When the war ended, Simon went into hiding using his mother's maiden name in Upsprunge, a community in Salzkotten, Westphalia, where he posed as a gardener.
The Hellweg Börde (German: Hellwegbörde) refers to the countryside and natural region on the southern edge of the Westphalian Lowland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which embraces the old Hellweg trading route cities and towns of Dortmund, Unna, Werl and Soest extending to Salzkotten and from there in an ever narrower strip to its northeastern tip at Schlangen on the edge of the town of Bad Lippspringe.
Klaus Isekenmeier (born 14 April 1975 in Salzkotten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German decathlete.