Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade

Church in Stade, Germany

Vincent Lübeck

ArchitectureFunctional statusactiveArchitect(s)after 1659: Andreas HenneArchitectural typeHall church
quire orientedGroundbreaking13th centuryCompletedextended in the 15th century
after 1659 Great Fire reconstructed till 1684SpecificationsSpire height62.45 m (204.9 ft)MaterialsbrickAdministrationSynodChurch of HanoverDioceseStade diocese [de]DeaneryStade (deanery) [de]ParishSt. Cosmae-St. Nicolai^[1]ClergySenior pastor(s)Dr. Ekkehard Heise (city pastorate III)Pastor(s)Götz Brakel (city pastorate IV)
Heike Kehlenbeck (city pastorate V)

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 Christian Precht [de] 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.

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)