Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade

Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church
Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church
St. Cosmae
Kirche Ss. Cosmae et Damiani
	Ss. Cosmae et Damiani, east facade
	Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church
	53°36′06″N 9°28′34″E / 53.6018°N 9.4762°E
Location	Stade
Country	Germany
Denomination	Lutheran
Previous denomination	Catholic (till 1529)
Website	St. Cosmae website (in German)
History
Status	parish church
Dedication	Cosmas and Damian
Associated people	Vincent Lübeck;
Architecture
Functional status	active
Architect(s)	after 1659: Andreas Henne
Architectural type	Hall church; quire oriented
Groundbreaking	13th century
Completed	extended in the 15th century; after 1659 Great Fire reconstructed till 1684
Specifications
Spire height	62.45 m (204.9 ft)
Materials	brick
Administration
Synod	Church of Hanover
Diocese	Stade diocese [de]
Deanery	Stade (deanery) [de]
Parish	St. Cosmae-St. Nicolai

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)