Steinhagen is a municipality in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The village is well known for producing Schnaps made from juniper berries which are distilled three times.

The Schnaps is called Steinhäger or Schinkenhäger and can be clear or dark when unfiltered.

Steinhagen is in the Ems River basin on the southern slopes of the Teutoburg Forest, which runs through the northwestern portion of the municipality.

This mountain range is the eastern boundary of the Munsterland and of the Westphalian Bay.