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     Karl Ritter von Fasbender    







Karl Ritter von Fasbender
 
(3.12.1852 - 13.5.1933) 
place of birth:  Michelbacherhütte bei Wiesbaden, Hessen  (Hesse)


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count who spent his entire pre-war career in service of the Bavarian Army and served as Bavarian Chief of General Staff from 1907 to 1908. He was the son of factory owner Karl Fasbender and his wife Elisabeth Lossen. After studying law at the University of Würzburg for just one year, in October 1872 he changed plans and joined the Bavarian 9th Infantry Regiment in Würzburg as a one-year volunteer.

At mobilization, Fasbender was brought out of inactive reserve status to command the I. Bavarian Reserve Corps under Rupprecht's Sixth Army on the Western Front. Serving under him in the ranks during this time was a young private with the 16th Reserve Infantry Regiment named Adolf Hitler. Fasbender remained with the I. Reserves until just before war's end when he was given command of the Nineteenth Army for two weeks. Upon the recommendation of Crown Prince Rupprecht, Fasbender was awarded the Grand Cross of the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden in May 1917. He died in Munich on 13 May 1933.

 

 
Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
01.10.1872 Königlich Bayerisches 9. Infanterie-Regiment Wrede - Würzburg
01.10.1873 Fahnenjunker
01.10.1874 Bayerische Kriegsschule - München
08.11.1875 Königlich Bayerisches 9. Infanterie-Regiment Wrede - Würzburg  (Adj)
12.11.1875 Leutnant
28.10.1881 Bayerische Kriegsakademie - München  
30.09.1884 Königlich Bayerisches 9. Infanterie-Regiment Wrede - Würzburg
29.10.1885 Oberleutnant
01.01.1886 Bezirkskommando Kaiserslautern  (Adjutant for Bavarian II. Armeekorps)   
01.12.1888 Bayerischer Generalstab - München    
01.09.1890 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (Rail Transport Section)
01.10.1890 Hauptmann
11.06.1891 Königlich Bayerisches 9. Infanterie-Regiment Wrede - Würzburg  (Coy Cdr)    
22.09.1893 Bayerische Kriegsakademie - München  (instructor)
20.09.1895 4. Bayerische-Infanterie-Division  (Ia in General Staff)
13.04.1896 Major
27.09.1897 Königlich Bayerisches 10. Infanterie-Regiment König - Ingolstadt  (Bn Cdr)
13.12.1898 1. Bayerische Jäger Bataillon König - Freising  (Cdr)
07.03.1900 Oberstleutnant
12.02.1901 Bayerische Militärische Schießschule - Lechfeld  (Cdr)
23.10.1902 Königlich Bayerisches 3. Infanterie-Regiment ,,Prinz Karl von Bayern - Augsburg  (Cdr)
15.10.1902 Oberst
09.04.1905 9. Bayerische Infanterie-Brigade - Nürnberg  (Cdr)
09.04.1905 Generalmajor
30.12.1907 Bayerischer Generalstab - München  (Chief of Bavarian General Staff)     (replaced Karl von Endres)
26.06.1908 Generalleutnant
18.11.1908 4. Bayerische Infanterie-Division - Würzburg  (Cdr)
23.03.1912 General der Infanterie
23.03.1912 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 I. Bayerische Reservekorps  =  6. Armee  
08.11.1918 19. Armee     (replaced Bothmer)
18.12.1918 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Pour le Merite:  13 September 1916
highest rank:  General der Infanterie




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