Theodor Kober

Theodor Kober (born February 13, 1865 in Stuttgart , † December 20, 1930 in Friedrichshafen ) was a German airship designer and first employee of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin .

Life

The graduate engineer was hired by the Count to develop his airship plans in 1892 and from 1892 to 1894 played a key role in the conceptual drafts for the steerable draft , which were published in February 1894 in the memorandum on the steerable airship . In the years 1899/1900 he participated in the development and construction of the first Zeppelin LZ 1 .

In 1912 he founded Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH in Manzell (Lake Constance). It successfully produced naval aircraft and later also army aircraft for the German military during the First World War.

Kober was with Anne Kober, geb. Boeltz, married. Together they had five children, including the well-known German aeronautical engineer Ilse Essers , née. Kober.

Honors

In his honor in Munich, Alt-Riem , Theodor-Kober-Strasse is named, as is the Koberstrasse in Friedrichshafen .

literature

Use Essers: Kober, Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 244 f. ( Digitized version ).
G. Schmitt, W. Schwipps: Pioneers of early aviation. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-1189-7 .

Web links

Photo by Kober at pilotundluftschiff.de
Short biography

Individual evidence

^ W. Meighörner: Basis of success - the steerable draft. In: Wolfgang Meighöfer (ed.): Airships that were never built . Publication for the exhibition “Airships that were never built” from June 21 to September 15 at the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. Verlag Robert Gessler, Friedrichshafen 2002, ISBN 3-86136-076-4 . P. 25.

personal data
SURNAME	Kober, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German airship designer and Zeppelin employee
DATE OF BIRTH	February 13, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	December 20, 1930
Place of death	Friedrichshafen

[1] W. Meighörner: Basis of success - the steerable draft. In: Wolfgang Meighöfer (ed.): Airships that were never built . Publication for the exhibition “Airships that were never built” from June 21 to September 15 at the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. Verlag Robert Gessler, Friedrichshafen 2002, ISBN 3-86136-076-4 . P. 25.