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EMDEN
, a maritime See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, near the mouth of the See also:Ems, 49 M
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N.W. from See also:Oldenburg by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1885) 14,019; (1905) 20,754
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The Ems once flowed beneath its walls, but is now 2 M. distant, and connected with the town by a broad and deep See also:canal, divided into the inner (or See also:dock) See also:harbour and the See also:outer (or "See also:free See also:port ") harbour
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The latter is a m. in length, has a breadth of nearly 400 ft., and since the construction of the Ems-See also:Jade and See also:Dortmund-Ems canals, has been deepened to 38 ft., thus allowing the largest See also:sea-going vessels to approach its wharves
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The town is intersected by canals (crossed by numerous See also:bridges), which bring it into communication with most of the towns in See also:East See also:Friesland, of which it is the commercial See also:capital
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The waterways which See also:traverse and surround it and the See also:character of its numerous gabled See also:medieval houses give it the See also:appearance of an old Dutch, rather than of a See also:German, town
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Of its churches the most See also:note-worthy are the Reformed " See also:Great See also: There are numerous educational institutions, including classical and See also:modern See also:schools, and schools of See also:commerce, See also:navigation and telegraphy . The town has two interesting museums . Emden is the seat of an active See also:trade in agricultural produce and live-stock, horses, See also:timber, See also:coal, See also:tea and See also:wine . The deep-sea fishing See also:industry of the town is important, the fishing See also:fleet in 1902 numbering 67 vessels . Machinery, See also:cement, cordage, See also:wire See also:ropes, See also:tobacco, See also:leather, &c. are manufactured . Emden is also of importance as the station of the submarine cables connecting Germany with See also:England, See also:North See also:America and See also:Spain . It has a See also:regular steamboat service with See also:Borkum and See also:Norderney . Emden (Emuden, Emetha) is first mentioned in the See also:lath See also:century, when it was the capital of the Eemsgo (Emsgau, or See also:county of the Ems), one of the three hereditary countships into which East Friesland had been divided by the See also:emperor . In 1252 the countship was sold to the bishops of See also:Munster; but theirrule soon became little more than nominal, and in Emden itself the See also:family of Abdena, the episcopal provosts and castellans, established their See also:practical See also:independence . Towards the end of the 14th century the town gained a considerable trade owing to the permission given by the See also:provost to the pirates known as " Viktualienbriider " to make it their See also:market, after they had been driven out of Gothland by the See also:Teutonic See also:Order . In 1402, after the defeat of the pirates off See also:Heligoland by the fleet of See also:Ham-See also:burg, Emden was besieged, but it was not reduced by See also:Hamburg, with the aid of Edzard Cirksena of Greetsyl, until 1431 . The town was held jointly by its captors till 1453, when Hamburg sold Self-differentiation .
its rights to See also:Ulrich Cirksena, created count of East Friesland by the emperor See also:Frederick III. in 1454
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In 1544 the See also:Reformation was introduced, and in the following years numerous See also:Protestant refugees from the See also:Low Countries found their way to the town
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In 1595 Emden became a free imperial See also:city under the See also:protection of See also: |
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