Meissen and the House of Wettin in 1089. In 1015 Meissen was besieged by the Poles led by future King Mieszko II. In 1241 the city was attacked in the Mongol raid on Meissen. The small Mongol force under Orda Khan defeated the city's defenders and much of the city was destroyed. The Mongols withdrew from Germany after the death of Ögedei Khan, sparing the region from further destruction. The city was at the forefront of the Ostsiedlung, or intensive German settlement of the rural Slavic lands east of the Elbe, and its reception of city rights dates to 1332. The
Meissen station majority of the investment of the €1.6 million came from the Federal Government’s economic stimulus program. For cost reasons, Deutsche Bahn concentrated on the rehabilitation of the original tile base of Meissen porcelain and the installation of a new lighting. A renovation of platforms was done in 2012-2014 as part of the upgrade of the S-Bahn line to Meissen, which is due to be completed in 2016. Most of 2013 the station was served by the S-Bahn from Dresden which did not continue to Meißen Triebischtal, though. Rail services towards Leipzig had been suspended in 2013 due to the simultaneous