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In the course of Reformation, Eldena Abbey ceased to function as a monastery.

Its possessions fell to the Pomeranian dukes ; the bricks of its Gothic buildings were used by the locals for other construction.

Eldena lost its separate status and was later absorbed into the town of Greifswald.

The religious houses within the town walls, the priories of the Blackfriars ( Dominicans ) in the northwest and the Greyfriars ( Franciscans ) in the southeast, were secularized.

The buildings of the Dominicans ( the " black monastery ") were turned over to the university ; the site is still used as part of the medical campus.

The Franciscan friary (" the " grey monastery ") and its succeeding buildings are now the Pomeranian State Museum.