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Karl Wilhelm Ritter von Lobenhoffer
(04.09.1843 - 19.10.1901)
place of birth: Erding, Oberbayern
Königreich
Bayern: Generalstabschef,
General-Lieutenant
Generalleutnant von Lobenhoffer served in the Royal
Bavarian Army as chief of general staff from 1896 to 1901. Lobenhoffer also
simultaneously functioned as Inspector-General of Bavaria's military education
institutions. Lobenhoffer began his military service in October 1861 with a
Bavarian artillery regiment. In 1863, he switched to the infantry, joining 9th
Regiment as a Junker and receiving his commission a year later.
During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866,
Lobenhoffer fought against Prussia as an ordinance officer serving in the 7th
Brigade. Following the war, his studies were at Bavaria's military academy were
interrupted by mobilization for the Franco-Prussian War. Fighting as an
ordinance officer with 3rd Brigade, he saw action at Beaumont, Sedan,
and Orleans. He was severely wounded at Loigny-Poupry but
recovered relatively quickly. After the hostilities, Lobenhoffer was sent to
Berlin to serve in Prussian Great General Staff headquarters from 1883 to 1886.
Returning to Bavaria, he was promoted to Generalmajor
in 1894 and took command of 3rd Infantry Brigade.
For his meritorious leadership during peacetime, he was awarded the Ritter
(Knight class) of the Bavarian crown's order of merit - the Verdienstorden
der Bayerischen Krone. The official presentation of the decoration in 1895
elevated him into Bavarian nobility with the title of "Ritter von Lobenhoffer."
In December 1896, he was appointed
Generalstabschef (Bavarian Chief of General Staff) and received a promotion to
General-Lieutenant in 1898. He soon thereafter succumbed to a heart attack and
was laid to rest in Munich.
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