Karl von Fasbender

Karl von Fasbender
Karl von Fasbender
Born	(1852-12-03)3 December 1852 Michelbach, Wiesbaden
Died	13 May 1933(1933-05-13) (aged 80) Munich, Germany
Allegiance	Bavaria /  German Empire
Years of service	1872–1918
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	1st Bavarian Jäger Battalion "King" 3rd Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince Charles of Bavaria" 9th Bavarian Infantry Brigade 4th Royal Bavarian Division I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps 19th Army
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of the Frontiers Battle of Vimy Ridge
Awards	Military Order of Max Joseph, Grand Cross Pour le Mérite

World War I

Karl Ritter von Fasbender (3 December 1852 – 13 May 1933) was a Bavarian General der Infanterie who served as a corps commander throughout World War I and briefly commanded an army at the end of the war.

Although he was a native of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau, Fasbender joined the Bavarian Army in 1872. He rose to divisional command in the pre-War period, before retiring in 1912. He also served as Chief of Bavarian General Staff in 1907 and 1908.

Recalled from retirement on the outbreak of the War, he took command of the newly formed I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps as part of the mostly Bavarian 6th Army. He commanded this Corps for almost the entire duration of the war. In the final days of the war he was appointed to command the 19th Army.

Fasbender was awarded the Pour le Mérite (the Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit) on 13 September 1916. He was also successively awarded all three classes of the Military Order of Max Joseph (German: Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden), the highest purely military order of the Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight's Cross (German: Ritterkreuz) on 5 October 1914, Commander's Cross (German: Kommandeurkreuz) on 4 January 1917 and Grand Cross (German: Großkreuz) on 23 April 1917.