Petershagen

For the municipality of Brandenburg, see Petershagen-Eggersdorf.

Petershagen (German pronunciation: [ˌpeːtɐsˈhaːɡn̩] ^ⓘ; Low German: Päitershaugen) 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. Its typical dialect belongs, as with the Bremer Platt to the Southern Oldenburgish variety Northern Low Saxon, itself a dialect of the Low German language.

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	211.94 km2 (81.83 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	25,362
• Density	119.67/km2 (309.93/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

Minden Hille Uchte Stolzenau Leese Landesbergen

Loccum Rehburg-Loccum Nienburg Niedernwöhren Bückeburg

Division of the town

Divisions of Petershagen

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:

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

Sport

The SC Neuenknick e.V. motorcycle speedway club, race at the Stadion Lindenau track, which is located approximately 12 kilometres north east of the town on Brennwisk 40.^[3] The facility, a 357 metre track, has hosted important events since 1981, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1988.^[4][5]

Notable people

The following persons were born in Petershagen:

Wilhelm Normann in 1905

• 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
• Fred Walsen (1841-1906), American banker and Colorado State Treasurer
• 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