Grimmen (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁɪmən]; Kashubian: Grzëmié) is a town in Vorpommern-Rügen, a district in the Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

In addition to the town of Grimmen, the following villages are also within Grimmen's city limits: Neighbouring municipalities, listed clockwise beginning in the North, are Wittenhagen, Wilmshagen, Süderholz, Wendisch Baggendorf, Splietsdorf, Papenhagen.

The actual charter is lost, thus the exact date when the town received Lübeck law remains uncertain.

At the end Second World War, Grimmen surrendered to the Red Army without fighting in April 1945.

In the 1960s, numerous new factories and agricultural enterprises were set up, resulting in prosperity and physical growth of the city.

After East Germany's Communist regime collapsed following Die Wende movement of 1989, the town's old buildings were reconstructed.