Raimund Kolb
Raimund Kolb (born July 8, 1945 in Ravensburg ) is a former teacher and writer .
history
He spent his childhood in Ravensburg. After graduating from high school, he completed basic military service in the German Armed Forces in the Swabian Alb . After completing his military service, he set out on an eight-month backpack tour, on foot, by hitchhiking to the North Cape . Before studying theology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , he attended preliminary courses in Greek , Latin and Hebrew in Stuttgart . He then studied theology from 1969 to 1976, among others with Hans Küng and Josef Ratzinger , who later became Pope Benedict XVI. In the minor subjects he took courses in psychology and history. During the semester break he earned his living as a conveyor belt worker at BMW in Munich and transporting old trucks from Germany to the Orient .
His internship as a teacher in religion took him to Sindelfingen and Böblingen . In the summer of 1978 he started his first position at the Weingarten grammar school. During his time as a teacher at this grammar school, he wrote ten books about the railway system and the culture in Upper Swabia .
In 2008 Kolb was awarded the culture prize of the cities of Ravensburg and Weingarten .
After retirement
Since his retirement in 2009, he has been working as a guide for English and French-speaking visitor groups at the Dornier Museum in Friedrichshafen. At the same time he is writing a dissertation on Fidel Sporer at the PH Weingarten and is a travel guide for Biblical Journeys.
Fonts
- Rail, mill, train and bus. The railway in the middle Schussental . Eppe, Bergatreute 1990 (mainly to the Ravensburg – Weingarten – Baienfurt tram )
- My Ravensburg ... and Weingarten , Eppe, Aulendorf and Bergatreute 2005
- with Rolf Brüning and Bernhard Günzl: Bähnle, Öchsle, Hopfenexpress: Railway romance in Upper Swabia . Edited by the German Society for Railway History e. V., DGEG Media, 2005
- The Upper Swabian Baroque Street. Stations to paradise . Thorbecke, 2006
Web links
- Literature by and about Raimund Kolb in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV Raimund Kolb
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kolb, Raimund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravensburg |