Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade

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

Huss-Schnitger Organ
Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church
short: St. Cosmae or Cosmaekirche
full: Kirche Ss. Cosmae et Damiani
Ss. Cosmae et Damiani, east façade
Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church
Location within Lower Saxony
53°36′06″N 9°28′34″E
LocationStade
CountryGermany
DenominationLutheran
Previous denominationCatholic (till 1529)
WebsiteSt. Cosmae-St.Nicolai website (in German)
History
Statusparish church
DedicationCosmas and Damian
Associated people
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Architect(s)after 1659: Andreas Henne
Architectural typeHall church
quire oriented
Groundbreaking13th century
Completedextended in the 15th century
after 1659 Great Fire reconstructed till 1684
Specifications
Spire height62.45 m (204.9 ft)
Materialsbrick
Administration
ParishSt. Cosmae-St. Nicolai[1]
DeaneryStade (deanery)
DioceseStade diocese
SynodChurch of Hanover
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)Dr. Ekkehard Heise (city pastorate III)
Pastor(s)Götz Brakel (city pastorate IV)
Heike Kehlenbeck (city pastorate V)

The church was built in the early 12th century and extended in the 17th century. The Baroque altar was crafted by Christian Precht in 16741677, and the organ was built in 16681675 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.

References

  • Else Alpers, St. Cosmaekirche Stade, Stade: Schaumburg, 1981
  • Martin Boyken, „Die Malerei des Gertrudenaltars in St. Cosmae zu Stade. Die Jungfrau und der Teufel“, in: Stader Jahrbuch, N.F. vol. 42 (1952), pp. 89–100
  • Paul Krause, „Die Schmiedegitter der St. Cosmaekirche in Stade“, in: Stader Jahrbuch, N.F. vol. 44 (1954), pp. 171–174
  • Fritz Starcke, Die St. Cosmae-Kirche in Stade, Wienhausen and Celle: Niedersächsisches Bild-Archiv, 1928, (=Norddeutsche Kunstbücher; vol. 22)

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Notes

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