Hans Kolbe (District Administrator)

Hans Kolbe (born May 11, 1882 in Erfurt , † September 8, 1957 in Hestoft near Ulsnis ) was a German naval officer and National Socialist district administrator for the Schleswig district and temporarily acting district administrator for the Eckernförde district .

In 1900 Kolbe joined the Imperial Navy and began a career as an officer. During the First World War he was in command of the 3rd Torpedo Boat Half Flotilla (the II. Torpedo Boat Flotilla, equipped with powerful, modern and large boats) - an elite association of the Imperial Navy - and was highly decorated. In the post-war years he was battalion commander in the Loewenfeld naval brigade . From 1926 to 1929 he was in command of the cruiser "Berlin" , from 1932 to 1934 he was in command of the reconnaissance forces. With his appointment as Vice Admiral, he was adopted into retirement in 1934.

In 1934 he joined the NSDAP (membership number 2.063.199). In the same year he was appointed provisional district administrator of the Schleswig district at the suggestion of Gauleiter Hinrich Lohse , and in 1936 he was nominally appointed district administrator. During the Second World War , Kolbe was also temporarily responsible for the Eckernförde district. There he represented Walter Alnor, who had been transferred to the Eastern Territories, and later Peter Matthiessen, who was active on the Eastern Front . At the end of October 1936 Kolbe became Gauamtsleiter of the Reichskolonialbund and in 1941 "honorary" SS-Standartenführer .

After the end of the war he was arrested by the British and interned in the Gadeland camp near Neumünster . After his release he first returned to Schleswig in March 1946 and then moved to his house in Hestoft near Ulsnis .

Web links

Kolbe, Hans , Das Bundesarchiv , Edition: “Files of the Reich Chancellery. Weimar Republic ”online.

Individual evidence

^ Place of birth and place of death according to Matthias Schartl: A clique of "old fighters". Rise and fall of regional NSDAP elites in the city and district of Schleswig. In: Birte Claasen, Uwe Danker et al. (Ed.): Democratic history. Yearbook for Schleswig Holstein Vol. 15. Malente 2003, ISBN 3-933862-34-5 , pp. 161–222, here pp. 218 and 219. ( Online ; PDF; 2.5 MB)
↑ Information on the professional career is based, unless otherwise indicated, on: Hans Kolbe. Deputy District Administrator of the Eckernförde district from July 1941 to February 1943 and from January 1944 to January 1945 , the District Administrator under National Socialism , Rendsburg-Eckernförde district .
↑ Matthias Schartl: A clique "old fighters". Rise and fall of regional NSDAP elites in the city and district of Schleswig. In: Birte Claasen, Uwe Danker et al. (Ed.): Democratic history. Yearbook for Schleswig Holstein Vol. 15. Malente 2003, pp. 161–222, here p. 218 f. ( Online ; PDF; 2.5 MB)
↑ Matthias Schartl: A clique "old fighters". Rise and fall of regional NSDAP elites in the city and district of Schleswig. In: Birte Claasen, Uwe Danker et al. (Ed.): Democratic history. Yearbook for Schleswig Holstein Vol. 15. Malente 2003, pp. 161–222, here p. 219. ( Online ; PDF; 2.5 MB)

personal data
SURNAME	Kolbe, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German naval officer and Schleswig-Holstein district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1957
Place of death	Hestoft near Ulsnis

[1] Place of birth and place of death according to Matthias Schartl: A clique of "old fighters". Rise and fall of regional NSDAP elites in the city and district of Schleswig. In: Birte Claasen, Uwe Danker et al. (Ed.): Democratic history. Yearbook for Schleswig Holstein Vol. 15. Malente 2003, ISBN 3-933862-34-5 , pp. 161–222, here pp. 218 and 219. ( Online ; PDF; 2.5 MB)

[2] Information on the professional career is based, unless otherwise indicated, on: Hans Kolbe. Deputy District Administrator of the Eckernförde district from July 1941 to February 1943 and from January 1944 to January 1945 , the District Administrator under National Socialism , Rendsburg-Eckernförde district .

[3] Matthias Schartl: A clique "old fighters". Rise and fall of regional NSDAP elites in the city and district of Schleswig. In: Birte Claasen, Uwe Danker et al. (Ed.): Democratic history. Yearbook for Schleswig Holstein Vol. 15. Malente 2003, pp. 161–222, here p. 218 f. ( Online ; PDF; 2.5 MB)

[4] Matthias Schartl: A clique "old fighters". Rise and fall of regional NSDAP elites in the city and district of Schleswig. In: Birte Claasen, Uwe Danker et al. (Ed.): Democratic history. Yearbook for Schleswig Holstein Vol. 15. Malente 2003, pp. 161–222, here p. 219. ( Online ; PDF; 2.5 MB)