Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade

The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade ( or St. Cosmae) is a Lutheran church in Stade, Germany.

The church was built in the early 12th century and extended in the 17th century. The Baroque altar was crafted by in 1674–1677, and the organ was built in 1668–1675 by Berendt Hus and his nephew, the famous Arp Schnitger; the latter expanded the organ in 1688. Vincent Lübeck served as organist of St. Cosmae between 1675 and 1702.

References Else Alpers, St. Cosmaekirche Stade, Stade: Schaumburg, 1981 Martin Boyken, "Die Malerei des Gertrudenaltars in St. Cosmae zu Stade. Die Jungfrau und der Teufel", in: Stader Jahrbuch, N.F. vol. 42 (1952), pp. 89–100 Paul Krause, "Die Schmiedegitter der St. Cosmaekirche in Stade", in: Stader Jahrbuch, N.F. vol. 44 (1954), pp. 171–174 Fritz Starcke, Die St. Cosmae-Kirche in Stade, Wienhausen and Celle: Niedersächsisches Bild-Archiv, 1928, (=Norddeutsche Kunstbücher; vol. 22)

External links

St. Cosmae-St.Nicolai official parish site

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