Joachim Nettelbeck

Nettelbeck, Joachim (Kolberg, 1738-1824, Kolberg), hero of the French siege of Kolberg in 1807. His autobiographical Joachim Nettelbeck, Bürger zu Colberg. Eine Lebensbeschreibung (3 vols.), ed. J. Haken, which was published 1821-3, appeared in revised form, ed. K. Burow, under the title Nettelbeck. Seefahrer, Sklavenhändler und Patriot in 1969. Some historians consider that Nettelbeck's role in the siege has been over-emphasized.