Background
Kohl, Wilhelm was born on December 9, 1913 in Magdeburg, Sachsen, Germany. Son of Willy Kohl and Augusta Rabe.
Kohl, Wilhelm was born on December 9, 1913 in Magdeburg, Sachsen, Germany. Son of Willy Kohl and Augusta Rabe.
Abitur, Gymnasium, Magdeburg, 1933. Dr philosophy and Staatsexamen, University Göttingen, Germany, 1937. Staatsexamen, Institute for History Education, Berlin, 1939.
Archivist of estate,, Münster, Germany, 1939-1970. Leading director Nordrhein-Westfalen State Archives, 1978. Member faculty medieval history University Münster, 1964-1969, honorary professor, since 1969, archivist of university, since 1978.
President History Commission Westphalia, Münster, 1970, History Commission Niedersachsen, 1978, History Commission Prussia, 1978.
Member Academy of Sciences Göttingen (correspondent).
Married Anna-Louise Preussker, February 4, 1942.