This article discusses the German city. For the unit of measure, see Stadia. Stade () is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg). It is the seat of the district named after it. It was founded in 994. It includes the bigger villages of Bützfleth, Hagen and Haddorf, which have sub-villages themselves. History The first human settlers came to the Stade area in 30,000 BC. In 1209, Stade received the "Stadtrecht" (Town privileges). In medieval times (from the 1200s to the late 1600s), Stade was a prominent member of the Hanseatic League, but was later eclipsed by Hamburg. Stade was also a part of the Swedish province of Bremen-Verden-Wildeshausen Sweden from 1645 to 1712, and some of the buildings built by the Swedes are still in use today. During the Swedish times Stade was the capital of the province. In

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