The old town is renowned for the quantity and the quality of its half-timbered houses, each of which is more beautiful than the other. Like most of the buildings in the old town, the majority were rebuilt after the great fire of 1659 which destroyed ..

The building contains collections that evoke the commercial history of Stade and its system of fortifications. The prehistory section exhibits four bronze wheels dating from 700 BC.

To each side of this winding basin very beautiful and meticulously restored houses make up a setting that makes us dream of how the town must have looked in the 17C.