Karl von Fasbender

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{{harvnb|Cron|2002|p=86}} as part of the mostly Bavarian 6th Army.{{harvnb|Cron|2002|p=394}} 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.{{harvnb|Cron|2002|p=82}}

On September 3, 1914 in Hénamenil (France), he signed a letter which demanded that the civilian population of Lunéville (France) pay a ransom of 650,000 francs, including 50,000 in gold pieces. The motivation was for acts of war supposedly committed by French civilians. The French later accused him of having these acts committed by his subordinates as a pretext for the ransom.{{cite book | url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6354918b/f52.image.r=henamenil | title=Les atrocités allemandes en France : Reproduction intégrale illustrée des rapports présentés à M. Le Président du Conseil par la commission instituée en vue de constater les actes commis par l'ennemi en violation du droit des gens. (Décret du 23 septembre 1914) / [signé : Georges Payelle, Armand Mollard, Georges Maringer et Edmond Paillot] ; illustrations de Maurice Leroy | year=1915 }}

Fasbender was awarded the Pour le Mérite (the Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit) on 13 September 1916.{{cite web|url=http://www.pourlemerite.org/|title=Orden Pour le Mérite|access-date=31 October 2012}} He was also successively awarded all three classes of the Military Order of Max Joseph ({{langx|de|Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden}}), the highest purely military order of the Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight's Cross ({{langx|de|Ritterkreuz}}) on 5 October 1914, Commander's Cross ({{langx|de|Kommandeurkreuz}}) on 4 January 1917 and Grand Cross ({{langx|de|Großkreuz}}) on 23 April 1917.

Karl von Fasbender died on 13 May 1933 in Munich, Germany.

{{portal|Germany}}

• Bavarian Army

{{notes}}

{{reflist}}

• {{cite book

| last = Cron | first = Hermann

| year = 2002

| title = Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]

| publisher = Helion & Co

| isbn = 1-874622-70-1

}}

{{S-start}}

{{s-mil}}

{{Succession box | title=Commander, I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps | before=New Formation | after=Generalleutnant Paul von Kneußl | years=2 August 1914 - 8 November 1918}}

{{Succession box | title=Commander, 19th Army | before=Generaloberst Felix Graf von Bothmer | after=Dissolved | years=8 November 1918 - 18 December 1918}}

{{S-end}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fasbender, Karl von}}

Category:1852 births

Category:1933 deaths

Category:People from Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Category:Military personnel from the Kingdom of Bavaria

Category:Bavarian generals

Category:German Army generals of World War I

Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)

Category:Grand Crosses of the Military Order of Max Joseph

Category:Military personnel from Hesse