Greffen

Greffen [ˈgʀɛfən] is a village and a municipality in the district of Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the Ems River and has 3,261 inhabitants. Greffen is connected to Harsewinkel and the district town of Gütersloh via Bundesstraße 513.

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the village and parish of Greffen belonged to the Bishopric of Münster and were subordinate to the Amt of Sassenberg. In 1786, the parish of Greffen, which also included the Oster and Wester farmers, comprised a total of 101 houses. In 1803, large parts of the dissolved Prince-Bishopric or Prince-Bishopric of Münster were awarded to the King of Prussia in the Imperial Deputation. In the Treaty of Tilsit, Prussia ceded the Principality of Münster, including Greffen, to Napoleon, who in 1808 assigned it to the Grand Duchy of Berg, which had been newly established two years earlier. Greffen belonged to the canton of Sassenberg in the department of the Ems. After the Battle of Leipzig and the withdrawal of the French from the territories on the right bank of the Rhine in 1813, the region became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, initially provisionally and permanently on the basis of the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna.

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