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left Satellite image of the Ems estuary showing Emden (right bank, center right)Emden is located at 53°20' North 07°12' East. According to the Homepage of City of Emden, the city has a total area of 112.4 km².
The exact founding date of Emden is unknown, but it has existed at least since the 8th century. Older names for Emden are Amuthon, Embda, Emda, Embden. City rights and the city's coat of arms, the " Engelke up de Muer " were granted by Emperor Maximilian I in 1495.
Emden was a very rich city during the 17th century, due to large numbers of DutchDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium immigrants. It was a center of reformed protestantism at that time, producing the first BibleThe Bible (From Greek βιβλια biblia meaning "books", which in turn is derived from βυβλος byblos meaning "papyrus", from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) translationTranslation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language — the source text — and the production of another, equivalent text in another language — the target text or translation''. Traditionally, translation has alw in DutchDutch is a West Germanic language spoken worldwide by around 21 million people. The variety of Dutch spoken in Belgium is also informally called Flemish . The Dutch name for the language is Nederlands or less formal Hollands and Dutch is sometimes called. During the Napoleonic FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. era, Emden and the surrounding lands of East Frisia were part of the Kingdom of Holland.
During the First World War Emden lent its name to a famous German cruiser, originally based at Tsingtao in China, which was captained by Karl von Muller , whose honorably-conducted raids across the Indian Ocean in the first three months of the war became legendary on both sides.
The main city was almost completely wiped out during allied bombing raids during the Second World War, destroying nearly all historic buildings.