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Meissen Market Square – Meissen Old Town loop from Meißen
01:39
6.25km
60m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 15, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.23 km
Meissen Market Square
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2.02 km
Church of Our Lady, Meissen
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2.16 km
Meissen Old Town
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The ruins of the Cistercian monastery complex “Heilig Kreuz”, which Friedrich liked to draw, were taken over by the Meißner Hahnemann Center in 2012. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was the founder of homeopathy. The Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden houses other works by Friedrich related to Meißen, including “View from the Chapter Hall” and “Gothic Church Tower in Meißen”.
Caspar David Friedrich is also part of the program of the Meißen Literature Festival in June 2024. All information about the festival: literaturfest-meissen.de
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2.80 km
Meissen Cathedral
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The cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and St. Donatus on the castle hill in Meißen was the formative center of the diocese and the March of Meißen or the later Electorate of Saxony from its elevation to a cathedral church under Emperor Otto in 968 until the Reformation. Choir and The transept of the Gothic cathedral, built together from 1240 to around 1270, represents the most modern architectural styles of the time. After a change of plan around 1270, the nave was built in the form of a hall. The Meissen Cathedral with its nave and the lowest floors of the west towers was completed around 1400. The final consecration of the cathedral was in 1401. At this time, the southern of the two choir flank towers had already been completed. In 1420 a west choir was added as a burial place for the Wettins and a place of dynastic commemoration.
The third floor of the west tower followed in the 1470s; The expansion of the west towers from 1904 to 1908 was based on plans by the Karlsruhe architect Carl Schäfer. In association with the three other Saxon cathedrals in Freiberg, Bautzen and Wurzen, the Meißner Cathedral is the central building on which over a millennium of our state and church history can be traced.
Text / Source: DOMBAUMEISTER E.V.
dombaumeisterev.de/?dom=dom-zu-meissen
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2.92 km
Middle Castle Gate (Gatehouse of Meissen)
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2.97 km
Historic circular walk around Meissen Cathedral and Castle
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3.00 km
View of the Steps to the Cathedral
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3.25 km
Meissen Town Hall
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A touching story became known in 2008 when a 200-year-old love letter was found during the restoration of the interior, which testifies to an unhappy love. The letter is shown today in the exhibition of the city museum.
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6.25 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
2.57 km
2.01 km
896 m
713 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
5.03 km
985 m
223 m
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