Meissen Another popular tourist sight is the world-famous Meissen porcelain factory. From spring to autumn, several festivals take place in Meissen, such as the pottery market or the "Weinfest", which celebrates the wine harvest. Meissen wine is produced at the vineyards in the river valley ("Elbtal") around the town, part of the Saxonian wine region, one of the northernmost in Europe. Meissen is twinned with: Meissen Meissen (in German orthography: "Meißen", ) 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
Meissen porcelain director, that Meissen went back to focus on its old traditions and was also allowed a freer artistic expression. Figurines had been produced under Böttger, when a small white figure of Augustus II the Strong was produced. Johann Joachim Kändler made many of the most famous figures, which initially were made for decorating the tables at grand meals, replacing sugar sculptures. Painted figures were introduced under him. The figures were mostly courtiers, shepherds and shepherdesses (Dresden shepherdess is a proverbial term), animals, allegorical figures such the Seasons, Virtues, or continents, and Chinese and Turkish figures. Kändler also produced a modello