Sign In Subscribe Now Jake Virtanen's time with the Iserlohn Roosters is officially over The News reached out to Roosters officials following the conclusion of the German-based Deutsche Eishockey Liga team's season earlier in March and they confirmed that the former Vancouver Canucks first round draft pick will not be returning next season "Jake is a free agent since the end of our season two weeks ago we did not offer him a new contract," stated Roosters press spokesperson Felix Dötsch Virtanen appeared in 46 games for the club in 2024-25 and recorded 19 points and 29 penalty minutes He signed a one-year deal with Iserlohn last June Iserlohn finished 12th in the 14-team DEL and failed to make the playoffs A post shared by Iserlohn Roosters (@iserlohnroosters_official) He joined the DEL's Fischtown Pinguins near the end of the 2022-23 season after his contract was terminated by EHC Visp of the Swiss League He scored 23 points in 44 games over two seasons with the Pinguins Virtanen collected 25 points in 21 games in the Swiss League He spent the 2021-22 season with the KHL's Spartak Moskva and had 16 points in 36 games Dötsch added that Virtanen is a great guy and many involved with the Roosters will miss him He shared that Virtanen and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child in Iserlohn Virtanen last played in the NHL with the Canucks in the 2020-21 season He has 100 points in 317 career games with Vancouver It's unclear what the next step is for the 2014 sixth overall draft pick Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. We ask that you be respectful of others and their points of view, refrain from personal attacks and stay on topic. To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines Abbotsford's Jake Virtanen is moving from the Pinguins to the Roosters The Iserlohn Roosters announced the signing of the Yale Secondary grad and former Vancouver Canucks forward on May 30 Virtanen had spend the past two seasons with the Bremerhaven Pinguins in the German-based Deutsche Eishockey Liga Wir begrüßen mit Jake Virtanen einen neuen Stürmer am Seilersee! Welcome to Iserlohn, Jake! pic.twitter.com/lGliJPLb9f “Jake is an offensive player who fits perfectly into our requirements profile: he is physically present and dynamic and is a good skate runner,” stated Axel Müffeler the assistant general manager and director of player development for the Roosters Virtanen told the team's website that he enjoyed playing in Iserlohn He added that he is looking forward to playing with Roosters players Michael Dal Colle and Eric Cornel Dal Colle was chosen fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 2014 NHL Draft (one selection before Virtanen was picked by the Canucks) Cornel was chosen 44th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in 2014 Iserlohn is about three and a half hours southwest of Bremerhaven and is located about an hour outside of Düsseldorf It was recorded as having a population of 92,540 in 2022 The Roosters finished in 13th place in the 14-team DEL in 2023-24 and compiled a record of 13-27-6-6 Virtanen is departing a Pinguins squad that finished first in the regular season but then fell in the championship to Eisbären Berlin The 27-year-old Virtanen scored 21 points in 36 games for Bremerhaven in 2023-24 He appeared in just two playoff games and did not record a point during the Pinguins run to the final Italy's headquarters will be established in Iserlohn The Azzurri will stay at the VierJahreszeiten Hotel and train at the Hemberg Stadium They will have easy access to the first two match venues Dortmund (approximately 30 km away) and Gelsenkirchen (approximately 70 km away) where Italy will face Albania (15 June) and Spain (20 June) respectively The FIGC's choice of Iserlohn was influenced by the enthusiasm and warmth shown by the city's institutions and the local community ready to experience this exciting adventure alongside the National Team The Azzurri will arrive in Iserlohn on 10 June five days before the match against Albania (June 15 which will kick off the journey in the tournament for the reigning European Champions Today marks the beginning of an initial inspection of the town by the FIGC staff during which the next interventions in the training centre will be defined They will also identify the area where Casa Azzurri will be located a gathering place for all National Team fans and a valuable reference point for accredited guests where the team's daily media activities will take place THE CITY: The name Iserlohn combines the terms lô (forest) and îse(r)n (iron) thus translating to 'iron forest,' a mineral that has characterized the city's history and economy since the late Middle Ages Fortified by the Counts of Brandenburg in the 12th century it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701 becoming one of the most important industrial cities until the mid-1800s the city rapidly grew with the construction of new industrial and residential areas Pro Hockey Rumors July 27, 2023 at 11:35 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 1 Comment The 2014 fifth-overall pick has not suited up in the NHL since a lone appearance with the Islanders in 2021-22 To say Dal Colle’s career has stagnated since his draft year would be an understatement spending most of his pro tenure with the Islanders organization with their AHL affiliate in Bridgeport The team cut ties with their former top prospect in the summer of 2022 letting him become a UFA by not issuing him a qualifying offer Dal Colle signed in Finland with Liiga club TPS where he registered just four goals in 36 games he did add a respectable 15 assists for 19 points in total it’s far below expectations for Dal Colle who now seems destined to play out the remainder of his pro career in Europe The 27-year-old winger totaled just 112 NHL appearances for the Islanders across five seasons scoring eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points It wasn’t a case of strong minors production not translating to the pros recording 18 goals and 34 points in 34 games for Bridgeport in 2018-19 but otherwise posted rather pedestrian point totals representative of a middle-six AHL forward Dal Colle joins a team stuck in the throes of DEL mediocrity – never good enough to advance deep in the postseason nor bad enough to get relegated to the DEL2 the current iteration of the Roosters has never been demoted from the DEL since their inception in 2000-01 but they’ve yet to advance past the quarterfinals in the DEL’s postseason Iserlohn has also missed the playoffs entirely in each of the past two seasons DEL| New York Islanders| Transactions Michael Dal Colle 2 years ago 5 pick used for Dal Colle has a Sabres subplot The Sabres had the NYI 1st due to the Vanek trade The wheels fell off the Isle that season and they were able to defer the first for a year Dal Calle was highly touted in his draft class; the NYI cannot be criticized for that pick But boy am I happy that he was never Sabres property Log in Register Pro Hockey Rumors is not affiliated with National Hockey League Register John’s native Tyler Boland signs with German hockey club Iserlohn Roosters for next seasonThe St John's native spent last season with Manitoba and Newfoundland Tyler Boland is taking his game to an international level next season The Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) announced Thursday they had signed the 26-year-old from St Boland is fresh off a playoff run with the ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers that saw him help the team to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Florida Everblades Subscribe now to access this story and more: Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience In nine playoff games after he was returned from the AHL’s Manitoba Moose on May 9 Boland registered four goals and 11 points He started the season with the Growlers and suited up in the first 11 games of the season Boland had scored nine goals and added seven assists before he was recalled by the Moose in early November Wir verpflichten zur kommenden Saison den Stürmer Tyler Boland (und hoffen dass er uns eins von diesen Trikots mitbringt) Alle Infos: https://t.co/bPmVyDIOZO pic.twitter.com/y9slMESOmX — Iserlohn Roosters (@roosters_hockey) June 1, 2023 Boland spent the rest of the regular season with Manitoba and had 19 points (nine goals When the Moose were eliminated from the Calder Cup playoffs he was sent down to help the Growlers attempt to win their second Kelly Cup it won’t be the first time a player from this province has played for the 64-year-old franchise John’s native Luke Adam played 43 games with the club and had 30 points (nine goals This season Adam played for the Straubing Tigers Growler teammate Zach O’Brien and former Growler Marcus Power have also played in Germany in recent years Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page The British Virgin Islands is an explorer's dream with more than 60 isles and cays to discover Expert-backed tips and a step-by-step breakdown to ward off these pests We tried it: Filtrete Smart Tower and the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool Formaldehyde HP09 transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Embed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/07/06/german-ice-hockey-gaddafi-sponsorship"></iframe> EmailIn 1987 ECD Iserlohn was offered a sponsorship deal by Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (Roosterfan via Wikimedia Commons)This story originally aired on July 7 This web feature has been updated accordingly Heinz Weifenbach was a successful real estate developer who loved ice hockey. In 1981, he bought ECD Iserlohn, a team in Germany’s elite Bundesliga. The team was not very good, and it was millions of dollars in debt. Ice hockey wasn’t exactly Germany’s favorite sport. Over the next few years, Weifenbach sank money into the team. And by 1986, ECD Iserlohn was a playoff contender. That endeared him to Iserlohn’s small but loyal group of hockey fans. And to his players. Heinz Weifenbach as he appeared in ECD Iserlohn's 1985–1986 team yearbook. (Courtesy Earl Spry)"Heinz Weifenbach," Earl Spry remembers. "He was a character." Spry is one of the many former ECD Iserlohn players from Canada.    "Big, heavy-set guy, " Spry says. "He always had his big, long leather coat on. He almost looked like a guy out of the Gestapo or Hogan’s Heroes or something. And his long, wavy hair and a walrus mustache. You know, that was Heinz." Weifenbach’s dream was for his team to win the league championship. And he let his players know about it. During a game early in the 1987–1988 season, Iserlohn was losing 6–0 to a team it should have been beating. Defenseman Dan Olsen says Heinz walked into the locker room during the first intermission.    "He was giving us the gears about how we were playing. And then he said, 'If you guys continue to play this way, I’m gonna shoot you guys,' as he pulled his gun out." Most of the players knew Heinz was joking. But the team’s top scorer, Danny Held, was not amused.  "[He] told him if he ever pulled that thing out again, he was going to shove his stick up his butt and he wouldn’t be able to breathe," Olsen says. "I think he was a little scared of Danny Held." But Heinz was probably more afraid of his creditors, according to Iserlohn forward Bruce Hardy. "He always carried a gun with him, wherever he went." Like many of Germany’s elite pro hockey teams of the mid-1980s, ECD Iserlohn was always looking for more sponsors. Even though its uniforms were covered with logos. "We had a beer company, Iserlohner Pilsner," Olsen says. "One of our major sponsors owned a crystal company, Ritzenhoff Cristal. BMW was one of our sponsors as well. I think that was on our helmets." Earl Spry's 1986 photo for the ECD Iserlohn team yearbook with Ritzenhoff Cristal logo prominently displayed. (Courtesy Earl Spry)But all those sponsorships didn’t generate enough income to pay the bills. The team also owed about $3.5 million in back taxes. By the fall of 1987, Heinz Weifenbach was desperate to keep his team solvent. Journalist Gabriel Luis Manga says that that led Weifenbach to hire some expert help. "Heinz’s personal tax man, they called him 'Merlin the Magician,' " Manga says. Players were getting paid, for the most part. But Germany’s Central Tax Office was not. Officials knew that ECD Iserlohn was playing games with its ledgers. They just weren’t exactly sure how. So they went after the players.  "They’re young Canadian guys in their 20s, they’re just trying to continue a dream," Manga says. "They’re having success. They’re getting paid to do what they love. And then, all of a sudden, the tax authorities are at their doors going through their apartments."   Bruce Hardy was good at sneaking out a back window when the feds came calling. But one day, they caught up with him. "They took my football, my baseball glove, my leather jacket, a TV. And, right at that time, in ’87, the Loonie came out, and my brother had brought me one over." The “Loonie” is a Canadian one-dollar coin bearing the image of a loon. It’s made mostly of nickel with a shiny bronze plating. In 1987, it was worth about 67 U.S. cents. "And they thought it was a piece of gold," Hardy says. "They took it, too." German tax officials were also looking for documents that might show them how Weifenbach was hiding income from them. The team responded by warning players to "misplace" their pay stubs and bank statements. The German government tightened the screws even more. "There was times when we’d come out of the rink and our cars would be taken away," Hardy says. "They’d have a big trailer out there, loading our cars up on ‘em and taking ‘em away." "The finance people locked all the doors to the dressing room and told us we weren’t allowed to practice," Olsen says. "And we weren’t gonna be allowed to play again until some of this money was paid back."   “Hans Meyer goes, ‘I’ve got it. We’re gonna call up Muammar Gaddafi.’ ” But the team needed to play to avoid bankruptcy. And Weifenbach couldn’t stonewall the feds forever. He looked far and wide for creative financing. Maybe a really big sponsorship deal. He reached out to Hans Meyer, the mayor of the nearby town of Hemer. "Hans was notorious for his business dealings behind the Eastern Bloc, in China," Manga says. "And so he was the kinda guy who could get help through some interesting business partners." Burgermeister Meyer had in mind one very interesting partner. "Hans Meyer goes, ‘I’ve got it. We’re gonna call up Muammar Gaddafi,’" Manga says. Muammar Gaddafi's regime remained in place in Libya from 1969 until his death in 2011 he liked to dabble in "literature" and pro sports sponsorships (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)Muammar Gaddafi The man who ordered the 1986 bombing of a Berlin discotheque that killed three and wounded more than 200 Dictator of the country that supplied most of Germany’s oil Heinz jetted to Tripoli in late November of 1987 "And there’s this whole spectacle of getting off the plane on the tarmac in Libya," Manga says and it seems like people like hockey in Germany.’ And Gaddafi likes anything that pleases the public "Heinz goes to Gaddafi’s compound that’s been bombed," Manga says in retaliation for the Berlin disco bombing "And Gaddafi gives him a contract for almost a million dollars to save the team," Manga says Heinz returned to Germany and met with the players The tax authorities aren’t gonna be raiding your apartments anymore You might even get your leather coats and your Loonies and your baseball gloves back And we’re gonna get a shot to win the championship." Heinz presented the team with their new jerseys They were Iserlohn’s familiar blue-and-white design minus the Ritzenhoff Cristal logo on the front "And it just had this great big green book on the front of it," Hardy says Gaddafi’s Green Book had first been published 12 years earlier in 1975 "He said all we had to do was wear Muammar’s advertisement of his Green Book for five or six games "So we kinda looked around the room at each other a little bit aghast that Muammar Gaddafi was going to be our major sponsor." this is some crazy stuff going on here,’ " Hardy says Olsen and Spry say they had no idea what was in Gaddafi’s Green Book And hockey players just want to play hockey But why would Muammar Gaddafi want to advertise on the uniforms of German hockey players "Gaddafi had ambitions beyond just being the leader of Libya," says Daniel Kalder, an expert on the literature of dictators. ECD Iserlohn forward Bruce Hardy in his Green Book jersey on Dec. 4, 1987. It was the only time the jersey would be worn in a game. (Courtesy Bruce Hardy)"He had global ambitions very early on. And he declared the arrival of the Third Universal Theory that was going to replace communism and capitalism. He says capitalism doesn’t work, democracy is a fraud, socialism likewise. So this is the solution to the global problem of how to organize and govern a society." But how did Gaddafi think that would work? "Yeah, so, you know, he was kinda sparse on the details," Kalder says. "I don’t think he’d thought about it that heavily. And it’s a tricky book to read, because it’s quite rambling. And it doesn’t maintain a very clear argument." Among the Green Book’s gems are Gaddafi’s creative analogy between nationalism and gaseous stars and his lengthy list of the biological differences between men and women. And he shares his contempt for sports fans: "The thousands who crowd stadiums to view, applaud and laugh are those foolish people who have failed to carry out the activity themselves."  Gaddafi enforced the study of the Green Book at various centers around Libya. "You can imagine sitting in a classroom in Libya or in a university, and this is presented to you, Kalder says. "And woe betide the person who laughed at these kind of bizarre statements." And here’s where a German pro ice hockey team comes in. "He was still trying to find ways to reach the world," Kalder says. "Because he had the home audience sewn up. He didn’t have to worry about them. But, clearly, that wasn’t enough." On Dec. 4, 1987, ECD Iserlohn took the ice in their home arena against Rosenheim SB. Bruce Hardy and his teammates wore their brand new Green Book jerseys. Fans had found out about the new sponsorship beforehand. "People are going wild, dressed up as Gaddafi in sort of Bedouin garb," Manga says. "And it was just electric in there," Hardy says. "And I’m going, ‘Wow, this is changing things here real quick.’ " Six thousand spectators had somehow been crammed into an arena with a capacity of only 4,900. Iserlohn won the game. It looked like Weifenbach might finally get his first championship. And now everybody was paying attention, including international news media. It seemed to the players that all the publicity was good publicity. But Heinz was fighting with the German Ice Hockey Federation, which wanted to nix the Green Book sponsorship. And then, for its next game, ECD Iserlohn traveled to Frankfurt, where thousands of U.S. troops were stationed. When the team bus pulled up to the arena, Dan Olsen looked out the window. "We were met with a hostile mob of people," Olsen says. "And they all had their signs, and they thought that we were devils for playing for this guy and advertising his book." Before the game, the commander of an anti-terrorism unit told Earl Spry: " ‘You know, we’ve had bomb threats, and we’ve gone through the whole rink and we found nothing. We’ve got dogs and everything. Pretty sure it’s safe, but we can’t guarantee anything.’ " One of the two "Green Book" jerseys known to exist is on exhibit at the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in Augsburg (Courtesy Roosterfan via Wikimedia Commons)In the locker room the players told Heinz that they had serious doubts about wearing the Green Book logo and the season’s gonna be cancelled,' " Manga says "Because he wanted to keep that team together and the team declared bankruptcy a few days later but I wanted to go someplace and just concentrate on my hockey “[The Green Book is] a tricky book to read And it doesn’t maintain a very clear argument.” Bruce Hardy played 13 more seasons and is now a golf pro in Edmonton Heinz Weifenbach managed to dodge German tax officials long enough to resurface as chairman of Sauerland ECD a team in Germany’s third-tier ice hockey league Weifenbach’s championship dream had finally been realized he began serving a 27-month prison sentence for tax evasion Libyans were unburdened of Gaddafi’s regime in 2011 Daniel Kalder says that was more or less the end of the Green Book and then they’re just — people don’t even want to revile them Only two Green Book jerseys are known to have survived One is in the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in Augsburg The other lives in one of Bruce Hardy’s closets Read Daniel Kalder's book, “The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy,” to learn more. Gary Waleik Producer Only A GameGary Waleik is a producer for Only A Game ECD Iserlohn were on the verge of bankruptcy Then the team’s owner hit upon a novel idea – a sponsorship deal with Libya’s unyielding leader cigar-smoking bon vivant who made his fortune in real estate development Weifenbach had poured his wealth into making Iserlohn one of Germany’s top teams Dan Olsen remembers “Heinzy” as full of life and a man who wasn’t afraid to let the players know what he thought of their play “He would come in the dressing room sometimes and if we weren’t playing good he’d be swearing away in German – and one time he actually came in and pulled a gun out of his pants!” Bruce Hardy describes him as “one of the most amazing men you’ll ever meet Things were promising for the new season with a new crop brought in including Olsen as the club owed the German authorities $3.4m in taxes View image in fullscreenBruce Hardy’s hockey shirt Photograph: Gabriel Luis Manga/The GuardianPlayers had heard rumblings of tax troubles with the team in previous years seemed to make the books work every season Butthen the authorities had caught up to the team Tax officials began showing up at the players’ apartments early in the morning demanding to see their contracts with the team and the declarations of income they claimed they had sent to the players The forms and contracts were nowhere to be found and began seizing personal items of value to cover costs but what it was was the first year the loonie had come out in Canada” the authorities didn’t know where he lived Weifenbach dreamed up an idea with the mayor of a neighboring Iserlohn suburb to to save the team: fly to Libya and ask Muammar Gaddafi Greeted in Libya by Gaddafi himself, Weifenbach conducted a series of negotiations Gaddafi would give Weifenbach $900,000 for the season to keep his club afloat there was a catch: in exchange for the money the team must promote Gaddafi’s Green Book – a collection of ramblings and political philosophies of the late dictator – on their jerseys This might appear to have come out of the blue, but Gaddafi was connected to sport. He paid Perugia and Sampdoria to carry his son Saadi Gaddafi on the roster, with owners pleading managers to allow the younger Gaddafi on the pitch in hopes of gaining more cash from the family Muammar Gaddafi’s connections to Germany were not new Hardy remembers ads for the Green Book appearing on local taxi cabs even before their hockey team’s relationship with the Libyans and Libyan oil was still being readily imported into Germany But Gaddafi was a controversial and menacing figure La Belle discotheque in Berlin had been bombed claiming he targeted a nightclub where numerous US soldiers were spending the evening Transcriptions were intercepted from the Libyan embassy in East Germany and Reagan would go on to bomb Tripoli in response Gaddafi’s investment brought a sense of relief and were unaware or uninterested in the politics It wasn’t until the morning before the first game that Hardy would start to realize the situation at hand Called into the team office after the morning skate “This is Tom Brokaw from New York,” said the voice at the other end Media across the world had picked up on the story By the time the Hardy and Olsen returned to the rink for the game that night fans had been whipped into a frenzy It was the most amazing atmosphere I’ve ever seen in my life” the team would win their first game under the patronage of Gaddafi complete with Das Grune Buch emblazoned across their chests “We sat in the dressing room looking at each other German national team coach Xavier Unsinn, no fan of Weifenbach for his perceived over reliance on foreign players, would criticize the team further by saying sport should not be associated with criminals and terrorism. the team was met not with desert-robed fans cheering but instead protesters and riot police at the charged arena “Now we start getting threats … that there’s no guarantee on our lives ‘You wear those sweaters and you’re in trouble,’” remembers Hardy now realizing the magnitude of the situation They could wear the Green Book jerseys and continue to be paid risking further media scrutiny and possible harm or play the game in their old sweaters sans Gaddafi and risk their team’s financial collapse The players voted to play in their old sweaters Weifenbach entered the locker room and was told of the results of the impromptu player vote He told the team he respected their decision and that as such this would be the last game for the team with the club unable to operate without the money from the sponsorship Even without the vote the team would likely still have been doomed. Despite Weifenbach’s claims of the neutrality of the green book and sponsorship the German hockey federation would ban the team from featuring it on their jerseys It’s a moment that both players will never forget Olsen now coaches back in his native Calgary at the South Alberta Institute of Technology and it wasn’t until Gaddafi’s fall in 2011 that people around him would even know of his connection Hardy is back in Alberta as well after playing over a decade in Germany and still has his Green Book patched Iserlohn sweater Weifenbach and the club would eventually return to the league Sports fans continue to grapple with the marriage of money, politics, and the games we love – just look at the Fifa corruption scandal. Weifenbach and ECD Iserlohn serve as a tale of a man who took sport and money to its ideological limits. Well intentioned in saving his club, fancying it his own version of ping-pong diplomacy he forced fans and society to confront themselves and ask where do we draw the line in the quest to build champions Though he died this past year, Weifenbach will continue to be remembered as a cult hero in Iserlohn, and a man who brought about one of the most interesting yet problematic sports sponsorship of all time. The Iserlohn Roosters have been part of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany since the year 2000 and have made the playoffs in six seasons. Michael Wolf, a retired player from Austria, is the team’s all-time leader in points (447) and goals (230).  JOI-Design Creates Restaurant Destination Wilde Ente for Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten IserlohnJan 3, 2018 4:41 am ESTJOI-Design created rustic yet refined modern yet timeless interiors for the refurbished restaurant Wilde Ente which translates as "wild duck," as the first milestone in the studio's extensive renovation of the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Iserlohn a city in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia state Located in an idyllic stretch of grassland by Seilersee lake a favourite spot where locals mingle with guests and enjoy outdoor recreation the foodie destination sets a new benchmark for the region and offers an amusing nod to the pesky mallards that shamelessly overtake the adjacent miniature golf course and surrounding terrain The freestanding building blends sympathetically with its environment from its existing stone façade to the natural feel of the new interiors The design was created to reflect Wilde Ente's ethos of using high-quality including its own beehives for harvesting honey and cultivating ancient apple varieties The result is a down-to-earth restaurant with a comfortable flair modern industrial touches and an easy-going young-spirited atmosphere as suitable for casual weekend lunches as it is for private parties or the live streaming of important football matches The structure's maisonette-style layout runs across two storeys connected by a self-supporting stairway a bar accessible to indoor clientele as well as those relaxing outdoors The restaurant continues with a handful of additional tables at the gallery level above The soaring ceiling and loft-like feel emphasise the generosity of space and create an interplay between guests on the different levels Distinct areas accommodate a range of needs and moods rustic timber tables invite guests to linger over a relaxed lunch or dinner whilst taller tables for guests to stand by the bar create a more social atmosphere which together form a cosy "living room" nook for warming up with hot chocolate or mulled wine by the contemporary black fireplace -1===document.cookie.indexOf("jvv=1")&&((adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).requestNonPersonalizedAds=1);(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Ventilation pipes and cables within the structure are intentionally exposed and strengthen the restaurant's rustic yet contemporary signature This industrial style continues through enormous steel-frame windows that flood the whole room with light Establishing a harmony between the outdoor landscape and the industrial modernity of the materials and palette was essential to creating a balanced design JOI-Design's solution was to use abundant quantities of restrained natural finishes such as warm timber tones Ambient lighting from assorted pendants hung at varying heights playfully connects the two levels and brings a dynamic energy to the space The small retail corner offers locally-made sundries as well as those crafted at Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Iserlohn whilst providing tables where guests can perch over a snack or beverage The sense of style was not forgotten in the public bathrooms with the ladies and gents' facilities each offering their own monochromatic flair with shades of black cool contrast to the lively atmosphere of the restaurant Photography: Simone Ahlers HamburgGermany Phone +49 (0)40 68 94 21 0 Website joi-design.com Category Interior Design Studios ERG Iserlohn were heavily beaten in their first two games away at Porto and at home to Barça Lassa In those two encounters they conceded 21 goals against the Portuguese team and 15 against the blaugranes whilst scoring just one in each match It looked as though the German team would be in for a difficult European campaign but their third game of the competition marked a turning point Jens Behrendt’s team welcomed back their first choice keeper after suspension for the visit of Breganze the German international who helped his country to third place in the European Championships of 2014 and the World Championships the following year Iserlohn have picked up their best results of the European campaign His debut coincided with his team’s first point in the competition In their subsequent games the German side have fallen to honourable defeats 7-2 away at Breganze and 7-1 at home to Porto Glowka’s presence has brought balance to a side that also contains quality players such as Sergio Pereira Carlos Nuñez and André Costa In the season 2013/14 Patrick Glowka spent six months in Barcelona The goalkeeper was on an Erasmus University exchange studying Business Administration and to keep in shape he trained with the Cerdanyola roller hockey side who are based just outside the Catalan capital Glowka returned to Iserlohn every weekend to represent his side in league and European commitments and this weekend he will be action at the Palau Blaugrana against Barça Lassa a venue he knows well from his visits during his stay in Catalonia A homesick ex-pat has painstakingly shipped every part of a Yorkshire pub to his hometown in Germany A determined Brit living in Germany has spent two years moving an entire pub from Yorkshire to the town of Iserlohn has lived in Germany for 25 years but the one thing he never stopped missing is a classic English boozer So when an eagle-eyed Moss spotted the New Crown Inn in Bridlington had been sold to developers and was about to be turned into luxury flats beer taps and pint glasses and ship it all 400 miles to Iserlohn Moss set about reassembling the pub piece by piece and last week he finally opened his pub’s doors to customers said: “My wife thinks I’m nuts – all my mates think I’m a hero.” He went on to say that: “German pubs are nice modern style – I wanted something more scruffy and traditional It’s not something you can put your finger on but there’s just such a nice cosy vibe in an English pub – and we have managed to recreate that authentically here “So far it’s been a raving success – we’ve been packed every day We’re in it for the long run and hope The New Crown will one day become a pillar of the Iserlohn community.” The pub is run by British couple Charles Gardner and Fleur Beakin who moved from the UK to take on the challenge and offers traditional pub grub such as fish and chips steak and ale pie and a Sunday roast alongside more than 70 beers including British ales such as London Pride and Newcastle Brown Ale We can only imagine what the atmosphere will be like at The New Crown when England take on Germany in the UEFA Euros tomorrow We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings we will not be able to save your preferences This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again About 30 headstones at a Muslim cemetery in the northwestern German city of Iserlohn have been damaged The incident occurred late Friday or early Saturday according to a statement by prosecutors and the Hagen police department Authorities issued an appeal for information from anyone who witnessed the vandalism or has information that could help the investigation The attack comes amid a worrying rise in Islamophobic crimes in Germany in recent years the Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed "sadness" about the incident It said the attack on New Year's Eve is "a new indicator of sick Islamophobic mentality which has been on rise especially in Europe and even targets Muslim cemeteries." The ministry urged officials to find the "perpetrators of this disastrous attack" and that they are "brought to justice and given the punishment they deserve." It also asked authorities to "take the necessary measures to prevent such incidents from happening." According to a recently published "European Islamophobia Report 2020," a total of 901 Islamophobic crimes were registered by the Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany in 2020 Eighteen anti-Islam demonstrations were held and 16 were organized by the racist PEGIDA movement in Germany during the same year 2020 saw a rise in online Islamophobia as coronavirus lockdowns were imposed and life shut down across Europe Former Oiler and Baron Colten Teubert is off to Germany, having signed with the Iserlohn Roosters signed a contract for the remainder of the season and has already arrived at Seilersee He will be eligible to play on Wednesday night in an away game of the Sauerland in Mannheim for the first time Colton is a classic 'Stay-at-home' defender who will give us more depth Interesting Barn. Interesting seating Teubert came to Edmonton along with the draft pick that would become Oscar Klefbom in return for Dustin Penner: So that's Colten Teubert, a pretty good prospect who might one day turn into a shut-down defender in the NHL, but who might also top out as a third pairing bruiser. Not only is he not the Kings' top prospect he's not even their top defensive prospect and might not have been in their top three and San Schufro have won the first Bundeschampionate qualifier of the season held in Iserlohn The five year old division was split into two groups and Rosandro and Leyenda emerged as winners Oldenburg stallion San Schufro bested the field in the six-year old dressage horse class the German Equestrian Federation changed the rules and dropped the qualification score for the Finals down to a 7.8 mark the changed idea again and went back to the old rule where 8.0 is the official score criterium to make it to the Finals in Warendorf Kira Wulferding and Sissy Max-Theurer's Oldenburg licensed stallion Rosandro (by Rosario x Sandro Hit) won group one of the 5-year old Dressage Horse division Wulferding and her sensitive black stallion posted a score of 8.4 a Hanoverian stallion by Hofrat x Weltruhm placed second in a field of twenty-seven competitors Third placegetters were Nadine Paster and her stallion Mr Touchdown (by Tullamore x Donnerhall) with 8.0 Oliver Oelrich and the mare Leyenda rose to the top with 8.3 He beat Wibke Stommel on Reesink Horses' licensed stallion Bravissimo (by Belissimo M) which got 8.1 Sebastian Langehanenberg landed a third place on his own licensed Oldenburg stallion Froschkönig (by Furst Heinrich x De Niro) with 8.00 Heiko Klausing won the 6-year old Dressage Horse class aboard the Oldenburg licensed stallion San Schufro (by Sandro Hit x Don Schufro) Klausing's life partner Kira Wulferding finished second with Sissy Max-Theurer's Oldenburg mare Della Cavalleria OLD (by Diamond Hit x Rubinstein) Two riders tied for third place on an 8.10 score: Finnish Emma Kanerva on Furst Kasper (by Furst Piccolo) and Felicitas Lackas on Richmond Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot