Petershagen is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies on the Westphalian Mill Route. The core is formed by the districts of Petershagen and Lahde, located opposite each other on the Weser.

Petershagen
Town
Aerial view of Petershagen
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Petershagen within Minden-Lübbecke district
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Coordinates: 52°23′N 8°58′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Minden-Lübbecke
Subdivisions	29
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Dirk Breves[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	212 km2 (82 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	25,045
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	32469
Dialling codes	05707
Vehicle registration	MI
Website	www.petershagen.de

Geography

Petershagen is situated on the river Weser, approx. 10 km north-east of Minden.

Neighbouring municipalities

Division of the town

The town of Petershagen consists of 29 districts:

International relations

Petershagen is twinned with:

• Petershagen-Eggersdorf (Brandenburg, Germany) -- since 1990

Notable people

The following persons were born in Petershagen:

• Master Bertram (c. 1345 – c. 1415), painter (presumably born in Bierde)
• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743–1807), natural scientist
• Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler (1792–1854), Professor of Church History
• Henry Clay Brockmeyer (1826–1906), politician and translator of Hegel
• August Fick (1833–1916), Germanist and linguist
• Wilhelm Normann (1870–1939), inventor of fat hardening and thus the founder of margarine production
• Elsbeth Schragmüller (1887–1940), spy
• Edelgard Bulmahn (born 1951), politician
• Willi Brase (born 1951), politician

References

External links

• Official site (in German)
• Virtual tour through the city Petershagen (in German)

На других языках

[ru] Петерсхаген