Heinrich Kohl

Heinrich Kohl (4 May 1877, Kreuznach – 26 September 1914, Moronvilliers) was a German architectural historian and archaeologist.

[2] In 1902-1904, under the guidance of Otto Puchstein and Bruno Schulz, he took part in the excavation at Baalbek.

In the summer of 1905, along with Carl Watzinger, he investigated the synagogue ruins in Palestine (Galilee).

In the summer of 1907, with Puchstein, he performed excavatory work of the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusa (Asia Minor).

[1] During World War I, as an Oberleutnant assigned to the Saxon Reserve Infantry Regiment (Sächsischen Reserve-Infanterieregiments), he was killed on 26 September 1914 at Moronvilliers, a French village not far from Reims.

Kohl and Watzinger working at the synagogue in Capernaum (1905).