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Greifswald (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 54 06 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.1000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 23 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.3833 decimal degrees |
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Note: The city of Greifswald lies near the mouth of the Ryck River at Greifswalder Bay on the Baltic Sea in northeastern Germany. It was documented as a market center for the Eldena monastery by 1209. It was settled by traders from the Netherlands in 1240, and joined the Hanseatic League in 1270. It was taken by Sweden in 1648, then by Prussia in 1815. Its historic structures include the 1350 town hall, several churches from the Gothic and Renaissance periods, and a university founded in 1456. The city is a communications hub, serving as both a port and a railway junction, and a trade center, handling wheat, coal, and wood. It has foodstuff, textile, and machinery manufactures. Its 2004 estimated population was 52,500. |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settlement first documented in 1209, founded in 1240 & chartered in 1250 |
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served as fortress for Catholic Hapsburgs during Thirty Years' War; was vacated in 1631 |
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