The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade (german: Ss. Cosmae et Damiani or ''St. Cosmae'') is a

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in Stade,

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. The church was built in the early 12th century and extended in the 17th century. The Baroque altar was crafted by in 1674–1677, and the organ was built in 1668–1675 by

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and his nephew, the famous

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; the latter expanded the organ in 1688.

Vincent Lübeck Vincent Lübeck (c. September 1654 – 9 February 1740) was a German composer and organist. He was born in Padingbüttel and worked as organist and composer at Stade's St. Cosmae et Damiani (1675–1702) and Hamburg's famous St. Nikolai (1702� ...

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)

External links

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St. Cosmae-St.Nicolai official parish site

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