Porcelain is the most important reason for Meissen becoming world-famous. With the State Porcelain Manufactory, the town on the Elbe River owns a jewel visited by hundreds of thousands every year.
Alongside porcelain, connoisseurs appreciate the noble wine that grows on the steep slopes high above the medieval beauty. Meissen is the capital of one of the smallest wine-growing areas in Germany.
The town itself is full of artistic facades, crooked alleys with cobblestones, pleasant arcades, and new and down-to-earth wine bars.
And above it all is the Albrechtburg Castle, an architectural masterpiece, and Meissen Cathedral, one of the most important sacred buildings from the Middle Ages in Saxony.
Contact:
Touristinformation Meissen
Markt 3
01662 Meißen
Tel.: +49 (0)3521-419 40
Fax: +49 (0)3521-419 419
E-Mail: service@touristinfo-meissen.de
Internet: www.touristinfo-meissen.de
