title: Petershagen
text: 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:
  
  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
  
  External links
   Official site 
   Virtual tour through the city Petershagen 
  
  Minden-Lübbecke