Deutsche Gesellschaft in Greifswald German Society in Greifswald

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1739	According to Rauter (1970), pp.152 this Society was founded in 1739, and was still in existence in 1752. It was an anomaly among the Deutschen Gesellschaften since Greifswald was itself a Swedish possession at the time and until 1815, long after the Society had disappeared. Rauter, p.152 also points out that the charter of the Society (published in 1740) was issued by the King of Sweden, Frederik I (1720-1751), and would therefore have been a Swedish royal charter, not a German royal charter. The text of the charter is evidently set forth in the Gesetze der Königlichen Deutschen Gesellschaft in Greifswald ([Greifswald], 1740) [GBV German Union cat.]. The royal designation is evident in this and other catalogue records for this Society found in the GBV German Union cat., but curiously not in its main publication, the Critischer Versuch (also known as the Critische Versuche.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Greifswald Germany	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1739 - 1752	Deutsche Gesellschaft in Greifswald	Rauter (1970), pp.152 establishes the start year, and the last year that it was known to exist; its publication establishes the name.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1741/42(1742) - 1744 (Bd.1. - 2.) [i.e. St.1-12]; 1744 - 1746[?] (St.13. - 15.)   A	Critischer Versuch zur Aufnahme der deutschen Sprache / Deutsche Gesellschaft in Greifswald The title also appeared on the work as: Critische Versuche ausgefertiget durch einige Mitglieder der Deutschen Gesellschaft in Greifswald. Indexed Reuss [GBV German Union cat.]	Deutsche Gesellsch. in Greifswald [Reuss, v.9, pp.20 & 22 cite B.1; v.9, p.23 cites B.2.]