Greifswald

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Greifswald
Town Hall (red) and Cathedral
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
District	Urban district
Town subdivisions	16 boroughs
Lord Mayor	Dr. Arthur König (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	50.50 km² (19.5 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m  (16 ft)
Population	53,434  (31/12/2006)[1]
- Density	1,058 /km² (2,740 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HGW
Postal codes	17489-17493
Area code	03834
Website	www.greifswald.de Coordinates: 54°5′0″N 13°23′0″E / 54.08333, 13.38333

Greifswald is officially known as Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, which means University and Hanseatic Town of Greifswald.(from German Greif, "griffin", and Wald, "forest") is a town in northeastern Germany.

The town is on the Baltic Sea, about 200 km (124.3 mi) to the north of Berlin in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population is roughly 55,000, including about 11,500 students and some 5,000 employees of the University of Greifswald.

Contents 1 City Council 2 Town twinning 3 Notable people from Greifswald 4 Other websites 5 References

[change] City Council

The city council is elected for five year terms. Since the last election on 13 June 2004, the 42 city council seats are allocated as follows:

• CDU (conservatives) - 16 seats
• Left Party (socialists) - 9 seats
• SPD (social democrats) - 8 seats
• Greens - 3 seats
• FDP (liberals) - 2 seats
• others - 4 seats

[change] Town twinning

•  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

[change] Notable people from Greifswald

• Caspar David Friedrich, Romanticist painter
• Hans Fallada, author
• Wolfgang Koeppen, author
• Josef Sommer , actor
• Toni Kroos, Professional footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich

[change] Other websites

• City of Greifswald (official website)
• university
• more pictures
• Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald
• theatre

[change] References

1. ↑ Population source

v • d • e Members of the Hanseatic League
Wendish and Pomeranian circle	Lübeck*† · Hamburg† · Kiel · Lüneburg · Rostock · Stade · Stettin · Stralsund · Wismar
Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg circle	Brunswick* · Berlin · Brandenburg an der Havel · Bremen† · Erfurt · Frankfurt an der Oder · Goslar · Halle · Magdeburg
Poland, Prussia, Livonia, Sweden circle	Danzig (Gdańsk) · Breslau (Wrocław)  · Dorpat (Tartu) · Fellin (Viljandi) · Elbing (Elbląg)  · Königsberg (Królewiec)  · Kraków  · Reval (Tallinn) · Riga · Stockholm · Toruń (Thorn)* · Visby
Rhine, Westphalia, Netherlands circle	Dortmund*† · Bochum · Breckerfeld · Cologne† · Deventer · Duisburg · Groningen · Haltern · Hamm · Hattem · Hasselt · Kampen · Münster · Oldenzaal · Osnabrück · Recklinghausen · Roermond · Soest† · Unna · Werl · Zutphen · Zwolle
Principal Kontore (counting houses)	Bryggen (in Bergen) · Hanzekantoor (in Brugge (Bruges)) · Steelyard (in London) · Peterhof (in Novgorod)
Subsidiary Kontore	Antwerp · Berwick · Boston · Damme · Edinburgh · Hull · Ipswich · King's Lynn · Kaunas · Newcastle · Polotsk · Pskov · Yarmouth · York