{"id":14449,"date":"2015-07-15T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/?p=14449"},"modified":"2022-01-25T17:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T22:41:54","slug":"joining-german-tradition-in-stade-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/joining-german-tradition-in-stade-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Stade the prettiest village on Germany’s framework road?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I<\/span> had only vaguely heard of the Hanseatic League before I got to Stade as part of my itinerary along the German Half-Timbered Houses Route<\/a>. Indeed, this impossibly quaint city, located in Lower Saxony near the North Sea, was a prominent member of the commercial confederation back in the medieval times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while it was later on eclipsed by Hamburg, Stade remained nonetheless a powerful seaport along the River Elbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This former prominent status can only mean two things for the contemporary visitor: 1, Stade was significant enough to become an administrative centre, and 2, various trades made it rich enough to build splendid and ornate buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To say I was impressed to start my German Timber-Frame road trip in Stade would not be anywhere close to my actual level of excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Stade\u00a0for the first time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Stade’s historic canal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The high street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A pretty picture!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stade’s historic hoist<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n