Iserlohn

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Iserlohn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr river, at Template:Coor dm. Population: 102,456 (2001). Area: 125.50 km². It is the biggest city in the Märkischer Kreis and the Sauerland, both by area and by population.

1 History
2 Points of interest
3 Coat of arms
4 Twinning
5 Others
6 Literature
7 External links

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History

The Pancratius church (also called Bauernkirche) was founded in around 985, but the first written document mentioning lon dates only from 1150. In 1278 the Count of the Mark gave Iserlohn municipal rights. In 1975 the city was merged with Letmathe, Hennen, Sümmern and Kesbern, and was integrated into the Märkischer Kreis.

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Points of interest

The Dechenhöhle was discovered in 1868 during the construction of the railway line Hagen-Iserlohn. 360m are accessible for visitors, and lots of stalactites make it a spectacular sight.

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Coat of arms

In the middle of the coat of arms is Saint Pancras (St. Pancratius), patron of the oldest church in Iserlohn. He is depicted between two towers of the historic city wall. The checked fess below is derived from the arms of the Counts of the Mark.

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Twinning

Iserlohn is twinned with:

Nyíregyháza, Hungary since 1989
Almelo, Netherlands since 1954
Auchel, France - since 1975
Biel/Bienne, Switzerland - since 1959
Chorzów, Poland - since 2004
Hall in Tirol, Austria - since 1967
Laventie, France - since 1975
Novocherkassk, Russia - since 1990
Glauchau, Germany, Saxony - since 1991

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Others

"Iserlohn" is also the name of a giant Death Star-like space fortress in the Japanese science fiction novel series Legend of the Galactic Heroes (or "Ginga Eiyu densetsu" in Japanese), written by Yoshiki Tanaka. This series has also been adapted into Anime and Manga form.

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Literature

Götz Bettge: Iserlohn-Lexikon. Iserlohn 1987. ISBN 3-922885-37-3
Ernst Dossmann: Iserlohner Tabaksdosen erzählen. Ein Einblick in die wirtschaftlichen, gesellschaftlichen, politischen und militärischen Verhältnisse und das Aufblühen von Gewerbe, Industrie und Handel im märkisch-westfälischen Wirtschaftsraum während der Regierungszeit Friedrichs des Großen, dargestellt an bekannten Iserlohner Industrieerzeugnissen. 1981. ISBN 3-922-88501-2
Margret Kirchhoff: Pulsschläge einer Stadt. Die Oberste Stadtkirche Iserlohn - Zeitbilder und Momentaufnahmen. 2003. Eigenverlag Dr. Margret Kirchhoff.
Fritz Kühn: Liebes altes Iserlohn. (released about 1956). Westfalenverlag Dortmund
Peter Müller und Günter Stalp: Unsere gute alte Straßenbahn. Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit. Iserlohn 1995. ISBN 3-922885-78-0
Hans-Herbert Mönnig Verlag Iserlohn (no author mentioned): Iserlohn - unsere lebendige Stadt. Ein Bildband von Iserlohnern für Iserlohner. Iserlohn 1997. ISBN 3-922885-93-4
Heinz Stoob (†): Westfälischer Städteatlas; Band: I; 9 Teilband (Stadtmappe Iserlohn). Im Auftrage der Historischen Kommission für Westfalen und mit Unterstützung des Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen-Lippe; edited by Heinz Stoob and Wilfried Ehbrecht. Dortmund-Altenbeken, 1975. ISBN 3-89115-336-8