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Volkswagen in Emden: City, Region & Jobs

Large liners and mini mudflat hiking tours are just a stone’s throw from here. Or to put it another way: work where others like to holiday. That’s what you can do at our Emden site.

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The city

Emden is the ideal place for you if you love maritime flair. With a population of around 50,000, the seaport city in the north-west of East Frisia is located directly at the mouth of the Ems in the North Sea.

Panorama of a port at twilight

Countless leisure activities make Emden a great place to live. Water sport, such as sailing, is of course very popular. With the many festivals and events, making new contacts is really easy – for example at the Dragon Boat races or at the Emden Film Festival. Emden also has lots to offer from a cultural perspective. For example, discover the Georg Breusing rescue vessel, which is enjoying a richly deserved retirement as a museum ship in its home port of Emden. Or visit the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum (East Frisian Regional Museum) if you would like to find out more about the art and cultural history of the region.

Stylized map of the region around Emden with the cities Aurich, Wilhelmshaven, Leer, and Oldenburg, the North Sea with the island of Borkum, as well as the highways

The surrounding area

An island setting is a dream destination for many people. The island of Borkum is within arm’s reach of Emden. A ferry journey of around two hours will take you to the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands. 2,000 hours of sunshine a year on average make the long beach of fine sand an excellent playground. It’s a great place to fly a kite or simply relax in a beach chair with a good book.

View of the lighthouse on the island of Borkum with dunes in the foreground

Things worth knowing

Emden has its fair share of well preserved bunkers, many of which are used for different purposes today. For example, many large and small music bands practise for their next performance in the bunkers. In addition, the “Kulturbunker” was opened in 2005 for cultural events: a lively meeting place that provides a venue for events and concerts and therefore strengthens and encourages integration and cohesion between people.

VW in Emden

Overview

Overview

A panorama of the Volkswagen plant in Emden

Located directly at the Dollart and at the mouth of the Ems river, the plant in Emden has been an important cog in the Volkswagen machine since 1964. It was the birthplace of the Passat in 1978 and is our gateway to the wide world..

  • Founded: 1964
  • Employees: approx. 8,000
  • Area: 4,300,000 m²
  • Products: ID.4 & ID.7
  • Training: currently 13 offered apprenticeships
  • Management: Enno Fehse
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    Plant for E-Mobility

    Around 8,000 of our employees work at the Volkswagen plant in Emden (excluding dual students, apprentices, and group employees). Since 2025, only electric vehicles have been manufactured here with the ID.4 and ID.7 models. Since its founding in 1964, the Emden plant has produced over 12.5 million vehicles, including the Volkswagen Passat.

    Focus on E-Mobility

    Since 2022, the focus in Emden has been on the production of electric vehicles. Volkswagen has invested around 1 billion euros in the site for this purpose. After a transition phase, during which both combustion and electric vehicles were manufactured in parallel at the site, only electric vehicles have been rolling off the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Emden since 2025.

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    Port & Logistics

    The port of Emden is one of the central maritime hubs for importing and exporting new Volkswagen Group vehicles, in both overseas and European traffic. It is the third largest automobile transshipment port in Europe. Virtually all brands of the Volkswagen Group from European and overseas locations are handled here. In terms of figures, this translates to 600 ships, 151,000 railcars and 43,000 trucks, which arrive at the mouth of the Ems river every year, delivering and collecting cars. 

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    Vocational training

    The Volkswagen site in Emden is an important vocational training facility for the region. Currently, the following apprenticeships are offered:

    08/2024

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In Emden, we offer you numerous jobs and entry opportunities. Learn more about: vocational training, work-study degree programme, internships, dissertations, PhD programme, and jobs for experienced professionals at Volkswagen - or apply directly through our job portal.

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