Stade is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has its seat in Stade and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
History
The district of Stade was established in 1932 by merging three smaller precursor districts.
Geography
Location The district is situated at the southern banks of the Elbe river, between the city of Hamburg and the river's mouth. The western border of the district is the Oste, a narrow tributary of the Elbe. The land between the Oste and the town of Stade is traditionally called Kehdingen. The area to the east of Stade is known as the Altes Land (literally "Old Land"). It is characterised by thousands of fruit trees.
Bordering districts It is surrounded by (from the north and clockwise) the Schleswig-Holstein districts Dithmarschen, Steinburg and Pinneberg (all on the other side of the Elbe river), the city-state of Hamburg as well as the Lower Saxony districts Harburg, Rotenburg and Cuxhaven.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays: a castle, symbolising Stade as the former seat of the Counts of Stade the key from the arms of the Archbishopric of Bremen, to which the area once belonged a white horse, representing Hanover and Lower Saxony
Towns and municipalities
CitiesSamtgemeindenBuxtehude Stade
Free municipalities Drochtersen Jork1. Apensen Apensen1 Beckdorf Sauensiek 2. Fredenbeck Deinste Fredenbeck1 Kutenholz 3. Harsefeld Ahlerstedt Bargstedt Brest Harsefeld14. Horneburg Agathenburg Bliedersdorf Dollern Horneburg1 Nottensdorf 5. Lühe Grünendeich Guderhandviertel Hollern-Twielenfleth Mittelnkirchen Neuenkirchen Steinkirchen16. Nordkehdingen Balje Freiburg1 Krummendeich Oederquart Wischhafen 7. Oldendorf-Himmelpforten Burweg Düdenbüttel Engelschoff Estorf Großenwörden Hammah Heinbockel Himmelpforten1 Kranenburg Oldendorf1seat of the Samtgemeinde
Transport
Stade district is located in the area of the transport association Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV).
References
External links
Official website