Petershagen
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Petershagen | |
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Location of Petershagen within Minden-Lübbecke district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 52°23′N 8°58′E / 52.383°N 8.967°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Detmold |
District | Minden-Lübbecke |
Subdivisions | 29 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Dieter Blume (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 212 km2 (82 sq mi) |
Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 25,226 |
• 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 |
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
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The town of Petershagen consists of 29 districts:
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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:
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Wilhelm_Normann_1905.jpg/130px-Wilhelm_Normann_1905.jpg)
- 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
- 1828: Henry Clay Brockmeyer, politician and translator of Hegel
- 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)