In the 16th century, Emden briefly became an important centre for the Protestant Reformation under the rule of Countess Anna von Oldenburg who was determined to find a religious "third way" between Lutheranism and Catholicism.
V 16. století se Emden stal důležitým centrem protestantských reformací za vlády Anny Oldenburské, která hledala náboženskou "třetí cestu" mezi luteránství a katolicismem.