The town of Iserlohn was handed to American Troops on 16 April 1945. Its capitulation can been attributed to the American threat of destroying the town in order to lessen Allied casualties. On 13 June 1945 the Americans opened the first meeting of the Iserlohner Bürgerausschuß (Citizens Council). First mayor after WWII in Iserlohn was chosen by the Military Government on 20 July 1945,  his name being Werner Jacobi. 

After the Allied Zones were established, the Americans departed and British troops arrived at Iserlohn. A British brigade plus HQ was moved to Iserlohn and the camps at the Seilersee since then became the British Military Hospital of the British Rhine-Army. 

It took some time until the British troops allowed the printing of newspapers, so the first papers after WWII were printed in Iserlohn on 3 March 1946 (Westfälische Rundschau) and 26 April 1946 (Westfalenpost). Some other papers started in 1947 and 1948.

Herr Manfred Schmitt

 

 

 

 Wermingser Straße, 1950's

 Submitted by Mr Terry Flanagan

 Wermingser Straße, 2005

Courtesy of Mr Terry Flanagan

 

 Unnaer Straße as viewed from the Town Hall, circa 1950

Submitted by Mr Terry Flanagan

 Unnaer Straße as viewed from the Town Hall, May 2005

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 Stadtkirche 1957

Courtesy of Mr Terry Flanagan 

 Stadt Kirche, May 2005

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 This building was used by the British Army of the 1950's as a YMCA. It had a book store, an army cafe (NAAFI) and classes were taught to army families such as German, crafts, sewing etc. A restaurant in 2005 called Bauerhaus, meaning Farmhouse.

Courtesy of Mr Terry Flanagan

 

 Grenzhauser

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Grenzhauser Cafe, 1957

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Courtesy of Mr Terry Flanagan

This is a 1960's Post Card of Sümmern Village. The rows of two-storey flats can be seen in the lower right of the picture. In this shot they look as though they had only just been built. In fact, just above the writing in the lower left of the picture is what appears to be Sümmern First School under construction which is the school I attended. The MQ's were located in Taigelbrand, Storm Strasse and Augustin-Wibbelt Strasse.
We occupied these MQ's when the Regiment was relocated to Iserlohn after the Canadians moved out in 1970. My father was stationed at Corunna Barracks.

Courtesy of Mr Mick Hughes.

 

Another view of the village but without the MQ's. They would be to the right just out of shot.

Courtesy of Mr Mick Hughes

 

 

Former MQ's on Oberhoff Straße - 2008

Courtesy of Malcolm Austin

Former MQ's on Händelstraße. The one of Händelstraße has greatly changed from our time there. They were brand new, no trees.

Courtesy of Malcolm Austin