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
Porcelain money were done in red Böttgerstoneware, but also in white porcelain. Some of them are partly gilt. They were issued for the province Saxony, Meissen, and a number of other cities such as Eisenach, Thuringia; Freiberg, Saxony; Münsterberg, Silesia; Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt; and other cities. Building on the popularity of these tokens, Meissen continued to strike Medals in porcelain and stoneware. Also known as "Thai porcelain tokens" or "pee" (Chinese: 暹罗陶瓷代币 "Xuanluo taoci daibi"). Originally tokens for gambling, these small porcelain tokens became popular as petty coinage. They come in all variety of forms: round, square, and rectangular. Some have inscriptions in