of the House of Wettin, is regarded as being the first castle to be used as a royal residence in the German-speaking world.[citation needed] Built between 1472 and 1525, it is a fine example of late Gothic style. It was redecorated in the 19th century with a range of murals depicting Saxon history. Today the castle is a museum. Nearby is the 13th-century Gothic Meissen Cathedral (Meißner Dom), whose chapel is one of the most famous burial places of the Wettin family. The hill on which the castle and the cathedral are built offers a view over the roofs of the old town.


Meissen's historical district is located mostly around the market at the foot of the castle hill. It contains many buildings of Renaissance architecture. Also imposing is the view from the 57 metre high tower of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), situated in the old market-place. This church, not to be confused with the Dresden Frauenkirche, was first mentioned in a 1205 deed issued by Bishop Dietrich II and after a blaze about 1450 rebuilt in the Late Gothic style of a hall church. Its tower hosts the world's first porcelain carillon, manufactured in 1929 on the occasion of the town's 1000-years-jubilee. Another popular tourist sight is the world-famous Meissen porcelain factory.


From spring to autumn, several festivals take place in Meissen, such as the pottery market or the Weinfest, which celebrates the wine harvest. Meissen wine is produced at the vineyards in the river valley (Elbtal) around the town, part of the Saxonian wine region, one of the northernmost in Europe.



Notable residents




Polish-Saxon post milestone



  • Saint Benno, Bishop of Meissen, born about 1010 in Hildesheim, died June 16, 1106


  • Heinrich Frauenlob, poet, born 1250/60, died November 29, 1318 in Mainz


  • Johann Klaj, poet, born 1616, died February 16, 1656 in Kitzingen


  • Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), critic and poet


  • Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721–1793), poet and clergyman


  • Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), physician and founder of Homoeopathy


  • Karl G. Maeser (1828–1901), Mormon academic


  • Erich Naumann (1905–1951), Nazi SS-Brigadeführer and Einsatzgruppe commander, executed for war crimes


  • Hans Philipp (1917–1943), combat pilot


  • Ralf Schumann (born 1962), Olympic shooter


  • Peter Schreier (born 1935), opera singer and conductor


  • Paul Zuckerman (born 1964), specialist in: used cars, land, whiskey, manure, nails, fly swatters, racing forms, bongos, wars fought, revolutions started, assassinations plotted, governments run, uprisings quelled, women wooed, tigers tamed, bars emptied, computers verified, orgies organized.


Personalities who have worked in the village



  • Kaspar Eberhard (1523-1575), superintendent of Meissen 1564-1574


  • Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682-1719), co-inventor of the European porcelain


  • Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1696-1775), porcelain painter


  • Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), porcelain model


  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), pupil of the princely country school St. Afra


  • Willy Ascherl (born January 7, 1902 in Fürth, Germany, August 8, 1929 in Meissen), a well-known former German footballer

  • Erich Schmidt, a German church musician (* 6 August 1910 in Metz, 8 June 2005 in Radebeul), church musician, from 1950 to 1980 Domkantor in Meißen


  • Hans-Ulrich Thomale (* 6 December 1944 in Sörnewitz near Meißen), former German footballer


  • Matthias Müller (* 18 October 1954), former German footballer and coach


Twin towns – sister cities



Meissen is twinned with:



  • France Vitry Sur Seine, France, since 1973


  • Japan Arita, Japan, since 1979


  • Greece Corfu, Greece, since 1996


  • United States Provo, Utah, US, since 2001


See also


  • List of Margraves of Meissen

  • Rulers of Saxony

  • Saxon Switzerland


Citations




  1. ^ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2017] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). October 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Bachrach 2014, p. 327.


  3. ^ Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps. tartanplace.com


  4. ^ http://www.starcookers.com/magazin/orte-zum-geniessen/meissner-porzellan/



Bibliography



  • Bachrach, David (1 August 2013). "Henry I of Germany's 929 military campaign in archaeological perspective". Early Medieval Europe. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. 21 (3): 307–337. doi:10.1111/emed.12020.


External links









  • Municipal website (in German)

  • GCatholic.org

  • Meissen Porcelain Dealer in NY

  • Further information on Tourism


  • Webcam Meissen (in German)








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