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Stade is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, and is the capital of the district named after it. It was founded in 994. As of 2001, it had a population of 45152.

In medieval times, Stade was a prominent member of the Hanseatic League, but was later eclipsed by Hamburg. Stade was also occupied by Sweden for some time, with some of the buildings by the Swedes still being in use today.

In the past decades, it has benefitted greatly from the presence of chemical and aerospace industry at Elbe river, such as Dow Chemical and Deutsche Airbus .

There is also a nuclear power plant at Elbe river, which was connected to the power grid in 1972, making it Germany's second oldest reactor. Following Germany's 2002 decision to get out of nuclear power generation, Stade was the first German plant to be affected, getting shut down permanently on November 14, 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U. The process of dismantling the facility is supposed to be completed by 20152015 is a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events March 20 Total solar eclipse (visible in the North Atlantic). April 25 100th Anniversary of Dardanelles Campaign at Anzac Cove September 13 Partial solar eclipse Fictional Referenc.