{{Short description|German general (1891–1976)}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox military person |name=Karl Burdach |birth_date={{birth date|1891|7|28|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1976|12|30|1891|7|28|df=y}} |birth_place=<!--- Chemnitz ---> |death_place=<!---- Freiburg im Breisgau ----> |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=<!--- {{flag|German Empire}} (to 1918)<br/>{{flag|Weimar Republic}} (to 1933)<br/>--->{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=Army (Wehrmacht) |service_years=<!---- 1912–45 ----> |rank=''Generalleutnant'' |commands=251st Infantry Division<br/>XXVII Army Corps<br/>11th Infantry Division |unit= |battles=<!---- World War I ----> World War II <!---*Battle of France *Operation Barbarossa *Battle of Moscow *Battles of Rzhev *Siege of Leningrad---> |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |other_work= }}
'''Karl Burdach''' (28 July 1891 – 30 December 1976) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, of Nazi Germany.
==Awards and decorations== <!---* Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class (19 April 1917) * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class (18 January 1940) ** 1st Class (24 June 1940)---> * German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941 as ''Generalmajor'' and commander of 251. Infanterie-Division<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 68.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 February 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 11. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 128.</ref>
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=German |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8 }} {{refend}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Hans Kratzert |after=General der Artillerie Maximilian Felzmann |title=Commander of 251. Infanterie-Division |years=6 August 1941 – February 1943 }} {{succession box |before=Generaloberst Walter Weiß |after=General der Infanterie Paul Völckers |title=Commander of XXVII. Armeekorps |years=10 February 1943 – 8 June 1943 }} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Siegfried Thomaschki |after=Generalleutnant Hellmuth Reymann |title=Commander of 11. Infanterie-Division |years=7 September 1943 – April 1944 }} {{s-end}}
{{Knight's Cross recipients of the 11th ID}} {{Authority control}} {{Subject bar | portal1=Biography }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burdach, Karl}} Category:1891 births Category:1976 deaths Category:Military personnel from Chemnitz Category:Lieutenant generals of the German Army (1935–1945) Category:German Army personnel of World War I Category:Military personnel of the Kingdom of Saxony Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States Category:Reichswehr personnel