Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade explained

Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church
Other Name:St. Cosmae
Native Name:Kirche Ss. Cosmae et Damiani
Native Name Lang:German
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Coordinates:53.6018°N 9.4762°W
Location:Stade
Country:Germany
Denomination:Lutheran
Previous Denomination:Catholic (till 1529)
Website:St. Cosmae website
Dedication:Cosmas and Damian
Status:parish church
Functional Status:active
Architect:after 1659: Andreas Henne
Architectural Type:Hall church
quire oriented
Groundbreaking:13th century
Completed Date:extended in the 15th century
after 1659 Great Fire reconstructed till 1684
Spire Height:62.45lk=outNaNlk=out
Materials:brick
Parish:St. Cosmae-St. Nicolai[1]
Synod:Church of Hanover

The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade (German: Ss. Cosmae et Damiani or St. Cosmae) is a Lutheran church in Stade, Germany.

The church was built in the early 12th century and extended in the 17th century. The Baroque altar was crafted by in 1674 - 1677, and the organ was built in 1668 - 1675 by Berendt Hus and his nephew, the famous Arp Schnitger; the latter expanded the organ in 1688. Vincent Lübeck served as organist of St. Cosmae between 1675 and 1702.

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  1. The parish, the 1834 merger of two previous congregations, upkeeps the name of the St. Nicholas Church, demolished in 1834.