# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-rothenburg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:38:52.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-rothenburg"
name: "Karl Rothenburg"
slug: "karl-rothenburg"
description: "Karl Eduard August Rothenburg was a highly decorated German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of both the Pour le Mérite and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Between wars he served as a commander in the police force, before returning to the Wehrmacht in 1934. During World War II he was the commander of a Panzer Regiment of the 7th Panzer Division. Rothenburg was killed six days into the invasion of the Soviet Union on 28 June 1941 near Minsk, Belarus and was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor."
tagline: "German General and Knight's Cross recipient"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-045-08%2C_Westfeldzug%2C_Rommel_bei_Besprechung_mit_Offizieren.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1894-06-08"
deathDate: "1941-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.61
  momentum:             1.302931596091205
  historical:           6.545825333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A1%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E7%BE%85%E6%BB%95%E5%A0%A1"
    title: "卡爾·羅滕堡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "كارل روثينبورج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rothenburg"
    title: "Karl Rothenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rothenburg"
    title: "Karl Rothenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rothenburg"
    title: "Karl Rothenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Ротенбург, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3"
    title: "Карл Ротенбург"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6372208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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