Karl Albert von Knoerzer
(10.05.1858 - 04.06.1932)
place of birth:  Stuttgart
Königreich Württemberg:  KG,  General der Kavallerie ch. z.D.


Royal Württemberg cavalry officer Karl von Knoerzer retired from active duty about a month prior to Germany's 1914 invasion of Belgium. He was immediately reactivated to command Prussia's 30. Reserve-Infanterie-Division, stationed along the Western Front and active mainly in France's Vosges Mountains. He was transferred up to Flanders in January 1916 in order to head up Württemberg's own 54. Reserve-Infanterie-Division for a year and a half. Along with being engaged initially in the Ypres area, his troops during the years 1916 and 1917 were utilized in reserve along most of the length of the Front, including at the Summer 1916 Battle of the Somme, as well as at Verdun. 

In the summer of 1917, General von Knoerzer was put in command of Württemberg's  7. Landwehr-Division, an assignment he carried out until War's end. In 1918, he lead a detachment of Landwehr combatants, known as command Knoerzer, to fight in Ukraine on the Eastern Front. General von Knoerzer received the brevet rank of General der Kavallerie in February 1918.

	General der Kavallerie	25.02.1918  (charakter)