Meissen
Meissen is the oldest town in Saxony, Germany. Meißen was also once home to the local bishop and thus has a huge medieval cathedral and adjoining castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Albrechtsburg and Meissen Cathedral.
Albrechtsburg
Castle
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The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle erected from 1471 till about 1495. It is located in the town centre of Meissen in the German state of Saxony. It is situated on a hill above the river Elbe, adjacent to the Meissen Cathedral.
Meissen Cathedral
Church
Meissen Cathedral or the Church of St John and St Donatus is a Gothic church in Meissen in Saxony. It is situated on the castle hill of Meissen, adjacent to the Albrechtsburg castle and forms a critical centrepiece of the iconic Meissen skyline overlooking the River Elbe in the valley below.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niederau and Weinböhla.
Niederau
Village
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Niederau is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. Niederau station is located on the Leipzig–Dresden railway, which also used to have Oberau Tunnel until 1933, which was located within today's municipality Niederau. Niederau is situated 4½ km east of Meissen.
Weinböhla
Village
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Weinböhla is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 7 km east of Meißen, and 17 km northwest of Dresden. The municipality can be reached from Dresden by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe tram route 4. Weinböhla is situated 5 km east of Meissen.
Meissen
- Type: Locality with 28,800 residents
- Also known as: “14627140”, “Meißen”, and “Stadt Meißen”
- Location: Meissen, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.1649° or 51° 9′ 54″ northLongitude
13.4859° or 13° 29′ 9″ eastPopulation
28,800Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)Open location code
9F3M5F7P+X9GeoNames ID
6550801
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Meissen” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Meissen”
- Arabic: “مايسن”
- Bashkir: “Мейсен”
- Bulgarian: “Майсен”
- Catalan: “Meissen”
- Chinese: “迈森”
- Czech: “Míšeň”
- Finnish: “Meissen”
- Hebrew: “מייסן”
- Hungarian: “Meissen”
- Ido: “Meissen”
- Japanese: “マイセン”
- Kazakh: “Мейсен”
- Korean: “마이센”
- Latin: “Misnia”
- Latvian: “Meisene”
- Lithuanian: “Meisenas”
- Luxembourgish: “Meissen”
- Macedonian: “Мајсен”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Meissen”
- Persian: “مایسن”
- Polish: “Miśnia”
- Russian: “Мейсен”
- Serbian: “Мајсен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Meissen”
- Swedish: “Meissen”
- Thai: “ไมเซน”
- Ukrainian: “Майсен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mišno”
- Vietnamese: “Meissen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Meissen”
- Western Panjabi: “مائیسن”
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