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The city was at the forefront of the Ostsiedlung, or intensivating German settlement of the rural Slavic lands east of the Elbe, and its reception of city rights dates to 1332.The construction of the Meissen Cathedral was started in 1260 on the same hill as the Albrechtsburg castle.

In 1861, it was moved to the Triebisch river valley of Meissen, where the porcelain factory can still be found today.

It was redecorated in the 19th century with a range of murals depicting Saxon history.

Near the castle is Meissen Cathedral (MeiàŸner Dom), built in the 13th century in the Gothic style.

Meissen (in German orthography: MeiàŸen; ; ) 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.

The hill on which the castle and the cathedral are built offers a view over the roofs of the old town.Meissen's historical district is located mostly around the market at the foot of the castle's hill.

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