Roland G. Foerster

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Roland-Götz Foerster (born January 23, 1937 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg ; † March 7, 2014 ) was a German officer ( Colonel retired) and military historian .

Life

Foerster began his military career in 1956 as an officer candidate . He studied modern history and political science at the University of Munich . In 1974 he started with Fritz Wagner at the Philosophical Faculty I with the dissertation for Dr. phil. PhD .

He later moved with his family to Hecklingen, a district of Kenzingen . As a lieutenant colonel , he became a defense attaché at the German embassy in Ottawa, Canada . The promotion to colonel was connected with a new task from 1987 as head of the department "Training, Information and Specialized Studies" (AIF) at the Military History Research Office in Freiburg , most recently as deputy head of office in Potsdam. In 1995 he retired.

From 1986 he participated in the Working Group for History and Regional Studies Kenzingen e. V. , on the board for over two decades and as editor of the magazine “Die Pforte”. On behalf of the Hecklingen association, he also published the history volume "850 Years of Hecklingen - a village celebrates its history" in 2000.

Foerster was married and had two children.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

As an author:

  • Relationship of rule and government structure in Brandenburg-Ansbach 1648–1703: A contribution to the history of the territorial state in the age of absolutism (= Middle Franconian Studies. Vol. 2). Historical Association for Middle Franconia, Ansbach 1975 (dissertation, University of Munich, 1974).
  • Beginnings of West German security policy: 1945–1956. Volume 1: From Surrender to the Pleven Plan . Edited by the Military History Research Office, Oldenbourg, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-486-50882-2 .

As editor:

  • with Norbert Wiggershaus : The Western Security Community 1948–1950. Common problems and conflicting national interests in the founding phase of the North Atlantic Alliance (= military history since 1945. Volume 8). On behalf of the Military History Research Office, Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1988, ISBN 3-7646-1878-7 . (English edition 1993)
  • Field Marshal General von Moltke: Significance and Effect (= contributions to military history. Vol. 33). Oldenbourg, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-486-55900-1 .
  • with Heinrich Walle : Military and technology: interrelationships with the state, society and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries (= lectures on military history. Vol. 14). Mittler, Herford 1992, ISBN 3-8132-0368-9 .
  • "Operation Barbarossa": On the historical site of German-Soviet relations from 1933 to autumn 1941 (= contributions to military history. Vol. 40). Oldenbourg, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55979-6 .
  • Conscription: origin, manifestations and politico-military effects (= contributions to military history. Vol. 43). Oldenbourg, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-486-56042-5 .
  • Change of tide in World War II? The battles of Char'kov and Kursk in the spring and summer of 1943 in terms of their operational layout, course and political significance (= lectures on military history. Vol. 15). Mittler, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0507-X .
  • Seelower Heights 1945 (= lectures on military history. Vol. 17). Mittler, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-8132-0592-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vademecum of the historical sciences. 3rd edition (1998/1999), p. 347.
  2. ↑ Obituary notice of the family , Badische Zeitung , accessed on April 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Roland G. Foerster: Understanding of rule and government structure in Brandenburg-Ansbach, 1648–1703 . 1975, p. Iv.
  4. ↑ a b c Helmut Reiner: Mourning for "Pforte" editor Roland Foerster. In: Badische Zeitung . March 11, 2014, accessed April 13, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Foerster, Roland G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foerster, Roland-Götz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and military historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzbach-Rosenberg
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2014