Petershagen

Petershagen is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies on the Westphalian Mill Route.GeographyPetershagen is situated on the river Weser, approx. 10 km north-east of Minden.Neighbouring municipalitiesDivision of the townThe town of Petershagen consists of 29 districts:International relationsPetershagen is twinned with: 25px Petershagen-Eggersdorf (Brandenburg, Germany) -- since 1990Sons and daughters of the cityThe following persons were born in Petershagen: 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 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