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.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude54.083333 degrees north 1 In the Other Atlases
Origin Of
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Source Wikidata: Caspar David Friedrich
Found There
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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
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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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Wikidata Q4098, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Greifswald (Wikipedia)
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