12 Facts About Stade

Stade, officially the Hanseatic City of Stade is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany.

In medieval times, Stade was a prominent member of the Hanseatic League, but was later eclipsed by Hamburg.

Stade, already under Swedish occupation since 1645, was a part of the Swedish province of Bremen-Verden-Wildeshausen from 1645 to 1712, and some of the buildings built by the Swedes are still in use today.

From 1675 to 1676, in the Swedish-Brandenburg War, Swedish Stade was conquered during a campaign by Denmark and several states of the Holy Roman Empire and remained in allied hands until the end of that war in 1679.

Stade remained Bremen-Verden's capital after the Danes ceded it to the Electorate of Hanover in 1715.

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The Jews in Stade regarded this a progress and a burden alike, because prior they hadn't employed any rabbi and religion teacher due to the implied financial burden.

In 1849 Stade's synagogue opened, but had to close due to financial restrictions in 1908.

From 1903 on the Jewish community of Stade was granted public subsidies to continue functioning.

The Stade Region stayed a Jewish diaspora, and from 1860 on Stade's land-rabbinate was never staffed again, but served alternately by one of the other three Hanoverian land-rabbinates.

In past decades, Stade has economically benefited significantly from the presence of chemical and aerospace industry at the Elbe river, most notably Dow Chemical and Airbus.

Also by the Elbe at Stade is the decommissioned Stade Nuclear Power Plant, which was connected to the power grid from 1972 to 2003.

Old Town of Stade is home to a variety of notable historic buildings; among the most notable are the St Cosmae et Damiani Lutheran Church, the Wilhadi Lutheran Church, the city hall, the and the.