Dobrilugk Monastery

Meissen Cathedral is, together with Albrechtsburg Castle, the highest point in the city. The present building was erected from 1250 on the site of a former cathedral dating from the end of the 10th century. Today's cathedral is built according to a Gothic church plan. The choir and cloister were finished in 1268. The stained glass windows of the choir were installed around 1270. The chapel of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was completed to the east in 1280, the octagonal chapel of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in 1291 and the majestic chapter house in 1297. It was not until 1410 that the nave was completed. The cathedral passed to the Protestant Reformation in 1581.

The Church of Our Lady was first mentioned in 1205, it was subordinate to the Augustinian canonical monastery of St. Frei. After the devastating city fires, a new building was erected between 1450 and 1520 as a church in late Gothic style. In 1547, the spire was destroyed by lightning. Subsequently, the tower received its octagonal top and in 1549 the gilded knob of the tower with weather vane.

The Church of St. Nicholas was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is famous for its two towers which owe their difference to the fact that the top of the north tower was poorly built. The canopy was completed in 1617 and still adorns the north tower today. Renovations took place in the years 1821 to 1824, 1877 and 1934 to 1936. Further renovations to the roof took place in 1974, the interior was renovated from 1986 to 1994.