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Besides the village of Petershagen in West Prussia and Petershagen on the Molotschna, there was also a Mennonite congregation in Petershagen on the Weser in the principality of Minden, Germany (52° 23′ 0″ N, 8° 58′ 0″ E). This congregation is found in the Dutch Naamlijst 1766-1810. The congregation is said to have been founded by emigrant Swiss Mennonites. Petrus Staal (Peter Stahli?) was its preacher; the year of his ordination is not stated.  Particulars are not known.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 155. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Petershagen (Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 06 September 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/petershagen_kreis_minden_lubbecke_nordrhein>

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). "Petershagen (Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 06 September 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/petershagen_kreis_minden_lubbecke_nordrhein>