Stade (district)

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Stade
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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Stade Template:Row}\|label=Adm. region:\|contents={{{regierungsbezirk\|}}}}}Template:Row}\|label=Region:\|contents={{{region\|}}}}}
Area:	1266 km²
Inhabitants:	194,500 (2003)
pop. density:	154 inh./km²
Car identification:	STD
Homepage:	http://www.landkreis-stade.de
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Stade is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, Rotenburg and Cuxhaven, the Elbe River, and the city state of Hamburg.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

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History

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

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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 river, a narrow tributary of the Elbe. The land between the Oste and the town of Stade is traditionally called Kehdingen. East of Stade the landscape is called Altes Land (literally "Old Land"). It is characterised by thousands of fruit-trees.

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