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Petershagen
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German
de:,Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Etymology
After the counter-castle de Schloss Petershagen named in honour of biblical Saint Peter and combination of weakly inflected gml Hag fence, enclosure of bushes or walls, as the hill it was erected upon, and chosen as a residence of the de Bistum Minden Bishop of Minden in 1305 or 1306, before which the locality was called gml Hockeleve, gml Hockeleven, gml Hockeln, first mentioned in 784 as la-med Huculbi, la-med Huculvi.
Pronunciation
de /ˌpeːtɐsˈhaːɡŋ̍/
de Petershagen.ogg
de De-Petershagen2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Petershagen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Pe ters ha gen
Proper noun
toponym
de A <<town>> and an eponymous <<municipality>> constituting the northeast corner of <<s/North Rhine-Westphalia>>, <<dist/de:Minden-Lübbecke>>, <<c/Germany>>
Declension
toponym