Schwerte

Schwerte is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the Ruhr valley, at the south-east border of the Ruhr Area. South of Schwerte begins the mountainous Sauerland region. The population was 46,743 as of the 2011 census.

Schwerte in The Hot War
By April, 1951, Gustav Hozzel found himself in a house on the outskirts of Schwerte, a town itself on the outskirts of Dortmund, at the edge of the Ruhr with Max Bachman. The two, along with Rolf, survived a shelling and a Soviet assault on their position and then driving the attackers back.