1965-1990 AD., Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR), Meissen Cathedral commemorative medal, produced by Meissen porcellain factory.

Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR), Meissen Cathedral commemorative medal, produced by Meissen porcellain factory, ca. 1965-1990 AD.,
Medal (ø 62 mm / 37,29 g), brown porcelain (Böttger-Steinzeug), axis medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: DOM ZU - MEISSEN , front view of the Meissen Cathedral.
Rev.: VEB / STAATLICHE / PORZELLANMANUFAKTUR / MEISSEN / DDR , five lines text, crossed swords (Meissen porcellain factory emblem) above.
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The Meissen Cathedral or Church of St John and St Donatus (German: Meißner Dom) is a Gothic church in Meissen in Saxony. It is situated on the castle hill of Meissen, adjacent to the Albrechtsburg castle. It was the episcopal see of the Bishopric of Meissen established by Emperor Otto I in 968. It replaced an older Romanesque church. The present-day hall church was built between 1260 and 1410, the interior features Gothic sculptures of founder Emperor Otto and his wife Adelaide of Italy as well as paintings from the studio of Lucas Cranach the Elder. The first Saxon elector from the House of Wettin, Margrave Frederick I, had the Prince's Chapel erected in 1425 as the burial place of his dynasty. The twin steeples were not attached until 1909.

In 1581 the Meissen diocese was dissolved in the course of the Protestant Reformation, and the church was used by the Protestant Church since. It is the cathedral church of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony.

Meissen porcelain or Meissen china is the first European hard-paste porcelain. It was developed starting in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work and brought porcelain to the market. The production of porcelain at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establish one of the most famous porcelain manufacturers, still in business today as Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH. Its signature logo, the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the mark of the crossed swords is one of the oldest trademarks in existence. It dominated the style of European porcelain until 1756.

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