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Location of Petershagen within Minden-Lübbecke district | |
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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 (2020–25) | Dirk Breves[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 212 km2 (82 sq mi) |
Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 25,027 |
• 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. The core is formed by the districts of Petershagen and Lahde, located opposite each other on the Weser.
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:
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International relations
Petershagen is twinned with:
- Petershagen-Eggersdorf (Brandenburg, Germany) -- since 1990
Notable people
The following persons were born in Petershagen:
- 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
- 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
References
- ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
External links
- Official site (in German)
- Virtual tour through the city Petershagen (in German)
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