University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald

The Greifswald information is located in the town hall arcades on the market. A wide range of souvenirs as well as information on sights, events and excursion tips have a wide range of souvenirs for visitors and residents of the city. On site, the friendly team offers support in booking accommodation, event tickets and city tours and is available for questions about an eventful stay in Greifswald and the surrounding area. In addition, the Greifswald information is the starting point for various public city tours through the historic old town and the largest museum port in Germany. 

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April to October
Mon-Fri 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Sa 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sun 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (July & August)

November to March
Mon-Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat/Sun closed

With the booking of one of our attractive and interesting package arrangements, you can design your stay in Greifswald in advance. In thematic tours they are inaugurated in the secrets of the Hanseatic city and the Vorpommern region. For groups, we offer tailor -made offers with accommodations, guided tours, supporting program and transfer services. Go with us on a journey of discovery on a walk on the picture path, or with the night watchman - at sea or with the land overlay.

As your independent travel specialist, we advise you extensively on boat tours on the Mecklenburg Lake District, the Peene or along the Baltic Sea coast. Houseboats, motor yachts and floating holiday homes on numerous charter bases throughout MV. If you prefer to discover the Baltic Sea coast under white sails, you can go on board a sailor. We offer daily trips, romantic evening trips and trips lasting several days to destinations throughout the Baltic Sea.

The administrative directorate, the spectacle, the ballet and the Philharmonic orchestra are located here. The theater building was opened on October 10, 1915. The city hall as early as December 10, 1914. After extensive renovation and restoration work, the city hall was reopened on December 18, 2009. Since then, the theater and the city hall with the Kaisersaal and the Rubenowsaal have once again formed a uniform building complex.

The year 2025 in the Pomeranian State Museum

The permanent exhibition is open all year round - 14,000 years of Pommer's history await you! In addition, there is an extensive event program with lectures, tours, art breaks and much more - including the anniversary "775 years of Greifswald".

Special exhibitions
 

Again
in the spring of 2025 we open our convent building again and present moments from the art collection. Look forward to old acquaintances such as Frans Hals and Vincent van Gogh, meet artists in a new compilation and, in addition to familiar works, also discover those who have been waiting for their appearance.

New, white ceramics from Szczeccin/Szczecin
24.08.08.2025
The aim of the cabinet exhibition is to reinterpret the craftsmanship known as the "Stettiner" in the light of contemporary artistic and cultural contexts. The works shown were created in the context of ceramic workshops, in which the participants faced the task of leading a creative dialogue with the historical heritage.

Viking gold. Treasury policy since 1800
hiking exhibition with digital presentation
October 2025 to January 2026,
treasures from the Viking Age (approx. 800–1100) are found again and again in the Baltic Sea area. It was the same earlier. With the finding of these treasures, multi -layered processes of recovery begin: Who can keep the "Viking gold"? Where is it shown? Who identifies themselves? Who differentiates themselves? And how do these processes change over time? The exhibition "Treasury Policy" shows that appropriations of cultural heritage and delimitation are politically charged.

On the way to the Galerie der Romantik
After the great anniversary 2024, Caspar David Friedrich remains: The new gallery of romance focuses on the most famous Pomerania. The topping -out ceremony was celebrated in July 2024, and so it is only a matter of time before the opening is due! There you will be received a chapel that is multimedia on Friedrich's poetic image world. You can experience how his pictures took shape, you can delve into the originals and learn what kind of person's soap-son from Swedish-Pomerania. Or did you already know that Caspar David Friedrich Kanarienvögel breeded and was famous and notorious for his huge full beard?

Pomerania - Land by the sea
take your time to discover the eventful history of the region on both sides of the Oder! Of the first hunters and collectors to the 20th century, 14,000 years of history awaits you - with impressive exhibits, elaborate media stations and installations. Discovered exciting people from the prehistory and the Middle Ages, from Stone Age Greater Stone Graves, Slavic trade nets and the heyday of the Hanseatic League. Find out why Martin Luther, a Saxon princess and a Pomeranian Duke gather on the unique croy carpet, why the Swedes completely measured their province of Pomerania and how fishing villages became sophisticated Baltic Sea resorts. The 20th century with its breaks and continuities illuminated objects and contemporary witness reports - from the world wars to flight and displacement, "Ostmecklenburg" in the GDR, "West Pomerania" in Poland to the "Pomerania Renaissance" after German reunification.

A glass road connects the buildings of the museum complex.

If you have seen a lot, you have to take a break. The Franziskaner monastery, the museum shop and the museum catering "Naturally Büttners"-Restaurant & Manufaktur cordially invite you.

See you soon in the Pomeranian State Museum

You can visit the father's old soap settlement, the family cabinet with the family tree, the Rügen and the Eldena room with famous motifs from Friedrich's work and the Caspar-David-Friedrich gallery. The tour provides comprehensive information on Friedrich's origin, career and creative as well as the history of the Friedrich family and their residential and commercial building, which is also the subject of a long-term research project of the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Gesellschaft. Changing exhibitions of current art in the Caspar-David Friedrich Gallery testify to the ongoing fascination and effect that is based on Friedrich's work and historical romance.

Due to its location in the middle of the old town of Greifswald, the center is a particularly attractive goal for everyone who wants to walk in his traces in the artist's hometown. In the immediate vicinity is the St. Nikolai cathedral, where Caspar David Friedrich was baptized, and on foot it is only a few minutes to the Pomeranian State Museum with its original Friedrich paintings.

An experience for all the senses
Our home animal park in Greifswald is worth a visit in every season. Lovingly and near -natural animal systems always provide new
interesting insights into the fascinating world of various animal species. Whether meerkats, liszstaffes, nasal and raccoons,
cockroaches, dingos or swamp beaver, there is always something to admire somewhere. The encounters in the walk -in plants for white storks, dwarf goats and kangaroos are particularly intensive, or experience the
impressive water pigs up close when feeding. Discover the capuchin monkeys on your island and the variety of our bird species. A special experience is our chick house next to the bee house, where the chicks
can be observed while slipping.
Relax in the scenic park with a view of the Schwanenteich. On their tour, numerous “game elements to develop the senses” such as water strudel and bird voice simulator as well as our large water and adventure playground invite you to
explore. Everywhere in the park you will find cozy seats and protection in bad weather and visit the zoo school and the natural health house.
Enjoy a small snack in a cozy atmosphere in the zoo café!
We offer by appointment: zoo school, project and hiking days, tours, children's birthdays and barbecues in the park and celebrate birthdays, family celebrations and club celebrations in the zoo café.

We each offer three rooms in three different houses: a stone house, a wood 100 house and a log house made of Canadian cedar. The double rooms in the cedar house have each integrated a mini kitchen and a bathroom. The guests in the other houses use bathrooms and kitchens together. There are no limits to grill fans in summer. An oven will soon be created next to the pavilion. I already smell the fragrance of crispy bread, delicious cakes and pizza. If you book breakfast, I would be happy to try to fulfill your wishes, as well as our chickens. There are some ways to buy good foods here, for example in the farm shop from the Dexterhof Tammert near us. On our homepage you can also see the breakfast and social room, in which events take place regularly, e.g. lectures on various topics and Ayurvedic cooking.

The Stettiner Hof is a small, owner -managed house with character.
Since 1992 we would like to give you the feeling of being welcome.
We would also like to give your celebration or event a good address and will be happy to organize it for you.
Travelers for one night are just as welcome here as business people, families and all other guests.
Many free services and a parking space are available during your stay.
The rooms and suites of different sizes are located on the ground floor and on two floors and can be reached via a staircase.
A stinging or bringing your pet is possible for a small additional rate. In the barrier -free restaurant and winter garden with variable seats, we spoil you with changing specialties.
There is also a spacious summer garden with chain carousel and a historic field railway that can be used by young and old.

The socio-cultural center is located in the middle of the city center of Greifswald in a listed ensemble, the oldest components of which come from the 13th century. An idyllic courtyard with historical half-timbered buildings houses artistic workshops and is the scene of open-air concerts in the summer. The event hall has an eventful history - Greifswald's oldest church building, metal foundry, bakery - today there are concerts from classical music, blues to rock, as well as children's theater, performances, as well as lectures, readings and seminars. A gallery on the upper floor shows changing exhibitions of local and national artists. In courses and workshops, artistic techniques are conveyed - such as screen printing, gravure, silver smiths, stamp and linen cut, book bandages and much more. Two choirs regularly rehearse in the house, there is one with singing meeting, children's chess, as well as meetings of senior groups. During the holidays, hands-on offers for children and puppet theater take place. Another focus is the intercultural encounter with the 14-day "intercultural café". The main task of the city's socio-cultural center is to enable as many people of all ages as possible to participate in culture. To actively contribute and shape it should be promoted. Highlights in the cultural calendar of the region such as the "Literature Spring", the "Nordic sound", the city festival "A day with Caspar-David-Friedrich", the "Fantakeler Figure Theater Festival", the "Intercultural Week", the "Dance Tendencies" and the " Polenmarkt "are guests in St.Piritus.

The brick church consists of a three -aisled hall and the somewhat narrower square west tower. The originally higher tower had a half -timbered attachment until a fire in 1955, which was not restored when the tower roof was reconstructed.

The start of construction for the St. Marien Church, which is also called the "thick Marie" by the Greifswaldern, is probably in the middle of the 13th century. Together with the other two city churches St. Nikolai and St. Jacobi, the first mentioned in 1280. The church was built as a hall church and is now one of the most impressive testimonies of North German brick gothic. Worth seeing inside the church are the medieval court hall, the large cargo tread in the tower, the memory chapel, the altarpiece - a replica of Correggios "Holy Night" and the richly decorated pulpit (16) . Century).
 

The museum complements the history of virology and Friedrich Loefflers, which is shown in the Loefferhaus on the island. In addition, it also deals across the past centuries with the development of epidemics (research) (beyond the mouth and claw disease). It depicts the history of research on the island, but also the life and work of the people on the Riems and in Riemserort from 1910 to the present day.

The exhibition is open every last Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The tours start every hour. Visits on any other day of the week are also possible after prior registration at museum-uns-riems@web.de !

The Arboretum created from 1934 is part of the botanical garden of the University of Greifswald. The facility is divided from a geographical point of view. There is a sea pond in the central part of the arboretum. The Arboretum is open from April to October from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

With his paintings and drawings, Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) made the ruin of the medieval Cistercian monastery Eldena widely known. The remains of the once important monastery are embedded in a park with an old tree population, including 180-year-old oaks, which shape Friedrich's ideas and shape the romantic atmosphere of the facility. The main accent of the ruin is the imposing west facade of the former monastery church with the high pointed -arched window opening.

The Hilda (Eldena) monastery was founded in 1199 after Cistercian monks had to give up their monastery in Dargun in a row. The new monastery was built east of the later town of Greifswald, at the mouth of the Ryck river into the Danish Wiek. In 1248, the “Oppidum Gripheswald” was first mentioned in a document under the possessions of the monastery and in 1250 the city rights were awarded to today's Greifswald. The monastery ruin is located in the Eldena district, in the immediate vicinity of the Fischerdorf Wieck and the Greifswald Bodden.
In the Middle Ages, Eldena was the most important monastery in the region, the economic and spiritual center of the area and reached its heyday around 1400. It was structured from the early 13th century to the beginning of the 15th century. The monastery existed until the Reformation movement in the region in 1533 and subsequently refused.
In 1634, the University of Greifswald from the last Pomeranian Duke Bogislaw XIV received the office of Eldena and thus the monastery grounds and associated lands. After looting in the Thirty Years' War by Imperial and Swedish troops, the remains of the medieval monastery complex fell more and more. Since the second half of the 17th century, they have even been used as a quarry for fortress and Greifswald university buildings.
The rescue of the facility is largely thanks to the intervention of the romantic ideas of Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (1795–1861, later King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.). In 1827 he found the ruin in a neglected state. As a result, from 1828-1832 the first clean-up and renovation work and a park to open up the site took place. Instead of the lack of long house pillars of the nave, oaks were set. The merger of the eternal recurring nature with the venerable structural testimonies of an irretrievable past time carries a profound symbolism, which also captivates today's visitors at all years and times of the year.
Caspar David Friedrich, born in Greifswald in 1774, made the monastery ruin Eldena world famous. He is now the most important painter and draftsman of German early romance and used sketches of the monastery ruins in his paintings "Winter", "Monastery ruins in the Giant Mountains" and "Abbey in the Eichwald". Some of his works are exhibited in the Pomeranian State Museum. In the Caspar David Friedrich Center in the Greifswald city center you can experience the life and work of the painter impressively.
The expansion of the Office of the Office and the establishment of an agricultural academy in 1835, which existed until 1876, must be emphasized from the retrofitting history of the facility. The still existing monastery buildings were also used for agriculture.
The monastery ruin has been owned by the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald since 1937. Nowadays the monastery ruin and the surrounding park is a popular local recreation area, landmark of the city and backdrop for film recordings and various events. In summer, theater performances, the Eldena monastery market (since 2014), the Jazz Festival Eldenaer Jazz Evenings (since 1981) and other concerts and events take place. The monastery ruin is a station on the Caspar David Friedrich Bildweg and the European Route of Brick Gothic.
Parking & journey: https://www.greifswald.de/de/freizeit-kultur/veranstaltungen/klostermarkt/anfahrt-klosterruine-eldena/

Route of the North German Romance: Klosterruine Eldena-Friedrich's favorite motif
Caspar David Friedrich was on September 5th Born in Greifswald in 1774 and is considered the most important painter and draftsman of the German early romanticism. In his paintings "Winter" and "Abbey in the Eichwald", he used sketches of the Eldena monastery ruin as templates and made them world -famous. During his home visits, Caspar David Friedrich always rediscovered the architecture of the monastery ruins. He drew them from all perspectives. The high west facade was of particular interest to him, it forms the center of many of his works. Through his pictures, the ruin came into the focus of the public. Here is the start or destination of the theme wheel route "Route of North German Romantic".

As part of the old urban harbor, the museum port extends from the Steinbeck bridge to the old grain storage and shapes the Maritime flair of the Hanseatic city. The oldest ship, which visitors can admire in the museum port, is the "Pommerland" zeesboot from 1880. At www.museumshafen-greifswald.de, all ships are listed here. 15 of them offer excursions and fellow sailing trips. Sailing can also be made at the annual Gaffelrigg.

By the way: On request, the Museumshafen Greifswald association also organizes group tours through the museum port and the museum yard, in which old ships are restored.

The marina is located in the heart of Greifswald on the Ryck River. Due to the central location, theater, museum, cinema, as well as restaurants, doctors and shopping shops from the berth can be reached within a few minutes.

In the marina there are bridges with 230 berths and sanitary facilities. The water depth is 2.5 - 3.5m. Access is carried out by the barrier with transponders or berth cards. A visitor parking lot is also available. A shipyard connected directly to the marina and the service operations on the site of the Yachtzentrum offer various services for yachts.

The slim baroque onion hood with two lanterns replaced the Gothic tower helmet in 1652. In 1456 the University of Greifswald was opened in St. Nikolai. Today it is the venue for the Greifswald Bachwoche.

Evangelical Cathedral, first mentioned in 1280, nine and a half of the Joch long basilica made of brick with three -sided closed choir, chapel cultivation and sacristy on the north side, 1st half of the 15th century, including the previous building of a five -aisy, three -aisle brick hall church, around 1400 expansion by a four and half -year -old choir and surrounded chapel wreath.

The painter Caspar David Friedrich made the church of his hometown world famous. The parish church became the cathedral only with the laying of the Bishopric's Seat of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church from Stettin to Greifswald in 1947. The tower with the onion hood and the four corner towers is particularly striking. The Greifswald Bach weeks take place annually in the light -flooded basilica.

The Greifswald climbing forest is an attractive destination for the whole family. Climbing is particularly important for children of pre- and primary school age. So that everyone can try out their heart's content, there is no age restriction. Climbing begins at a height of 0.5 meters. All elements for two people are designed for mutual help. The umlaustic "Safety-Line" safety system prevents unintentionally disposal reliably. Throughout the climbing training, you have a committed team with compassion, advice and action. Free parking facilities can be found directly at the north entrance of the Greifswald Volksstadions on Wolgaster Straße.

The steel two-master with the characteristic frame sailing was built in 1951 at the Warnow shipyard in Warnemünde and put into service under the name "Wilhelm Pieck". Until 1990 it was the flagship of the GST Marine school in Greifswald-Wieck and carried out training trips for young seafarers. 

After the political turn, the ship was completely overtaken and rebuilt. Since then, the owner and operator has been the Seesportzentzentrum Greif, an in-house operation of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald.
Under the name "Greif", it sails as a civilian sailing school ship with volunteers and paying fellow sailors and from April to October heads the most beautiful ports in the North and Baltic Sea: Ystad, Copenhagen, Klaipeda, Danzig and other places are on the törnplan every year.

A sail area of ​​570 m² sailing surface, spread over 15 sails, allows a speed of up to 14 knots. The ship is equipped according to the latest safety regulations and has the driving license as a sailing school ship. It is sailed together by a professional regular crew and volunteer team members from the "Rahsegler Greif eV" association.
If you are looking for a special experience, you are right on the "Greif". Incidentally Step by step into the traditional seamanship.

Welcome on board!

A Wiecker church was first mentioned in the 13th century. However, it was not on today's church square, but in the center of the village. After further church construction was also unusable by storm flood damage, the new building, which has been postponed several times, was realized at the end of the 19th century. The Neo -Romanesque church was completed in 1883. Worth seeing inside the church are the Mehmel organ, the pulpit and the ship models, which reminds of the seafaring tradition, which shaped the town of Wieck for centuries.

The listed fishing village of Wieck is located directly on the Greifswald Bodden. The landmark of the village is the Wiecker folding bridge built according to the Dutch model. Fishing in particular is still omnipresent here. Whether fish rolls, typical regional fish dishes or more unusual creations - the lover opens up a wide range of culinary delights. Along the Ryck river, which flows into the Bodden here, numerous fishing boats, yachts and sailing ships are lined up, which underline the Maritime flair of the place. The beautiful promenade where you can find wood sculptures from international and local artists and the direct beach location also invite you to take extensive walks. As a district of the Hanseatic city of Greifswald, there are also numerous entertainment and excursion destinations away from the fishing village.

Fischerfest Gaffeligg

Traditionally, the fishing festival "Gaffellrigg" takes place in the Hanseatic city of Greifswald on the 3rd weekend in July. It is the largest Maritime Volksfest Vorpommerns and offers its guests in addition to numerous entertainment options, as well as the eponymous Gaffellrigg with traditional and museum ships as well as a colorful supporting program.

With us you will learn sailing, surfing and driving sports boats in one of the most beautiful surfing and sailing areas in Germany. You can find our well -equipped school in Greifswald/ Wieck, a tranquil fishing village, directly at the mouth of the Ryck on the Greifswald Bodden.
The school itself is housed in the former lido. Due to this unique, peninsula -like location, we have the enormous advantage that our yachts, motor boats and sailing dinghies are attached to your own bridge system, as well as at mooring bonnen.
We have our own beach access to the Danish Wieck for our surfers, opti sailors, and beach catamaran. This is a so -called Stehr area, so particularly pleasant and comfortable for everyone who starts from here.
The entire Danish Wieck, as well as the waters of the Greifswalder Bodden, are very safe due to their geographical location, because all -round protected. The wind safety is enormous and the water heats up faster than anywhere else due to the low depth.
From April to October we also offer guided kajact tours, and you can also borrow our boats or windsurfing equipment.
Stand up paddleing boards have recently been in rental.
Large groups are also more than welcome, there is even a special price list for them.

So ... "off to the water"!

The Eldenaer Mühle was built in the first half of the 18th century. The company was discontinued in the 1930s. The Bockwindmühle fell into account in the following decades and finally collapsed in 1972. Thanks to the efforts of the Eldenaer Mühle EV support association, the inauguration of a mill replica was celebrated in 2002. Visits can be agreed by phone.

Every year Pentecost Monday is the German mill day. On this day, the historical mills open their doors.