Karl von Fasbender


Karl Ritter von Fasbender 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.

Military service

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 on 13 September 1916. He was also successively awarded all three classes of the Military Order of Max Joseph, the highest purely military order of the Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight's Cross on 5 October 1914, Commander's Cross on 4 January 1917 and Grand Cross on 23 April 1917.
Karl von Fasbender died on 13 May 1933 in Munich, Germany.