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Stade

Stade is a town on the lower Elbe in Lower Saxony, Germany, west of Hamburg. A Hanseatic port and a residence of the archbishops of Bremen, it was from 1648 the seat of the Swedish government of the duchies of Bremen and Verden. Its old harbour and timber-framed houses survive.

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Prince-Archbishopric of BremenBremen-VerdenDuchies of Bremen and Verden

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Stade. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/stade
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