Meissen 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 home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche. The "Große Kreisstadt" is the capital of the Meissen district. Meissen is sometimes known as the "cradle of Saxony". The city grew out of the early Slavic settlement of "Misni" inhabited by the Glomacze tribe and was founded as a German town by King Henry the Fowler in 929.
Herwig of Meissen which had clearly been preceded by bitter conflict in the border areas. Herwig of Meissen Herwig of Meissen (also noted as Herwich, Hervicus, Herevig, Herevicus, Hertwig, Herdewig or Hebicus; died 27 June 1119) was Bishop of Meissen from 1106 to 1119. Based on his later attachment to the place, Herwig is believed to have originated from Wurzen in the . He founded the ("Kollegiatstift Wurzen"), dependent on the Hochstift Meissen, dedicated in 1114, which he endowed with the income from the burgward of Pouch, the tolls of Wurzen and various pieces of land. He was also buried there. At the