Karl Paul Edler von der Planitz
(20.9.1837 - 19.8.1902)
place of birth:  Hohengrün bei Auerbach, Vogtland  (Saxony)


General von der Planitz served during his military career in the Royal Saxon Army as Chief of General Staff and Saxon Minister of War. He entered the service in 1856 and took part in the Danish War of 1864, and he fought against the Prussians in 1866. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, von der Planitz worked on the general staff of the Maas-Army. He later served as Saxony's Chief of General Staff (1883 to 1889) and Saxon Minister of War (1891 to 1902).

Von der Planitz was born into the nobility of Vogtland, Saxony, the son of Maximilian Edler von der Planitz and his spouse Maria Jani. The general later married Isidore von Tschirschky und Bögendorff. He died in August 1902 in Hosterwitz.