Meissen
Population 28,863 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 55 in Dec, dark by 15:58 · 16 h 33 in Jun
- January: 8 h 23 of daylight
- February: 10 h 01 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 49 of daylight
- May: 15 h 33 of daylight
- June: 16 h 33 of daylight
- July: 16 h 08 of daylight
- August: 14 h 37 of daylight
- September: 12 h 42 of daylight
- October: 10 h 46 of daylight
- November: 8 h 57 of daylight
- December: 7 h 55 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Albrechtsburg Castle · 890 m
- city museum meissen Museum · 530 m
- Prälatenhaus Museum · 820 m
- Burgberg Meißen Attraction · 870 m
- Kursächsische Postmeilensäule Attraction · 570 m
- Dommuseum Meißen Museum · 830 m
- Tuchmachertor Attraction · 640 m
- Gedenkstätte für die Opfer des Faschismus Memorial · 700 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Meißen Altstadt 350 m
- Taxistand Meißen 490 m
- Meißen 820 m
- Busbahnhof Meißen 600 m
- SK-Taxi-Service 870 m
- Meißen Triebischtal 1.4 km
More train stations: Neusörnewitz 5.4 km, Weinböhla Hp 5.8 km
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