F ried rich - Sch ne ider - St ra ße ▁ 4 ▁there ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁examples ▁of ▁Art ▁Dec o ▁architecture ▁( built ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ). ▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁Gre iz ▁did ▁not ▁suffer ▁much ▁damage , ▁although ▁ 3 ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 ▁brid ges ▁in ▁town ▁were ▁destroyed . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁Ul f ▁Mer bold ▁was ▁born ▁there , ▁who ▁became ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁the ▁first ▁astr onaut ▁from ▁the ▁Federal ▁Republic ▁of ▁Germany ▁( S ig mund ▁J ä hn , ▁born ▁only ▁ ▁away , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁German ▁space ▁trav eller , ▁representing ▁the ▁German ▁Democratic ▁Republic ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁as ▁a ▁cos mon aut ). ▁ ▁Gre iz ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁about ▁ 2 0 , 5 2 4 ▁people ▁( as ▁of ▁December ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ). ▁The ▁former ▁municipality ▁Ne um ühle / El ster ▁was ▁merged ▁into ▁Gre iz ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁a ▁chemical ▁works ▁and ▁a ▁paper ▁factory ▁there ▁are ▁mechanical ▁engineering ▁operations , ▁pl ast ics ▁manufact uring ▁business es , ▁wood ▁mach ining ▁enter pr ises , ▁medical ▁technology , ▁supp liers ▁to ▁the ▁autom obile ▁industry , ▁printing ▁houses ▁and ▁bre wer ies . ▁In ▁recent ▁years ▁various ▁high ▁te ch ▁business es ▁( s ensor ▁technology , ▁climate ▁sim ul ators