# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baptist-knie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:17:48.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baptist-knie"
name: "Baptist Knieß"
slug: "baptist-knie"
description: "Baptist Knieß was a German general during World War II who held several commands at division and corps level. On 8 May 1945, General Knieß was taken prisoner of war; he was released in June 1947 and subsequently lived in retirement in Munich."
tagline: "German general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baptist_Knie%C3%9F.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1885-04-17"
deathDate: "1956-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.15
  momentum:             16.88172043010753
  historical:           8.074622666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%99%AE%E8%92%82%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E5%85%8B%E5%B0%BC%E6%96%AF"
    title: "巴普蒂斯特·克尼斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باپتيسانت كنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Knie%C3%9F"
    title: "Baptist Knieß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Knie%C3%9F"
    title: "Baptist Knieß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Knie%C3%9F"
    title: "Baptist Knieß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "בפטיסט קנייס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Knie%C3%9F"
    title: "Baptist Knieß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Knie%C3%9F"
    title: "Baptist Knieß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%82%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Баптіст Кнісс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88633"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump