City of Meissen

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The City of Meissen is a historic town in Saxony, Germany, renowned as the birthplace of European hard-paste porcelain and noted for its medieval architecture and hilltop cathedral.

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Surface form Occurrences
Historic center of Meissen 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
country Germany NERFINISHED
foundedAs Slavic settlement
hasAlternativeName Meissen NERFINISHED
hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque architecture
Gothic architecture NERFINISHED
Renaissance architecture
hasAreaCode 03521
hasCastle Albrechtsburg Castle NERFINISHED
hasCityRightsSince 10th century
hasCulturalAttraction porcelain museum
wine festivals
hasEconomySector porcelain industry
tourism
hasHeritage medieval architecture
hasHilltopLocation cathedral hill above the Elbe
hasHistoricFunction former episcopal see
former margravial residence
hasHistoricRegion Margraviate of Meissen NERFINISHED
hasLandmark Albrechtsburg Castle NERFINISHED
Meissen Cathedral NERFINISHED
Meissen porcelain manufactory NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalStatus Stadt
hasOfficialName Meißen NERFINISHED
hasOldTown historic market square
hasPostalCode 01662
hasRailwayConnection railway line along the Elbe
hasReligiousBuilding Meissen Cathedral NERFINISHED
hasRiverCrossing bridges over the Elbe
hasVehicleRegistrationCode MEI
isBirthplaceOf European hard-paste porcelain production
isSeatOf Meissen district administration NERFINISHED
isTouristDestinationFor cultural tourism
heritage tourism
knownFor European hard-paste porcelain
Meissen porcelain NERFINISHED
hilltop cathedral
medieval old town
languageUsed German
locatedIn Saxony
surface form: Free State of Saxony

Meissen district NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion eastern Germany NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedInWineRegion Saxon wine region
locatedOn Elbe River NERFINISHED
partOf Upper Saxony NERFINISHED

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Upper Saxon Circle appliesToJurisdiction City of Meissen
Meissen Cathedral overlooks City of Meissen
this entity surface form: Historic center of Meissen