Model of the castle

Albrechtsburg and Cathedral

The Albrechtsburg is the castle that dominates the city centre of Meissen, Germany. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. Meissen (in German orthography: Meißen; Sorbian: Mišno; Misena Misnia Misnensium is a Town of approximately 30000 near Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This castle, the masterpiece of Arnold of Westphalia, was constructed in the 15th Century as a residence, not as a military fortress, the first German castle built for that purpose. The castle, while designed mostly in the late Gothic style, has elements from the Renaissance. Meissen porcelain, the first fine European china, was made in the castle from the 1700s to the mid-1800s. Meissen porcelain is the first European Hard-paste porcelain that was developed from 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus.