# Stade > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stade > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stade.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade > Source revision: 1336929391 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the German city. For the unit of measure, see [Stadion (unit)](/source/Stadion_(unit)). For other uses, see [Stade (disambiguation)](/source/Stade_(disambiguation)). Town in Lower Saxony, Germany Stade Hansestadt Stade Hansestadt Stood Town View of the historic harbour in Stade Coat of arms Location of Stade within Stade district Location of Stade Stade Show map of Germany Stade Show map of Lower Saxony Coordinates: 53°36′3″N 9°28′35″E / 53.60083°N 9.47639°E / 53.60083; 9.47639 Country Germany State Lower Saxony District Stade Government • Mayor (2019–24) Sönke Hartlef[1] (CDU) Area • Total 110.07 km2 (42.50 sq mi) Elevation 9 m (30 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 48,633 • Density 441.84/km2 (1,144.4/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 21680, 21682–21684 Dialling codes 04141, 04146 Vehicle registration STD Website www.stade.de **Stade** (German pronunciation: [\[ˈʃtaːdə\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Stade.ogg); [Low German](/source/Low_German_language): *Stood*), officially the **Hanseatic City of Stade** ([German](/source/German_language): *Hansestadt Stade*, [Low German](/source/Low_German_language): *Hansestadt Stood*) is a city in [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony) in northern [Germany](/source/Germany). First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the [district](/source/Stade_(district)) (*Landkreis*) which bears its name. It is located roughly 45 km (28 mi) to the west of [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) and belongs to that city's [wider metropolitan region](/source/Hamburg_Metropolitan_Region). Within the area of the city are the urban districts of Bützfleth, Hagen, Haddorf and Wiepenkathen, each of which have a council (*Ortsrat*) of their own with some autonomous decision-making rights. Stade is located in the [lower regions](/source/Niederelbe) of the river [Elbe](/source/Elbe). It is also on the [German Timber-Frame Road](/source/German_Timber-Frame_Road). ## History The first human settlers came to the Stade area in 30,000 BC. [Swedish](/source/Sweden) and [Danish](/source/Danes) [Vikings](/source/Viking) under [Eric the Victorious](/source/Eric_the_Victorious) conquered Stade and looted the town during the 990s. Many prominent [Saxons](/source/Saxons) were taken back as slaves by Swedish troops. A majority of Vikings withdrew after taking plenty of plunder. A minor part of the Swedish and Danish forces stayed but were later defeated by reinforcements sent by the emperor. [3] Since 1180 Stade belonged to the [Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen](/source/Prince-Archbishopric_of_Bremen). In early 1208 King [Valdemar II of Denmark](/source/Valdemar_II_of_Denmark) and his troops conquered Stade. In August Valdemar II's cousin being in enmity with the king, the then Prince-Archbishop [Valdemar](/source/Valdemar_of_Denmark_(bishop)) reconquered the city only to lose it soon after again to Valdemar II.[4] In 1209 Emperor [Otto IV](/source/Otto_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) persuaded his ally Valdemar II to withdraw into the north of the Elbe, and the deposed Prince-Archbishop Valdemar took Stade. On 2 May 1209 Otto IV granted important [town privileges](/source/Town_privileges) (*Stadtrecht*) to Stade. Otto IV confirmed the [burghers](/source/Bourgeoisie) to be personally free and recognised them constituting a political entity of their own law, the *burgenses and optimi cives* of Stade.[5] Property within the municipal boundaries could not be subjected to feudal overlordship and was to be freely inherited without feudal claims to reversion. Fair juridical procedures were constituted and maximal fines fixed. Otto IV obliged himself to prevent burghers from being taken as hostages and to liberate captured burghers. After Otto IV had changed his mind and reinvested Prince-Archbishop Valdemar with the [See](/source/Episcopal_see) in 1211, Valdemar II recaptured Stade. In 1213 Otto's elder brother Count Palatine [Henry V](/source/Henry_V%2C_Count_Palatine_of_the_Rhine) of the [Rhine](/source/County_Palatine_of_the_Rhine), reconquered Stade for the Prince-Archbishop. In 1215 Henry repelled another Danish attack on Stade. In the winter of 1216 Valdemar II and his Danish troops, unable to take the city of Stade, ravaged the [County of Stade](/source/County_of_Stade). From then on Stade remained a part of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. 1572 drawing of Stade. "S. Cosmus" and "S. Wilhat" refer to [St. Cosmae et Damiani Church](/source/Church_of_Saints_Cosmas_and_Damian%2C_Stade) and St. Wilhadi, respectively. Stade in 1640 (drawing by [Matthäus Merian](/source/Matth%C3%A4us_Merian)) New harbor during the 1894 flooding In medieval times (from the 13th century to the late 17th century), Stade was a prominent member of the [Hanseatic League](/source/Hanseatic_League), but was later eclipsed by [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg). In 1611 the city signed a contract with [Sephardic](/source/Sephardim) Jews, allowing the foundation of a community. In 1613, [Johann Friedrich](/source/John_Frederick%2C_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp), Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric, followed by settling [Ashkenazic](/source/Ashkenazim) Jews in the city, but during the turmoil of Catholic conquest and Lutheran reconquest the last archival traces of Jews date from 1630. In 1648, by the [Treaty of Westphalia](/source/Treaty_of_Westphalia), the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen underwent a constitutional transformation from a [prince-bishopric](/source/Prince-bishopric) into a monarchy, the *[Duchy of Bremen](/source/Duchy_of_Bremen)*. The duchy and the neighbouring *[Principality of Verden](/source/Principality_of_Verden)*, colloquially referred to as [Bremen-Verden](/source/Bremen-Verden), were granted by the *Treaty of Westphalia* as an appanage to the Swedish crown. Stade, already under Swedish occupation since 1645, was a part of the [Swedish](/source/Sweden) province of Bremen-Verden-Wildeshausen from 1645 to 1712, and some of the buildings built by the Swedes are still in use today. ### Swedish rule Stade's heyday lasted until the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War). In 1628 [Tilly](/source/Johann_t%E2%80%99Serclaes_von_Tilly) conquered the town; shortly thereafter, [Sweden](/source/Sweden) took possession of it until 1636. After a period of Danish occupation, Sweden finally recaptured it in 1643 and was also officially granted possession of it, together with the [Archbishopric of Bremen](/source/Archbishopric_of_Bremen), in the [Peace of Westphalia](/source/Peace_of_Westphalia). Two-thirds of the town were razed in the great town fire on 26 May 1659. The town was rebuilt again to the same plan. From 1675 to 1676, in the [Swedish-Brandenburg War](/source/Swedish-Brandenburg_War), Swedish Stade was conquered during a [campaign](/source/Bremen-Verden_Campaign) by [Denmark-Norway](/source/Denmark-Norway) and several states of the [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire) and remained in allied hands until the end of that war in 1679. Stade, as the headquarters of the Swedish Stadhalter, was besieged from early April 1676 to 13 Aug 1676. In the wake of the [Treaty of Saint Germain](/source/Treaty_of_Saint-Germain-en-Laye_(1679)) in 1679, Stade was once again awarded to Sweden. The Elbe customs station near Stade, in Brunshausen at the mouth of the Schwinge, played special role in trading on the River Elbe from the period of the archbishopric. In 1663, the Swedes stationed an Elbe customs frigate as a permanent patrol ship. This arrangement continued to exist under various rulers until 1850 and the customs station on the Schwinge fieldworks itself existed until 1865.[6] Swedish sovereignty ended in 1712. Danish troops besieged the town in the [Great Northern War](/source/Great_Northern_War) and shelled it from 29 August to 7 September 1712 that destroyed 152 houses, a quarter of the built-up area. During the Swedish times Stade was the capital of the province. ### Danish rule In 1712 Denmark-Norway conquered Stade and the whole of Bremen-Verden. Stade remained Bremen-Verden's capital also after the Danes ceded it to the [Electorate of Hanover](/source/Electorate_of_Hanover) in 1715. When in 1823 Bremen-Verden was replaced by new administrative forms, Stade continued to be the capital of the [Stade region](/source/Stade_(region)). In 1355 and in 1712, Stade suffered from the [plague](/source/Black_Death) epidemic, which killed at least 30–40% of the city's population. ### Early modern and modern period In 1757 following the [French Invasion of Hanover](/source/Invasion_of_Hanover_(1757)), the [Hanoverian Army of Observation](/source/Hanoverian_Army_of_Observation) under [Prince William, Duke of Cumberland](/source/Prince_William%2C_Duke_of_Cumberland), and the [Privy Council of Hanover](/source/Privy_Council_of_Hanover) (government) took shelter in Stade. Cumberland prepared to defend the town before agreeing the [Convention of Klosterzeven](/source/Convention_of_Klosterzeven) which brought about a temporary [armistice](/source/Armistice). By the end of the 17th century Ashkenazi Jews reappeared in Stade. In 1842 the [Kingdom of Hanover](/source/Kingdom_of_Hanover) granted equal rights to Jews and promoted building up Jewish congregations and a regional superstructure ([rabbinate](/source/Rabbi)) within a nationwide scope. The Jews in Stade regarded this as progress and a burden alike, because prior they had not employed any rabbi and religion teacher due to the implied financial burden. In 1845 – according to the new law – a land-rabbinate, under [Land-Rabbi](/source/Rabbi#The_role_of_the_rabbi_in_the_last_200_years)[*[broken anchor](/source/MOS%3ABROKENSECTIONLINKS)*] [Joseph Heilbut](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Heilbut&action=edit&redlink=1), was established in the city, serving 16 Jewish congregations, which were founded over the years in the whole Stade Region, with altogether 1,250 Jews in 1864 (highest number ever reached). The local authorities now requested, that the Jewish congregations establish synagogues and Jewish education for the pupils. Former synagogue of Stade, 2016 In 1849 Stade's synagogue opened, but had to close due to financial restrictions in 1908. And a teacher for [Jewish religion](/source/Judaism) and Hebrew was employed (after 1890 Stade's community couldn't afford a teacher any more). 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. Labour migration and emigration[7] to urban centres outside the Stade Region and Jewish demography rather lead to a reduction of the number of Jews in the *Stade Region* (786 in 1913, 716 in 1928).[8] However, most of the remaining Jews were deported during the Nazi reign. During World War II, Stade remained completely untouched by Allied bombings. Stade nuclear power plant (offline) in 2006 In past decades, Stade has economically benefited significantly from the presence of chemical and aerospace industry at the [Elbe](/source/Elbe) river, most notably [Dow Chemical](/source/Dow_Chemical) and [Airbus](/source/Airbus). Also by the Elbe at Stade is the decommissioned [Stade Nuclear Power Plant](/source/Stade_Nuclear_Power_Plant), which was connected to the power grid from 1972 to 2003. By the time the plant was brought offline, it was Germany's second oldest reactor. Following Germany's 2002 decision to phase out nuclear power generation, Stade was the first German plant to be affected; it was closed down permanently on 14 November 2003. Close to the former nuclear plant there is an inactive oil-fired power station, the [Schilling Power Station](/source/Schilling_Power_Station). ## Sights The 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](/source/St._Cosmae_et_Damiani_(Stade)), the Wilhadi Lutheran Church, the city hall, the *Schwedenspeicher* and the *Zeughaus*. Located near to Stade are the gigantic pylons of [Elbe Crossing 1](/source/Elbe_Crossing_1) and [Elbe Crossing 2](/source/Elbe_Crossing_2); the Elbe Crossing 2 pylons are the tallest in Europe and the sixth-tallest in the world. ## Transport In late 2007, line S3 of the [S-Bahn Hamburg](/source/S-Bahn_Hamburg) was extended to Stade. Trains depart [Stade station](/source/Stade_station) every 20 minutes (at peak times), arriving at [Hamburg central station](/source/Hamburg_Hauptbahnhof) in roughly one hour. ## Local industry Firms with notable locations in the area include:[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [Dow Chemical](/source/Dow_Chemical), chemicals - [Airbus Deutschland GmbH](/source/Airbus), [aerospace](/source/Aerospace) - [E.ON](/source/E.ON), power plant - [Air Liquide](/source/Air_Liquide), industrial gases - [Air Products & Chemicals](/source/Air_Products_%26_Chemicals), industrial gases - Aluminium Oxid Stade GmbH, [aluminium oxide](/source/Aluminium_oxide) [refinery](/source/Refining_(metallurgy)) - Stähler Agrochemie, [fertilizer](/source/Fertilizer) and [biocides](/source/Biocides) - PROKON Nord Energiesysteme GmbH, [wind turbines](/source/Wind_turbine) and [biofuel](/source/Biofuel) - Lindemann (Bauunternehmen), construction ## Twin towns – sister cities See also: [List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany](/source/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Germany) Stade is twinned with:[9] - [Giv'at Shmuel](/source/Giv'at_Shmuel), Israel - [Gołdap](/source/Gmina_Go%C5%82dap), Poland - [Karlshamn](/source/Karlshamn_Municipality), Sweden ## Notable people [Stefan Aust](/source/Stefan_Aust), 2014 [Maria Aurora von Königsmarck](/source/Maria_Aurora_von_K%C3%B6nigsmarck), pre-1728 - [Peter von Sivers](/source/Peter_von_Sivers) (1674–1740), Russian naval officer - [August Karl von Goeben](/source/August_Karl_von_Goeben) (1816–1880), Prussian general.[10] - [Max von Bahrfeldt](/source/Max_von_Bahrfeldt) (1856–1936), Prussian general of the infantry, stationed at Stade. - [Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause](/source/Ernst_Hans_Ludwig_Krause) (1859–1942), physician, [botanist](/source/Botanist) and [mycologist](/source/Mycologist) - [Jost Fitschen](/source/Jost_Fitschen) (1869–1947), botanist known for his work in the field of [dendrology](/source/Dendrology) - [Ernst-Eberhard Hell](/source/Ernst-Eberhard_Hell) (1887–1973), general in [Wehrmacht](/source/Wehrmacht) during World War II - [Eberhard von Koerber](/source/Eberhard_von_Koerber) (1938–2017), manager and on the Board of [BMW](/source/BMW) - [Stefan Aust](/source/Stefan_Aust) (born 1946), journalist, chief editor of [Der Spiegel](/source/Der_Spiegel) in 1994–2008 - [Carsten Eggers](/source/Carsten_Eggers) (born 1957), sculptor and painter - [Angela Denoke](/source/Angela_Denoke) (born 1961), opera singer - [Stefan Konarske](/source/Stefan_Konarske) (born 1980), actor - [Juliette Schoppmann](/source/Juliette_Schoppmann) (born 1980), singer ### Aristocracy - [Henrik Horn](/source/Henrik_Horn) (1618–1693), a Swedish nobleman ([freiherr](/source/Freiherr)), admiral and member of the [Privy Council of Sweden](/source/Privy_Council_of_Sweden) - [Maria Aurora von Königsmarck](/source/Maria_Aurora_von_K%C3%B6nigsmarck) (1662–1728), countess, mistress of [Augustus the Strong](/source/Augustus_the_Strong).[11] - [Amalia von Königsmarck](/source/Amalia_von_K%C3%B6nigsmarck) (1663–1740), Swedish noble, [dilettante](/source/Amateur) painter, actor and poet - [Philip Christoph von Königsmarck](/source/Philip_Christoph_von_K%C3%B6nigsmarck) (1665–1694), a Swedish count and soldier. - [Ulrich de Maizière](/source/Ulrich_de_Maizi%C3%A8re) (1912–2006), general, created the *"[Innere Führung](/source/Center_of_Leadership_Culture)"* in the Bundeswehr ### Sport - [Dirk Dammann](/source/Dirk_Dammann) (born 1967), footballer, played 260 games - [Andrasch Starke](/source/Andrasch_Starke) (born 1974), jockey, 9 x [German flat racing Champion Jockey](/source/German_flat_racing_Champion_Jockey) champion - [Tabea Kemme](/source/Tabea_Kemme) (born 1991), footballer who has played 154 and 47 games for [Germany women](/source/Germany_women's_national_football_team) - [Marnon Busch](/source/Marnon_Busch) (born 1994), footballer, played over 260 games ## Gallery - [Schnitger](/source/Arp_Schnitger) organ at St. Cosmae - [St. Wilhadi](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St._Wilhadi_(Stade)) - [Old town hall](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Altes_Rathaus_Stade) - *Schwedenspeicher* (Swedish warehouse) - *Zeughaus* (Swedish armoury) - Old Hanse harbor - Stade airfield (EDHS) - 19th-century [Grauerort fortress](/source/Grauerort_fortress) - House at *Insel* museum - [Gymnasium](/source/Gymnasium_(school)) [Athenaeum Stade](/source/Athenaeum_Stade) ## See also - [Horstsee](/source/Horstsee) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-mayor_1-0)** ["Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen"](https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156). [Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen](/source/Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik_Niedersachsen). April 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tabelle EVAS 12411, Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2024"](https://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/default.asp) (in German). [Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen](/source/Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik_Niedersachsen). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Adam av Bremen (1984) pp. 87–8 (Book II, Chapters 31-32). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Adolf Hofmeister, "Der Kampf um das Erbe des Stader Grafen zwischen den Welfen und der Bremer Kirche (1144–1236)", In: *Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser*: 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, (Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; No. 7), vol. II: Mittelalter (1995), pp. 105–157, here p. 123. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-9801919-8-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-9801919-8-2) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Jürgen Bohmbach, "Der werdende Territorialstaat der Erzbischöfe von Bremen (1236–1511): III. Die Städte im Erzstift Bremen", In: *Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser*: 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, (Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; No. 7), vol. II: Mittelalter (1995), pp. 241–262, here p. 249. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-9801919-8-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-9801919-8-2) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Graewe_6-0)** Richard Graewe: *Die zweihundertjährige Geschichte der Elb-Zoll-Fregatte zu Brunshausen und ihrer Kommandanten 1650–1850.* Selbstverlag des Stader Geschichts- und Heimatvereins, Stade 1963 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** About a third of the Jews emigrated in the 19th century to the USA. Cf. Jürgen Bohmbach, *Sie lebten mit uns: Juden im Landkreis Stade vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert*, Stade: city of Stade, 2001, (Veröffentlichungen aus dem Stadtarchiv Stade; vol. 21), p. 4. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Albert Marx, *Geschichte der Juden in Niedersachsen*, Hanover: Fackelträger-Verlag, 1995, p. 144 and Jürgen Bohmbach, *Sie lebten mit uns: Juden im Landkreis Stade vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert*, Stade: city of Stade, 2001, (Veröffentlichungen aus dem Stadtarchiv Stade; vol. 21), p. 4. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Partnerstädte"](https://www.stadt-stade.info/portal/seiten/partnerstaedte-900000046-20390.html). *stadt-stade.info* (in German). Stade. Retrieved 31 March 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Goeben, August Karl von"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Goeben,_August_Karl_von). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 180. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Königsmark, Maria Aurora, Countess of"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/K%C3%B6nigsmark,_Maria_Aurora,_Countess_of). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 895. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Stade](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stade). - [Official website](http://www.stade.de/) (in German) - [Official tourism organisation](http://www.stade-tourismus.de/en/) Ge/En/Swe - ["Stade"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Stade). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 750. - [Culture and convention center in Stade](http://www.stadeum.de) (in German) - [Virtual visit at the Fischmarkt (Fish Market)](http://www.stade.city-map.de/city/db/010102013200.html) (in German) Places adjacent to Stade Cuxhaven Glückstadt Elbe river Bremerhaven Stade Hamburg Bremervörde Harsefeld Horneburg, Buxtehude v t e Members of the Hanseatic League by quarter, and trading posts of the Hanseatic League Chief cities shown in smallcaps. Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire shown in italics. Wendish Lübeck Anklam Demmin Greifswald Hamburg Kolberg (Kołobrzeg) Lüneburg Rostock Rügenwalde (Darłowo) Stettin (Szczecin) Stolp (Słupsk) Stargard Stockholm Stralsund Visby Wismar Saxon Brunswick Magdeburg Berlin Bremen Erfurt Frankfurt an der Oder Goslar Mühlhausen Nordhausen Baltic Danzig (Gdańsk) Breslau (Wrocław) Dorpat (Tartu) Elbing (Elbląg) Königsberg (Kaliningrad) Cracow (Kraków) Reval (Tallinn) Riga (Rīga) Thorn (Toruń) Westphalian Cologne 1 Dortmund 1 Deventer Groningen Kampen Münster Osnabrück Soest Zutphen Zwolle Kontore Bryggen (Bergen) Kontor of Bruges Bruges Antwerp2 Steelyard (London) Peterhof (Novgorod) Vitten Falsterbo Malmö Factories Bishop's Lynn Bristol Boston Ipswich Kaunas Leith Herford Hull Newcastle Polotsk Pskov Yarmouth York 1 Cologne and Dortmund were both chief city of the Westphalian Quarter at different times. 2 The kontor was moved to Antwerp once Bruges became inaccessible due to the silting of the Zwin channel. v t e Towns and municipalities in Stade (district) Agathenburg Ahlerstedt Apensen Balje Bargstedt Beckdorf Bliedersdorf Brest Burweg Buxtehude Deinste Dollern Drochtersen Düdenbüttel Engelschoff Estorf Fredenbeck Freiburg Großenwörden Grünendeich Guderhandviertel Hammah Harsefeld Heinbockel Himmelpforten Hollern-Twielenfleth Horneburg Jork Kranenburg Krummendeich Kutenholz Mittelnkirchen Neuenkirchen Nottensdorf Oederquart Oldendorf Sauensiek Stade Steinkirchen Wischhafen Coat of arms Authority control databases International VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Czech Republic Israel Geographic MusicBrainz area Other IdRef Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade?action=history)). 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