Emperor Otto I established the bishopric of Meissen in 968, and the Gothic cathedral replaced an older Romanesque church. The article lists groundbreaking in 1250 and completion in 1410, with the main build from 1260 to 1410. Margrave Frederick I had the Prince's Chapel erected in 1425 as his dynasty's burial place.
The cathedral is a hall church, 319 feet (97.3 meters) long. Carl Schäfer designed the Neo-Gothic twin spires, which were added between 1903 and 1909 and rise 266 feet (81 meters). Inside are a Flemish altarpiece, an altarpiece from the studio of Lucas Cranach, and Gothic sculptures of Otto and his wife Adelaide.
The diocese was dissolved in 1581 during the Reformation, and the church has been Protestant since. It is a Heritage Monument in Saxony.
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