Greifswald

Greifswald

Greifswald , city (1994 pop. 63,940), Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, N Germany, near the Baltic Sea. It is a port and rail junction and commercial center. Manufactures include machinery, textiles, and foodstuffs. The city was home to an atomic power station until 1990, when it was found unable to meet safety standards. At one time it delivered 10% of the former East Germany's total energy. Greifswald was chartered in 1250, and in 1648 it became part of Swedish Pomerania. In 1815 it passed to Prussia. Noteworthy buildings include the 14th-century town hall and several churches of the 13th and 14th cent. The city has a noted university (founded 1456).

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Greifswald

Greifswald, Mecklenburg‐West Pomerania/Germany Gripheswalde Although possibly from a personal name, the popular derivation is probably correct: ‘Griffin Wood’ from Greif ‘griffin’ and Wald ‘wood’ as the griffin is part of the coat‐of‐arms of the Dukes of Pomerania. The city passed to Sweden in 1648 at the Peace of Westphalia and then to Prussia in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna.

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