Greifswald is officially known as UniversitÃ ts - und Hansestadt Greifswald , which means University and Hanseatic Town of Greifswald ( from German Greif , `` griffin '' , and Wald , `` forest '' ) . It is a town in northeastern Germany . Greifswald , officially , the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald ( in German UniversitÃ ts-und Hansestadt Greifswald ) is a town in northeastern Germany .