Stade (district)

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Stade
District
Flagge Landkreis Stade.svg
Flag
Wappen Landkreis Stade.svg
Coat of arms
Stade (district)
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
Capital Stade
Government
 • District admin. Kai Seefried (CDU)
Area
 • Total
1,266 km2 (489 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2023) [1]
 • Total
207,659
 • Density164.0/km2 (424.8/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration STD
Website landkreis-stade.de

Stade is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has its seat in Stade and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

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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:

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Stade in STD.pngBaljeFreiburgKranenburgEstorfOldendorfBrestBargstedtNeuenkirchenSteinkirchen
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Cities Samtgemeinden
  1. Buxtehude
  2. Stade


Free municipalities

  1. Drochtersen
  2. Jork
  1. Apensen 1
  2. Beckdorf
  3. Sauensiek
  1. Deinste
  2. Fredenbeck 1
  3. Kutenholz
  1. Ahlerstedt
  2. Bargstedt
  3. Brest
  4. Harsefeld 1
  1. Agathenburg
  2. Bliedersdorf
  3. Dollern
  4. Horneburg 1
  5. Nottensdorf
  1. Grünendeich
  2. Guderhandviertel
  3. Hollern-Twielenfleth
  4. Mittelnkirchen
  5. Neuenkirchen
  6. Steinkirchen 1
  1. Balje
  2. Freiburg 1
  3. Krummendeich
  4. Oederquart
  5. Wischhafen
  1. Burweg
  2. Düdenbüttel
  3. Engelschoff
  4. Estorf
  5. Großenwörden
  6. Hammah
  7. Heinbockel
  8. Himmelpforten 1
  9. Kranenburg
  10. Oldendorf
1seat of the Samtgemeinde

References

  1. ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

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