Greifswald
Greifswald | |
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![]() Town Hall (red) and Cathedral | |
Coordinates: 54°5′N 13°23′E / 54.083°N 13.383°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
District | Vorpommern-Greifswald |
Subdivisions | 16 boroughs |
Government | |
• Lord mayor | Stefan Fassbinder (Greens) |
Area | |
• Total | 50.50 km2 (19.50 sq mi) |
Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 59,691 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 17489-17493 |
Dialling codes | 03834 |
Vehicle registration | HGW |
Website | www |
Greifswald (Low German: Griepswold) 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 kilometres (124.3 miles) 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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]- Caspar David Friedrich, Romanticist painter
- Hans Fallada, author
- Wolfgang Koeppen, author
- Josef Sommer, actor
- Toni Kroos, Professional footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
- ↑ "Population source". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Greifswald at Wikimedia Commons