Greifswald

Greifswald is a town of 59,000 people in in . The town sits at the south end of the Bay of Greifswald, and the historic centre on the river Ryck that crosses the city.
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  • Type: Town with 56,400 residents
  • Description: town in Vorpommern-Greifswald District, Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, Germany
  • Also known as: “13075039” and “University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greifswald station and Greifswald City Library.

Railway station
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Greifswald is a railway station in the town of Greifswald, , . The station lies on the Angermünde–Stralsund railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn.

Library
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Church
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, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of seafarers and merchants, is a Brick Gothic church located in the western part of the centre of Greifswald.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neuenkirchen and Wackerow.

Village
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is a municipality in the district, in , .

Village
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is a municipality in the district, in , .

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Greifswald.

Greifswald

Latitude
54.0958° or 54° 5′ 45″ north
Longitude
13.3815° or 13° 22′ 54″ east
Population
56,400
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9F6M39WJ+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240101756
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6551180
Wiki­data ID
Q4098
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Greifswald” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Greifswald”
  • Arabic: “غرايفسفالت”
  • Arabic: “غرايفسفالد”
  • Aragonese: “Greifswald”
  • Armenian: “Գրայֆսվալդ”
  • Arpitan: “Greifswald”
  • Asturian: “Greifswald”
  • Basque: “Greifswald”
  • Bavarian: “Greifswald”
  • Belarusian: “Грайфсвальд”
  • Breton: “Greifswald”
  • Bulgarian: “Грайфсвалд”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat hanseàtica i universitària de Greifswald”
  • Catalan: “Greifswald”
  • Catalan: “Griepswold”
  • Cebuano: “Greifswald (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Chinese: “格賴夫斯瓦爾德”
  • Chinese: “格賴夫斯華特”
  • Chinese: “格赖夫斯瓦尔德”
  • Corsican: “Greifswald”
  • Croatian: “Greifswald”
  • Czech: “Greifswald”
  • Danish: “Greifswald”
  • Dutch: “Greifswald”
  • Erzya: “Грайфсвальд”
  • Esperanto: “Greifswald”
  • Estonian: “Greifswald”
  • Finnish: “Greifswald”
  • French: “Greifswald”
  • Friulian: “Greifswald”
  • Galician: “cidade universitaria e hanseática de Greifswald”
  • Galician: “Greifswald”
  • Georgian: “გრაიფსვალდი”
  • German: “Greifswald”
  • German: “Griepswold”
  • German: “Hansestadt Greifswald”
  • German: “Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald”
  • Greek: “Γκράιφσβαλντ”
  • Hebrew: “גרייפסוואלד”
  • Hindi: “ग्राइफ़्सवाल्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Greifswald”
  • Icelandic: “Greifswald”
  • Ido: “Greifswald”
  • Indonesian: “Greifswald”
  • Interlingua: “Greifswald”
  • Interlingue: “Greifswald”
  • Irish: “Greifswald”
  • Italian: “Greifswald”
  • Japanese: “グライフスヴァルト”
  • Kashubian: “Greifswald”
  • Kashubian: “Grifiô”
  • Kazakh: “Грайфсвальд”
  • Kirghiz: “Грайфсвальд”
  • Kongo: “Greifswald”
  • Korean: “그라이프스발트”
  • Kurdish: “Greifswald”
  • Ladin: “Greifswald”
  • Latin: “Gryphiswalda”
  • Latin: “Gryphiswaldia”
  • Latvian: “Greifsvalde”
  • Ligurian: “Greifswald”
  • Limburgan: “Greifswald”
  • Lithuanian: “Greifsvaldas”
  • Low German: “Greifswald”
  • Low German: “Griepswohld”
  • Low German: “Griepswold”
  • Luxembourgish: “Greifswald”
  • Macedonian: “Грајфсвалд”
  • Malagasy: “Greifswald”
  • Malay: “Greifswald”
  • Minangkabau: “Greifswald”
  • Narom: “Greifswald”
  • Neapolitan: “Greifswald”
  • Northern Frisian: “Greifswald”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Greifswald”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Greifswald”
  • Norwegian: “Greifswald”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Greifswald”
  • Persian: “گرایفسوالت”
  • Persian: “گرایفسوالد”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Greifswald”
  • Picard: “Greifswald”
  • Piemontese: “Greifswald”
  • Polish: “Greifswald”
  • Polish: “Gryfia”
  • Portuguese: “Greifswald”
  • Romanian: “Greifswald”
  • Romansh: “Greifswald”
  • Russian: “Грайфсвальд”
  • Sardinian: “Greifswald”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Greifswald”
  • Scots: “Greifswald”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Greifswald”
  • Serbian: “Greifswald”
  • Serbian: “Грајфсвалд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Greifswald”
  • Sicilian: “Greifswald”
  • Silesian: “Greifswald”
  • Slovak: “Greifswald”
  • Slovenian: “Greifswald”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قرایفسوالد”
  • Spanish: “Greifswald”
  • Swahili: “Greifswald”
  • Swedish: “Greifswald”
  • Swiss German: “Greifswald”
  • Tatar: “Грайфсвальд”
  • Thai: “ไกรฟส์วัลท์”
  • Tumbuka: “Greifswald”
  • Turkish: “Greifswald”
  • Turkish: “Griepswold”
  • Turkish: “Hansestadt Greifswald”
  • Turkish: “Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald”
  • Ukrainian: “Грайфсвальд”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґрайфсвальд”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Greifswald”
  • Urdu: “گرایفسوالت”
  • Venetian: “Greifswald”
  • Vietnamese: “Greifswald”
  • Vlaams: “Greifswald”
  • Volapük: “Greifswald”
  • Walloon: “Greifswald”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Greifswald”
  • Welsh: “Greifswald”
  • Western Panjabi: “گریفزوالڈ”
  • Wolof: “Greifswald”
  • Wu Chinese: “格赖夫斯瓦尔德”
  • Yue Chinese: “格賴夫斯華特”
  • Zulu: “Greifswald”
  • “Greifswald”

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