Stade

Stade is a town in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First stated in data in 934, it's far the seat of the district which bears its call. It is positioned kind of 45km to the west of Hamburg and belongs to that town's wider metropolitan region. Within the area of the city are the urban districts of Butzfleth, Hagen, Haddorf and Wiepenkathen, every of which has a council in their very own with some independent selection making rights.

The first human settlers came to the Stade place in 30,000 BC. Since 1180 Stade belonged to the Prince Archbishopric of Bremen. In early 1208 King 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 reconquered the metropolis handiest to lose it quickly after again to Valdemar II. In 1209 Emperor Otto IV persuaded his best friend Valdemar II to withdraw into the north of the Elbe, and the deposed Prince Archbishop Valdemar took Stade.