GREIFENHAGEN

greifenhagen, a town of germany, in the prussian province of pomerania, on the reglitz, 12 m. s.s.w. of stettin by rail. pop. (1905) 6473. its prosperity depends chiefly on agriculture and it has a considerable trade in cattle. there are also felt manufactures and saw mills. greifenhagen was built in 1230, and was raised to the rank of a town and fortified about 1250. in the thirty years' war it was taken both by the imperialists and the swedes, and in 1675 it was captured by the brandenburgers, into whose possession it came finally in 1679.