Straze, Cultural center in Greifswald, Germany

Straze is a cultural center in Greifswald that provides spaces for workshops, meetings, concerts, exhibitions, and social events. The building in the city center also features a café that opens regularly and invites people to spend time there.

The Gesellschaftshaus "Zum Greif" was built between 1846 and 1849 and is Greifswald's oldest surviving concert and theatre venue. In the mid-1920s the University of Greifswald bought the Stralsunder Straße 10/11 site for offices and staff housing; in December 1933 Günther Just opened the Institute for Human Genetics and Eugenics here. After 2008 a housing company sought demolition, until Stralsunder Straße 10 GmbH bought the house in 2013 and began a monument-appropriate renovation.

Straze serves as a meeting point for artists, musicians, and local groups who present performances, organize workshops, and realize collaborative projects here. The space offers an open environment where the city's creativity becomes visible and people gather to exchange ideas.

The building stands at Stralsunder Straße 10/11 in the Steinbeckervorstadt district, north of Greifswald's old town. The public rooms opened on 15 October 2020 and house offices of cultural, social, ecological and democratic organisations. About 30 people live in the residential part, so visitors should keep to the public areas.

The south wing holds Greifswald's last surviving late-classical gallery hall (Emporensaal), a reminder that the building was the city's oldest preserved concert and theatre venue. The house is also a member of the Mietshäuser Syndikat, and about 30 people live in its residential section.