Meissen

Meissen ( ; ; ) is a town of approximately 30,000 inhabitants, situated about north‑west of Dresden and west of Bautzen, on both banks of the River Elbe in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is renowned as the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral, and the . The town of Meissen, designated as a Große Kreisstadt, serves as the administrative seat of the Meissen district.

medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony

diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany

thumb|Albrechtsburg and Meissen Cathedral on the Elbe river

church building in Saxony, Germany

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boarding school in Saxony

Burggraf von Meissen