Meissen Germany Saxony
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| 29 September | 5 days | One-way from Decin to Lutherstadt Wittenberg |
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Frequently Asked Questions
At the foot of the old town on the Elbe, a few minutes walk from the first lanes. The castle and cathedral are about ten minutes uphill, with a lift available from the riverbank.
For its porcelain. The secret of hard-paste porcelain was cracked here in 1708, and the manufactory founded in 1710 was the first on the continent. Its mark, two crossed blue swords, is among the oldest logos still in use.
Yes. The demonstration workshops show throwing, moulding flowers petal by petal and fine-brush painting, and the adjoining museum covers three centuries of pieces. Allow about ten minutes on foot from the centre.
The porcelain manufactory, the climb to the Albrechtsburg and cathedral, then the market square and its lanes. A bus links the main sites every half hour from April to October, which spares the legs.
The late fifteenth-century castle crowning the hill, regarded as the first German princely residence designed as such. Its twisted vaults housed the porcelain manufactory in its early days, when the recipe was guarded like a state secret.
It has to be earned: stairs or sloping lanes, about ten minutes. A lift from the riverbank spares the knees. Cobbles are uneven almost everywhere in the old town, so sturdy shoes are advised.
A carillon installed in 1929 at the Frauenkirche on the market square, whose porcelain bells mark the hours with a crystalline sound. It is a curiosity you will not hear anywhere else.
Yes. Meissen sits in one of Germany smallest wine regions, clinging to the slopes along the Elbe. The local whites are scarce and mostly drunk locally; regional cellars welcome the curious.
About 25 km downstream of it. Most itineraries give Dresden its own separate call, so you rarely have to sacrifice Meissen to see it.
The euro. Cards work at the manufactory, the castle and restaurants, but keep cash for the cake cafés and the small antique shops in the lanes.
