Meissen
town in Meissen District, Saxony, Germany
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Summary
Meissen is a Greater district town[1]. Meissen ranks in the top 8% of greater district town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,677 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Mayors for Peace[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Meissen District[4]
- Country: Germany[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Elbe[6]
- Head of government: Olaf Raschke[7]
- Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[8], district capital[9]
- Shares border with: Käbschütztal[10], Klipphausen[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Vitry-sur-Seine[12], Arita[13], Provo[14], Litoměřice[15], Fellbach[16], Corfu[17], Legnica[18]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Meißen[19]
- Postal code: 01662[20], 01654–01662[21]
- Commons category: Meißen[22]
- Licence plate code: MEI[23]
- Local dialing code: 03521[24]
- Archives at: Meißen municipal archive[25]
- Coordinate location: 51.163611111111, 13.4775[26]
- Official website: https://www.stadt-meissen.de/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Meissen[28]
- Commons gallery: Meißen[29]
- Population: 28,964[30], 27,545[31], 28,061[32], 28,044[33], 28,080[34], 17,875[35], 29,011[36], 29,051[37], 28,753[38], 28,863[39]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[43], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[44], Topographia Superioris Saxoniae[45], The Encyclopedia Americana[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47], Dresdner Hefte[48], Slovník naučný[49]
- Capital of: Meissen District[50]
- Official name: Meißen[51]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Meissen[52]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Meißen[53]
- Native label: Meißen[54]
Why It Matters
Meissen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Meissen is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]