Petershagen

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

Divisions of Petershagen

The town of Petershagen consists of 29 districts:

International relations

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

References

1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
3. "Home". SC Neuenknick e.V. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
4. "World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
5. "World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

External links

• Official site (in German)
• Virtual tour through the city Petershagen (in German)