Göbel, Karl, born 20-01-1900 in Adelschlag, Franken 
, the son of Sebastian Göbel, postman a. D. (he died 23-5-1934) and his wife Theresia, born Alberter (she died 20-01-1923). Feldwebel Göbel married his fiancée Maria Ablaßmeier on 05-11-1926, and three children arose from the marriage: two sons Helmut (born 16-03-1930) and Karl (06-01-1933) and their daughter Maria-Luise (born 07-08-1937). Karl entered the Army on 27-06-1918 in the Replacement Battalion of the 13th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, age 18. He as a infantry man was with the 4th Replacement MG Company of the III Bavarian Army Corps 
under command of Generalleutnant Hermann Freiherr von Stein 
, till the end of the war. He was discharged on 14-12-1918, shortly after the end of the first war and he reactivated again in the new Reichswehr 
of 8 divisions, 8 Infantry and 2 Cavalry, on 01-03-1919. Infantry man in the Security MG Company “Regler” to 04-06-1919. With the outbreak of World War II he was Company Chief of the 420th Infantry Regiment. Commander of the III Battalion of the 420th and delegated with the leadership of the 420th until 01-12-1942. Commander of the 420th Grenadier Regiment until 10-03-1944 as he landed in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) 
(did you know), to 30-05-1944. Again commander of the Grenadier Regiment “Böhmen” to 08-07-1944. He was appointed as commander of the 305th Grenadier Regiment until 25-09-144 and in the Reserve again until 19-10-1944. Göbel was detached with the leadership of the 299th Infantry Division, succeeded Generalleutrnant der Infanterie, Hans Junck 
to 16-02-1945. Junck died age 73 on 28-11-1966, in Berlin.
, the son of Sebastian Göbel, postman a. D. (he died 23-5-1934) and his wife Theresia, born Alberter (she died 20-01-1923). Feldwebel Göbel married his fiancée Maria Ablaßmeier on 05-11-1926, and three children arose from the marriage: two sons Helmut (born 16-03-1930) and Karl (06-01-1933) and their daughter Maria-Luise (born 07-08-1937). Karl entered the Army on 27-06-1918 in the Replacement Battalion of the 13th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, age 18. He as a infantry man was with the 4th Replacement MG Company of the III Bavarian Army Corps under command of Generalleutnant Hermann Freiherr von Stein , till the end of the war. He was discharged on 14-12-1918, shortly after the end of the first war and he reactivated again in the new Reichswehr of 8 divisions, 8 Infantry and 2 Cavalry, on 01-03-1919. Infantry man in the Security MG Company “Regler” to 04-06-1919. With the outbreak of World War II he was Company Chief of the 420th Infantry Regiment. Commander of the III Battalion of the 420th and delegated with the leadership of the 420th until 01-12-1942. Commander of the 420th Grenadier Regiment until 10-03-1944 as he landed in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know), to 30-05-1944. Again commander of the Grenadier Regiment “Böhmen” to 08-07-1944. He was appointed as commander of the 305th Grenadier Regiment until 25-09-144 and in the Reserve again until 19-10-1944. Göbel was detached with the leadership of the 299th Infantry Division, succeeded Generalleutrnant der Infanterie, Hans Junck to 16-02-1945. Junck died age 73 on 28-11-1966, in Berlin.Death and burial ground of Göbel, Karl.
The 299th Division was smashed during the massive Soviet summer offensive and destroyed in February 1945. Göbel was severely wounded 
on the battlefield of the Kurland Front near Schalmey and died of his wounds at the age of 45, on 02-03-1945. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor. Karl Göbel is buried on the war cemetery sector of the Esslingen-Ebershalde cemetery.
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