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    July 8, 2018

    The alarm guns in Stade, also called flood guns, were fired to warn of high water.



    The tradition of firing the alarm at high tide probably dates back to Swedish times. It is mentioned for the first time in 1747. The three cannons still in existence today date from the first half of the 18th century. They first stood on the castle bastion. Due to the expansion of the new port from 1880, the castle bastion was partially removed and the cannons were moved to the western swinging dike next to the Harschenflether lock.



    The guns were first fired at 2 m above sea level. Three shots were fired at 2.5 m above sea level and 6 shots at 3 m above sea level. During the French occupation and World War II, alarm shooting was forbidden. The last time the guns were fired was during the 1962 storm surge.

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      July 21, 2020

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