Editing Meissen (section)

==Porcelain==
[[File:Misnia2.jpg|thumb|150px|Porcelain bells at the Frauenkirche]]
Meissen is famous for the [[Meissen porcelain|manufacture of porcelain]], based on extensive local deposits of china clay ([[kaolin]]) and potter's clay (potter's earth). Meissen porcelain was the first high-quality porcelain to be produced outside of [[the Orient]].

The first European porcelain was manufactured in Meissen in 1710, when by decree of King [[Augustus II the Strong]] the Royal-Polish and Electoral-Saxon Porcelain Factory (''Königlich-Polnische und Kurfürstlich-Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.starcookers.com/magazin/orte-zum-geniessen/meissner-porzellan/ |title=Starcookers ǀ Meißner Porzellan - Foodmagazin |access-date=2015-12-10 |archive-date=2015-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208174707/http://www.starcookers.com/magazin/orte-zum-geniessen/meissner-porzellan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> was opened in the Albrechtsburg. In 1861, it was moved to the ''Triebisch'' river valley of Meissen, where the porcelain factory can still be found today. Along with porcelain, other ceramics are also manufactured in the town. In the old town streets, there have been set up numerous porcelain stores, often selling antique Meissen porcelain and sometimes offering repair of broken porcelain. In Meissen and the surrounding area, several former painters from the manufacturer have set up porcelain painting workshops and galleries with their own pieces of porcelain art.