Elevation: 7m above sea level
First documentary mention: 994
Population: about 45,000
Area: about 110 sq. km / 27,000 acre

Administration, hirarchical
- Staat (country): Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Bundesland (state/province): Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
- Regierungsbezirk (local governmental level between "Bundesland" and "Landkreis") : Lüneburg
- Landkreis (County): Stade (vehicle license plate code: STD)

Time Zone: MEZ (Middle European Time) = GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) + 1
Daylight saving time: Last sunday in March to last sunday in October (plus 1 hour)
= MESZ (Middle European Summer Time) 

Phone area codes
- domestic: 04141 or 04146 (Stade-Abbenfleth, -Bützfleth, -Bützflethermoor and -Götzdorf)
- from abroad: country code 49 plus 4141 or 4146

Postal codes / neighborhoods of Stade
- 21680 Altländer Viertel, Campe, Klein Thun, Thun
- 21682 Altstadt, Hahle, Hohenwedel, Schölisch
- 21683 Abbenfleth, Bützfleth, Bützflethermoor, Götzdorf, Haddorf, Stadermoor, Stadersand
- 21684 Hagen, Ottenbeck, Stade-Süd, Wiepenkathen

Tourist-Info
- Hansestraße 16 (at the city port), mon-fri 08.00am-06.00pm - sat 09.00am-02.00pm
- Stade Tourismus-GmbH, Schiffertorsstraße 6, 21682 Stade, phone +49-4141- 409170
also see Links 

Motor Home Park: Schiffertorstraße; 79 sites; electricity, water, dump station available; walking distance to historic downtown (400 meters).

Campgrounds, RV parks:
Following can be found in the area
- Island Lühesand (8 km), tents only, see day trips
- Campingplatz Harsefeld (17 km), season Apr 1- Sep 30, phone +49-4164-887183, comunity's homepage
- Campingplatz Krautsand, Drochtersen (18 km), season Apr 1 - Oct 31, phone +49-4143-1494, campground's homepage
- Camping Am Leuchtturm, Drochtersen (18 km), season Apr 1 - Oct 31, phone +49-4143-5522, campground's homepage