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. The city was first mentioned in a document from 994. It includes the urban districts of Bützfleth, Hagen and Haddorf which have a district council ("Ortsrat") of their own with some autonomous decision making rights. Stade is located on the lower Elbe River and the German Timber-Frame Road. The city has about 45,000 inhabitants.
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