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MEISSEN

Volume 13 · 51 words · 1810 Edition

a considerable town of Germany, in the electorate of Saxony, and in the margravate of Misnia, with a castle. It formerly belonged to the bishop, but is now secularized, and the inhabitants are Lutherans. In this place is a famous manufactory of porcelain.

E. Long. 13° 33'. N. Lat. 51° 15'.