Petershagen

For the municipality of Brandenburg, see Petershagen-Eggersdorf.
Petershagen
Petershagen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Detmold
District Minden-Lübbecke
Town subdivisions 29
Mayor Dieter Blume (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 212 km2 (82 sq mi)
Elevation 41 m  (135 ft)
Population 25,750 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 121 /km2 (315 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate MI
Postal code 32469
Area code 05707
Website www.petershagen.de

Petershagen is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Contents

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:

  • Bierde
  • Buchholz
  • Döhren
  • Eldagsen
  • Friedewalde
  • Frille
  • Gorspen-Vahlsen
  • Großenheerse
  • Hävern
  • Heimsen
  • Ilse
  • Ilserheide
  • Ilvese
  • Jössen
  • Petershagen-Lahde
  • Maaslingen
  • Meßlingen
  • Neuenknick
  • Ovenstädt
  • Petershagen (city center)
  • Quetzen
  • Raderhorst
  • Rosenhagen
  • Schlüsselburg
  • Seelenfeld
  • Südfelde
  • Wasserstraße
  • Wietersheim
  • Windheim

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Petershagen is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links

Towns and municipalities in Minden-Lübbecke