„The location, where nowadays lies the city of Greifswald was once upon a time a large and thick forest. Everything around it was desolate without a trace of human activity and only the area around the Eldena Monastery which was located near river mouth of Ryk into the sea was thriving. The monks of the monastery wated to build a city that would be near the Monastery itself, however further from the coast and so they sent a couple of people to search for a fitting place for the city. These went upstream of the river Ryk until they reached a beautiful place, which they simply found splendid for the city creation. Therefore they ventured sideways from the shore of the river into the nearby forest to explore the area in more detail. Suddenly they found a nest atop a broken tree trunk and sitting in it was a large four-footed double-tailed brooding Griffin. The representatives of the Monastery saw this as a good omen which strengthened their resolutions to build the city here which also came to pass.“