Paul Kolbe

Paul Karl Kolbe (born August 26, 1848 in Halberstadt , † February 14, 1933 in Berlin ) was a German military writer.

Life

After attending the German School of the Francke Foundations in Halle and the Realgymnasium in Potsdam , he began his military career in 1868 with Field Artillery Regiment No. 4 in Magdeburg . In 1870/71 he took part in the Franco-Prussian War (including the siege of Paris ). In 1878/79 he graduated from the War Academy . In 1899 he took effect as regimental commander in Saarlouis-Saarbrücken, but took his leave in 1903. From 1914 to 1918 he took as a colonel and inspector of the replacement department of the field artillery of the III. Army Corps at the First World War in part. His departure takes place as major general z.D.

As a writer, he wrote a number of military history publications. From 1883 he was married to Elisabeth Brauer († 1939).

His final resting place is in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf .

Fonts

• The French General Staff on the war of 1870/71. True and false. H.1-13. Leipzig 1903–1914. (with Eduard von Schmid)
• The Russo-Japanese War in 1904 and 1905, Leipzig 1906
• Our heroes in South Africa. I. The fighting with the Hereros . II. The fighting with the Hottentots . III. The prostration of the Hottentots, Leipzig 1907
• Joachim Nettelbeck . A short biography, Leipzig 1907
• Prince Blucher . A short biography, Leipzig 1907 (= military character pictures H.1)
• Terrain display and map reading: How does the tourist find their way around the terrain? Leipzig 1907; 2.A. Leipzig 1910
• Schill and Lützow . Two brave men from difficult times, Leipzig 1908
• War heroes. Three life pictures of great men from difficult times. [Blücher, Nettelbeck, Seydlitz ]. Leipzig 1910

literature

• Who is it Our contemporaries, 9th A., 1928, p. 344