Großenhain (also written as Grossenhain) is a Große Kreisstadt (German for major district town) in the district of Meißen, Saxony, Germany.
Population: 16,573
Latitude: 51° 17' 22.24" N
Longitude: 13° 32' 0.60" E
Meissen porcelain or Meissen china is the first European hard-paste porcelain that was developed from 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger, continued his work and brought porcelain to the…
Dresden Airport (IATA: DRS, ICAO: EDDC), formerly known in German as Flughafen Dresden-Klotzsche, is the international airport of Dresden, the capital of the German Free State of Saxony. It is located in Klotzsche, a district of Dresden 9 km (5.6 mi…
Stalag IV-B was one of the largest prisoner-of-war camps in Germany during World War II. Stalag is an abbreviation of the German Stammlager ("Main Camp"). It was located 8 km (5.0 mi) north-east of the town of Mühlberg in the prussian Province of Sa…
Moritzburg Castle (German: Schloss Moritzburg) is a Baroque palace in Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northwest of the Saxon capital, Dresden. The castle has four round towers and lies on a symmetrical artific…
The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle that dominates the town centre of Meissen in the German state of Saxony.
EADS EFW (EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH, literally: Elbe aircraft works) is a subsidiary and business unit of EADS in Dresden.
Meissen (German: Meißen) is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
The Federal School of Saxony - Saint Afra (German: Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra) is a boarding school for highly gifted students in the German city of Meissen, Saxony. Founded in 1543 as Fürstliche Landesschule and re-established in 2001, …
The State Museum of Zoology (German: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde) in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage a…
Erdgas Arena is an arena in Riesa, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey. Erdgas Arena opened in 2004 and holds 5,500 people. It is also used for many world level dance competitions called the World Dance Championships run by the Internationa…
Ortrand is an Amt ("municipal federation") in the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz, in Brandenburg, Germany.
The Kleine Röder or Wilde Röder is a river, about 20 km long, in the east German state of Saxony.
Heidehöhe is a hill of Brandenburg, Germany.
Schradenland is an Amt ("municipal federation") in the district of Elbe-Elster, in Brandenburg, Germany.
The Ruhlander Schwarzwasser is a left-hand tributary of the Schwarze Elster in the east German states of Brandenburg and Saxony.
Plessa is an Amt ("municipal federation") in the district of Elbe-Elster, in Brandenburg, Germany.
Marienstern Abbey (Kloster Marienstern, formerly also known as Kloster Güldenstern) was a Cistercian nunnery in Mühlberg in Brandenburg, Germany. Since 2000 a small community of the Claretian missionary brothers have lived in the former abbey premis…
The Kmehlener Berge are a group of low hills in the south of the German state of Brandenburg within the county of Oberspreewald-Lausitz near the town of Ortrand and the village of Großkmehlen on the state border with Saxony. Their highest point, at …