Petershagen

Petershagen
Coat of arms
Petershagen
Location of Petershagen within Minden-Lübbecke district
Coordinates: 52°23′N 8°58′E / 52.383°N 8.967°E / 52.383; 8.967Coordinates: 52°23′N 8°58′E / 52.383°N 8.967°E / 52.383; 8.967
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Minden-Lübbecke
Government
• Mayor	Dieter Blume (CDU)
Area
• Total	212 km2 (82 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	25,663
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	32469
Dialling codes	05707
Vehicle registration	MI
Website	www.petershagen.de

Petershagen is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies on the Westphalian Mill Route.

Geography

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

Neighbouring municipalities

Division of the town

Divisions of Petershagen

The town of Petershagen consists of 29 districts:

International relations

Petershagen is twinned with:

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

Sons and daughters of the city

The following persons were born in Petershagen:

Wilhelm Normann in 1905

• Around 1340: Master Bertram, painter (presumably born in Bierde)
• 1734-1807: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, natural scientist
• 1792-1854: Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler, Professor of Church History
• 1833: August Fick, Germanist and linguist
• 1870: Wilhelm Normann, inventor of fat hardening and thus the founder of margarine production
• 1887-1940: Elsbeth Schragmüller, spy
• 1951: Edelgard Bulmahn, politician
• 1951: Willi Brase, politician

References

External links

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