Schloss Petershagen

Schloss Petershagen is a castle built around 1306 as a water castle, which was converted into a palace in the 16th century in the style of the Weser renaissance. It includes several buildings that have grown together to present the castle complex.
The castle was built north of the city of Minden at the confluence of the Ösper (river) into the Weser (river) in Petershagen (town) in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The Wehrburg (Counter-castle) in Petershagen was built in the year 1306 by the then Minden Bishop Gottfried von Waldeck and placed under the protection of the Holy Gorgonius. It should defend the land of the Minden bishops to the north.
At the instigation of Bishop Franz II, Count of Waldeck, the master builder Jörg Unkair built the castle into a remarkable castle of the Weser renaissance. In particular, dark Portasandstein and bright obernkirchen sandstone were used.

The Petershagen castle has been used as a hotel since 1967. On the upgraded terrace you have a good view of the Weserauen. In cooperation with the association “manor houses and their parks in the Mill Circle”, the district of Minden-Lübbecke organizes chamber concerts in the castle.
In addition, the hotel is used as a starting point for visiting numerous mills in the immediate vicinity of the Westphalian Mill Road and for cycling on the Weser cycle track.