page_title: Karl Höfer
hierarchical_section_title: Karl Höfer
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Oberst Karl Hoefer wurde mit dem "Pour le Mérite" ausgezeichnet, 1916
context_page_description: Karl Höfer was a German general. During World War I he became known as the Held vom Kemmelberge
  after his division had captured the Kemmelberg during the Fourth Battle of Flanders.
  Retired, as "Generalleutnant a. D.", Höfer defended German Upper Silesia against Polish insurgents in the Silesian Uprisings in 1921. The Freikorps leaders had agreed upon Höfer as commander; he led them to success in the Battle of Annaberg. In the international press, he was referred to as "General Hoefer" or "Teuton Commander Hoefer".
context_section_description: Karl Höfer (also Hoefer; 1862 in Pleß – 1939) was a German general. During World War I he became known as the Held vom Kemmelberge
  (hero of Kemmel hill) after his division had captured the Kemmelberg during the Fourth Battle of Flanders.
  Retired, as "Generalleutnant a. D.", Höfer defended German Upper Silesia against Polish insurgents in the Silesian Uprisings in 1921. The Freikorps leaders had agreed upon Höfer as commander; he led them to success in the Battle of Annaberg. In the international press, he was referred to as "General Hoefer" or "Teuton Commander Hoefer".
caption: Hoefer in 1916
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