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Greifswald

Western Europe

Greifswald is a city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with 56,092 residents as of the end of 2024. Founded in 1199 when Cistercian monks established Eldena Abbey and granted Lubeck town law in 1250, it became home in 1456 to the University of Greifswald, among the oldest universities in Europe and still enrolling about 12,500 students; the birthplace of the Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, who often painted the ruins of Eldena Abbey, the city is now a hub for the BioCon Valley biotechnology cluster and lies near the onshore terminus of the Nord Stream pipeline.

Facts
Population
56,154 1
Area (sq km)
50.5 1
Founding Year
1199 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
5 1
Latitude
54.083333 degrees north 1
Longitude
13.383333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
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Origin Of

Caspar David Friedrich

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Source Wikidata: Caspar David Friedrich

Site Of

Wendelstein 7-X

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Source Wendelstein 7-X (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
Quote, Lead paragraph
built in Greifswald, Germany

Found There

Friedrich Loeffler Institute

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Source Friedrich Loeffler Institute (Wikipedia)Lead section [headquarters]
Quote, Lead section [headquarters]
The FLI is situated on the Isle of Riems, which belongs to the city of Greifswald
Sources
1. Greifswald (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1199-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 56,154 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 54.083333, longitude 13.383333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 5 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 50.5 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 56154 (2025)
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2. GeoNames: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 2 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.25, 13.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.25, 13.25
54.25 13.25 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2917788
Quote, cities500 record 2917788
54.08905 13.40244 P PPLA3 DE 12 00 13075 13075039 52731 2 Europe/Berlin
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Wikidata: Greifswald
Wikidata Q4098, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Greifswald (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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