the occasion of the town's 1000-years-jubilee. Another popular tourist sight is the world-famous Meissen porcelain factory. From spring to autumn, several festivals take place in Meissen, such as the pottery market or the Weinfest, which celebrates the wine harvest. Meissen wine is produced at the vineyards in the river valley (Elbtal) around the town, part of the Saxonian wine region, one of the northernmost in Europe. Educational institutions Meissen is the home of the Saxon public elite college Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen. Also the Saxon Civil Servants Academy and the Academy of the Evangelical Church of Saxony are located in the town. Notable people Saint Benno (c. 1010–1106), Bishop of Meissen Adam of Bremen (before 1050 – 1081/1085), medieval chronicler Heinrich Frauenlob (1250/60–1318), poet Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse (1420–1462) Heinrich von Sachsen (1422–1435), Margrave of Meissen and Duke of Saxony Johann Klaj (1616–1656), poet Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), critic and poet Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721–1793), poet and clergyman Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), physician and founder of Homoeopathy Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895), suffragist and women's rights movement activist Karl G. Maeser (1828–1901), Mormon academic Erich Naumann (1905–1951), Nazi SS-Brigadeführer and Einsatzgruppe commander, executed for war crimes Hans Philipp (1917–1943), combat pilot Peter Schreier (1935–2019), opera singer and conductor Ralf Schumann (born 1962), shooter, Olympic winner Jörg Urban (born 1964), politician (AfD) Stephan Matthias Lademann, classical pianist Worked in the town Kaspar Eberhard (1523–1575), superintendent of Meissen 1564–1574 Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719), co-inventor of the European porcelain Johann Gregor Herold (1696–1775), porcelain painter and superintendent of the factory Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775), porcelain modeller Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), writer, pupil of the Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Willy Ascherl (1902–1929), footballer Erich Schmidt (1910–2005), church musician, in 1950–1980 Domkantor in Meissen Hans-Ulrich Thomale (born 1944), football player and manager Matthias Müller (born 1954), football player and manager Twin towns – sister cities Meissen is twinned with: Vitry-sur-Seine, France (1973) Arita, Japan (1979) Fellbach, Germany (1987) Litoměřice, Czech Republic (1996) Corfu, Greece (1996) Provo, United States (2001) Legnica, Poland (2017) See also List of margraves of Meissen Proschwitz Rulers of Saxony Saxon Switzerland Meissen groschen Citations Bibliography External links Official website GCatholic.org Further information on Tourism Towns in Saxony Wine regions of Germany Meissen (district) Populated riverside places in Germany Populated places on the Elbe