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Greifswald
Town Hall (red) and Cathedral
Town Hall (red) and Cathedral
Flag of Greifswald
Flag
 Coat of arms of Greifswald
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Vorpommern-Greifswald
Subdivisions 16 boroughs
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2006-12-31)
 • Total 53,434
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
17489-17493
Dialling codes 03834
Vehicle registration HGW
Website www.greifswald.de

Greifswald is officially known as Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, which means University and Hanseatic Town of Greifswald (from German Greif, "griffin", and Wald, "forest"). It is a town in northeastern Germany.

The town is on the Baltic Sea, about 200 km (124.3 mi) to the north of Berlin in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The population is roughly 55,000, including about 11,500 students and some 5,000 employees of the University of Greifswald.

Till September 4, 2011 Greifswald was a urban district.

City council

The city council is elected for five year terms. Since the last election in 2014, the 43 city council seats are allocated as follows:

  • CDU: 11
  • Linke: 8
  • SPD: 6
  • Greens: 5
  • BG: 3
  • KfV: 3
  • AfD: 2
  • FDP: 2
  • Pirates: 2
  • AL: 1

Town twinning

Notable people from Greifswald



Images for kids

  • Greifswald - Town Hall

    City hall and St. Nikolai cathedral at the central market square of Greifswald.

  • Greifswald Fangenturm

    Medieval Fangenturm (Prisoners' Tower), Greifswald

  • Klosterruine Eldena2

    Eldena Abbey was founded in 1199. Today only its ruins remain.

  • Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald 044

    The eastern side of the historic city centre (seen from the cathedral tower)

  • GreifswalderBodden

    Bay of Greifswald

  • Greifswald - Marktplatz 3

    Greifswald's lively market square (Marktplatz)

  • Caspar David Friedrich 043

    Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) depicted his hometown in several paintings; this is Wiesen bei Greifswald (Meadows near Greifswald), 1820.

  • Frau am Fischerbrunnen, Greifswald

    Woman at the 'fishers well', by Jo Jastram in the 20th century

  • Greifswald Dorfkirche-Wieck May-2009 SL272548

    The energy sector is important to the city's economy. Even the church in the Wieck district of Greifswald has solar panels on its roof.

  • Greifswald - Lange Str

    Shops on the High Street (or Main Street): Greifswald is a shopping destination for the entire region.

  • Rubenowplatz Greifswald

    University of Greifswald.

  • Greifswald Knopfstrasse 20 2012-05-28

    The city's public library.

  • Greifswalder Theaterhaus

    Theater Vorpommern (Theater of Hither Pomerania)

  • Pommersches Landesmuseum 02

    Pommersches Landesmuseum (Pomeranian State Museum)

  • Greifswald Turm-des-Doms-St.-Nikolai August-2009 Crop

    Tower of St.-Nikolai

  • Greifswaldjakobi

    St.-Jacobi-Kirche

  • Erinnerungstafel an die Synagoge in Stralsund (2009-04-28)

    Synagogue memorial plaque

  • Greifswald Wieck

    Greifswald is crossed by the Ryck river that flows into the Bay of Greifswald.

  • Gerhard von Kügelgen portrait of Friedrich

    Caspar David Friedrich (painted by Gerhard von Kügelgen, c. 1810–20)

  • Edmund Hoefer (1819-1882)

    Edmund Hoefer, 1865

  • Duehrkoop - Max Lenz

    Max Lenz, 1897

  • DE Gercke Doris 2007-10-05 by Steschke

    Doris Gercke, 2007

  • Luise Amtsberg

    Luise Amtsberg, 2013

See also

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