The surname Kolb originates from the Middle High German " kolbe", with various meanings. The main sense is a mace – a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor, or a cudgel – a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon and part of an official’s insignia. It may also be a house name – there is a record of a house named Zum Kolben in Strasbourg. [1] [2]
In Silesia the term denoted a shock of hair or a shorn head.
Means 'mace' in German. A mace is a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armour.
The surname Kolb originates from the Middle High German " kolbe", with various meanings. The main sense is a mace – a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor, or a cudgel – a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon and part of an official’s insignia. It may also be a house name – there is a record of a house named Zum Kolben in Strasbourg. [1] [2]
In Silesia the term denoted a shock of hair or a shorn head.
Means 'mace' in German. A mace is a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armour.