Petershagen

Petershagen
Petershagen
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	Petershagen Location of Petershagen within Minden-Lübbecke district
	Coordinates: 52°23′N 8°58′E / 52.383°N 8.967°ECoordinates: 52°23′N 8°58′E / 52.383°N 8.967°E
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 (2016-12-31)[1]
• Total	25,335
• 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.

Divisions of Petershagen

The town of Petershagen consists of 29 districts:

Petershagen is twinned with:

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
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

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