Look up: Meissen

1. Meissen
   The first true porcelain producer in Europe, some 12 miles (19 km) from dresden, in what is now the south-eastern part of Germany. The man responsible was Johann bottger, Meissen's first director in 1710, who discovered the secret of making white hard-paste porcelain c.1708 - over 800 years after the Chinese. Superb modelling and painting were char …
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2. Meissen
   (from the article `Coburg`) ...10th century, and it was first mentioned in a document of 1056. The counts of Henneberg inherited the city in 1248, and it was chartered in 1331. ... In central Germany the margraves of Meissen of the Wettin dynasty thrust steadily eastward and received the electorate of Saxony in 1423, when the ... ......
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3. Meissen
   city, Saxony Land (state), southeastern Germany. It lies on the Elbe River just northwest of Dresden. It grew out of the early Slavic settlement of ...
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4. Meissen
   Meissen (mīs'un) , city (1994 pop. 33,075), Saxony, E central Germany, on the Elbe River. A porcelain manufacturing center since 1710, Meissen is famous for its delicate figurines (often called “Dresden” china); the industry is supported by local deposits of kaolin and potter's...
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5. Meissen
   `Meissen` (in Misena, Misnia, Misnensium-->) is a town of approximately 30,000 about 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 ...
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