Stade (district)

Stade is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has its seat in Stade and is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, Rotenburg and Cuxhaven, the Elbe River, and the city state of Hamburg.

History

The district of Stade was established in 1932 by merging three smaller precursor districts.

Geography

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.

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

Cities and municipalities

Cities	Samtgemeinden
Buxtehude Stade Free municipalities Drochtersen Jork	1. Apensen Apensen¹ Beckdorf Sauensiek 2. Fredenbeck Deinste Fredenbeck¹ Kutenholz 3. Harsefeld Ahlerstedt Bargstedt Brest Harsefeld¹	4. Horneburg Agathenburg Bliedersdorf Dollern Horneburg¹ Nottensdorf 5. Lühe Grünendeich Guderhandviertel Hollern-Twielenfleth Mittelnkirchen Neuenkirchen Steinkirchen¹	6. Nordkehdingen Balje Freiburg¹ Krummendeich Oederquart Wischhafen 7. Oldendorf-Himmelpforten Burweg Düdenbüttel Engelschoff Estorf Großenwörden Hammah Heinbockel Himmelpforten¹ Kranenburg Oldendorf
	¹seat of the Samtgemeinde

Cities

Samtgemeinden

Free municipalities

1. Apensen

2. Fredenbeck

3. Harsefeld

4. Horneburg

5. Lühe

6. Nordkehdingen

7. Oldendorf-Himmelpforten

¹seat of the Samtgemeinde

References

↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2015 (Tabelle K1020014)

External links

Media related to Landkreis Stade at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (German)

Urban and rural districts in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany

Region	Hanover

Urban districts	Braunschweig Delmenhorst Emden Oldenburg Osnabrück Salzgitter Wilhelmshaven Wolfsburg

Rural districts	Ammerland Aurich Bentheim Celle Cloppenburg Cuxhaven Diepholz Emsland Friesland Gifhorn Goslar Göttingen Hamelin-Pyrmont Harburg Heidekreis Helmstedt Hildesheim Holzminden Leer Lüchow-Dannenberg Lüneburg Nienburg Northeim Oldenburg Osnabrück Osterholz Peine Rotenburg Schaumburg Stade Uelzen Vechta Verden Wesermarsch Wittmund Wolfenbüttel

Coordinates: 53°35′N 9°25′E / 53.58°N 9.42°E / 53.58; 9.42

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 134343512 GND: 4056712-6

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