# Stade

Stade is in Elbe Weser Triangle. The Old Town of Stade is home to a variety of notable historic buildings. Located near to Stade are the gigantic pylons of Elbe Crossing 1 and Elbe Crossing 2; the Elbe Crossing 2 pylons are the tallest in Europe and the sixth-tallest in the world.

## Understand

Among the most notable are the St. Cosmae et Damiani Lutheran Church, the Wilhadi Lutheran Church, the city hall, the Schwedenspeicher and the Zeughaus.

## Get in

It sits roughly 45 km to the west of Hamburg and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region.

### By train

* 53.59649.47491 Stade station. Served by S3 . Trains leave Hamburg central station every 20 minutes (at peak times), arriving in roughly one hour.

## See

* 53.60399.477221 Alter Hansehafen (Old Hanseatic Harbor).

### Museums

* 53.60399.477222 Schwedenspeicher-Museum (Swedish storage facility museum), Wasser West 39, ☏ +49 4141 797730. Tu–F 10:00–17:00, Sa Su 10:00–18:00. Once a granary for the Swedish garrison, it houses the cultural history regional museum at the fish market.
* 53.6034289.4759983 Kunsthaus Stade, Wasser West 7, ☏ +49 4141 797720. Tu Th F 10:00–17:00, W 10:00–19:00, Sa Su 10:00–18:00. Art museum in an old merchant and warehouse building from 1667. Open:
* 53.59899.471114 Freilichtmuseum auf der Insel (open-air museum on the island), Auf der Insel 2, ☏ +49 4141 79 773 30. May to September: Tu–Fr 10:00–17:00, Sa Su 10:00–18:00. On the site of a fortification built in 1692-1694 by the then Swedish government, the so-called Bleicher Ravelin.
* 53.6777789.4902785 Festung Grauerort.

### Churches

* 53.6018369.4763926 Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Cosmae-Kirchhof. The St. Cosmae Church , together with St. Wilhadi, still shapes the image of the city of Stade today. The name of the church was first mentioned in 1132 in the foundation charter of the Premonstratensian monastery of St. George. St. Cosmae has been an Evangelical Lutheran church since 1529. The main altar was created by the Hamburg sculptor Christian Precht in 1674-77. The church's highlight is the baroque organ built in 1668-75 by the Glückstadt organ builder Berendt Huß, which was completed by his highly talented journeyman and younger cousin Arp Schnitger. Due to building regulations, climbing the church tower is only possible in groups of max. 12 people under the guidance of a tower guide.
* 53.6004259.4783037 St. Wilhadi, Wilhadi-Kirchhof. The slightly overhanging, massive, square west tower of St. Wilhadi Church is popularly known as the "leaning tower of Stade". The current three-aisled Gothic hall church dates from the 14th century. The oldest part of St. Wilhadi Church is probably the west tower, which stylistically indicates that it was built in the late 13th century. But despite all adversities, the most important cultural and historical treasure today is an organ. It was built between 1731 and 1736 by the master Erasmus Bielfeldt, who was probably born in Stade and trained under Schnitger's student Matthias Dropa in Lüneburg. After the restoration of the organ by Jürgen Ahrend in 1990, it now has its historical sound again. The interior of the church was restored in 1958-60 and 1991, and part of the old ceiling painting was also restored. St. Wilhadi was built in 1529, twelve years after the death of the Duke of Brandenburg. Luther's posting of his theses in Wittenberg.
* 53.58869.473918 Heilig-Geist-Kirche, Timm-Kröger-Str. 16. Built in 1959/60 and consecrated on the second day of Pentecost 1960 by the auxiliary bishop of Hildesheim, Heinrich Pachowiak. The interior was redesigned in 1985 and adapted to the requirements of the post-conciliar liturgical reform. The artistic design was in the hands of the sculptor Josef Baron from Unna. The focal point is the round altar, which was placed far into the middle of the church, i.e. exactly under the peak of the tent roof. The latticework of the altar's rear wall with the tabernacle takes up the shape of the medal several times. The tabernacle itself is the focal point of the bronze relief, externally highlighted by the brightly polished bronze. The baptismal font, like the other works of art, is made of bronze and also has its place in the chancel. The organ (1988) from the workshop of the Hillebrand brothers from Isernhagen near Hanover has 23 registers and around 1500 pipes.

## Do

* 53.604419.470171 Stadeum. A theater and events place

## Eat

* 53.601879.4733051 Restaurant Dionysos, Hökerstraße 21, ☏ +49 4141 46230, fax: +49 4141 47275, info@dionysos-stade.de.
* 53.5824059.4992052 Restaurant Da Bujo, Harburger Straße 193, ☏ +49 4141 788898, info@da-bujo.de. Italian food

## Sleep

* 53.597529.4730461 Hotel zur Hanse, Am Burggraben 4, ☏ +49 4141 95240, fax: +49 4141 952495, info@hotel-zur-hanse.de.
* 53.6116379.4818162 Hotel am Obsthof, Freiburger Str. 86 a, ☏ +49 4141 400 40, fax: +49 4141 400 444, hotel@am-obsthof.de.