Greifswald facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Greifswald
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Town Hall (red) and Cathedral
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Country | Germany | ||
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ||
District | Vorpommern-Greifswald | ||
Subdivisions | 16 boroughs | ||
Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) | ||
Population
(2006-12-31)
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• Total | 53,434 | ||
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | ||
Postal codes |
17489-17493
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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:
Town twinning
- Finland, Kotka, since 1959
- Poland, Goleniów, since 1986, twin town since 2006
- Germany, Osnabrück, since 1988
- Sweden, Lund, since 1990
- Norway, Hamar, since 1997
- USA, Newport News, Virginia, since 2007
- Poland, Szczecin, city friendship since 1996
- France, Angers, contacts since 1994
- USA, College Station, contacts since 1995
Notable people from Greifswald
- Caspar David Friedrich, Romanticist painter
- Hans Fallada, author
- Wolfgang Koeppen, author
- Josef Sommer, actor
- Toni Kroos, Professional footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich
Images for kids
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Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) depicted his hometown in several paintings; this is Wiesen bei Greifswald (Meadows near Greifswald), 1820.
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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.
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Caspar David Friedrich (painted by Gerhard von Kügelgen, c. 1810–20)
See also
In Spanish: Greifswald para niños