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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.
Meissen porcelain. Coordinates: 51°09′20″N 13°27′58″E. Commedia dell'arte figures, c. 1740, 1744, 1735, modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler. Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus.
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As the oldest porcelain manufactory in Europe, the Meissen manufactory occupies a special position among the porcelain manufactories around the world. Its figurines, large sculptures, table services and porcelain objects have shaped the course of porcelain history.
Meissen porcelain, German hard-paste, or true, porcelain produced at the Meissen factory, near Dresden in Saxony (now Germany), from 1710 until the present day. It was the first successfully produced true porcelain in Europe and dominated the style of European porcelain manufactured until about 1756.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 3, 2015 · All you need to know about the origins of the Meissen factory in Germany, from the man who claimed he could create gold to the monarch who commissioned a porcelain menagerie, plus advice on what to collect and how to spot a fake. Collecting Guides. Decorative Arts & Design. 1 June 2023.
Meissen, city, SaxonyLand (state), southeastern Germany. It lies on the Elbe River just northwest of Dresden. It grew out of the early Slavic settlement of Misni and was founded as a German town by King Henry I in 929. In 968 it became the seat of the margravate of Meissen, which passed in 1089 to the house of Wettin, electors of Saxony after 1423.
