Emden
Emden is a city of 50,000 people in Lower Saxony. The 1,200-year history of the city is closely linked to the seaport. The cityscape of Emden is characterized by 150 km of canals and the typical brick buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kunsthalle Emden and Emden Hauptbahnhof.
Kunsthalle Emden
Arts center
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Kunsthalle Emden is a German art museum in Emden in East Frisia, Germany. The museum's collections include more than 1,500 works.
Emden Hauptbahnhof
Railway station
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Emden Hauptbahnhof is the main station in Emden in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the terminus of the Emsland Railway, connecting Emden with Münster and the Ruhr and the starting point of the East Frisian coastal railway from Emden to Norden and Norddeich, both of which are electrified.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Suurhusen and Twixlum.
Suurhusen
Village
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Suurhusen is a village north of Emden in the German region of East Frisia. It has about 1,100 inhabitants and is administered by the municipality of Hinte. Suurhusen is situated 5 km north of Emden.
Twixlum
Village
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Twixlum is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located to the northwest of the city, it is administratively a district of Emden. The village was incorporated as such on 1 July 1972, as were the villages of Logumer Vorwerk and Wybelsum. Twixlum is situated 5 km west of Emden.
Emden
- Type: Town with 50,500 residents
- Description: biggest city in East Friesland, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Categories: port city, urban municipality in Germany, urban district of Lower Saxony, Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony, and locality
- Location: East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.3671° or 53° 22′ 1″ northLongitude
7.2058° or 7° 12′ 21″ eastPopulation
50,500Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)IATA airport code
EMEUnited Nations Location Code
DE EMEOpen location code
9F599684+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 240126844OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2930596Wikidata ID
Q4174
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Emden” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Emden”
- Arabic: “إمدن”
- Arabic: “امدن”
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- Cebuano: “Kreisfreie Stadt Emden”
- Chechen: “Эмден”
- Chinese: “埃姆登”
- Corsican: “Emden”
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- Danish: “Emden”
- Dutch: “Emden (Nedersaksen)”
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- German: “Emden”
- Greek: “Έμντεν”
- Hebrew: “אמדן”
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- Japanese: “エムデン”
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- Korean: “엠덴”
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- Latin: “Emda”
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- Ossetian: “Эмден”
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- Russian: “Эмден”
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- Saterfriesisch: “Oamde”
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- Serbian: “Емден”
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- South Azerbaijani: “امدن”
- Spanish: “Emden”
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- Tamil: “எம்டன்”
- Tatar: “Эмден”
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- Western Frisian: “Emden”
- Wolof: “Emden”
- Wu Chinese: “埃姆登”
- Zulu: “Emden”
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