Karl Křitek (24 October 1861 – 3 September 1928) was an Austro-Hungarian Army general.

[2] After the turn of the century he, now an Oberst, was assigned to head the general staff's Landesbeschreibungsbüro (Area Studies Division).

[3] When World War I began in 1914 he commanded the 26th Landwehr Infantry Division, leading it during the Battle of Galicia.

Shortly afterwards, in October, he was promoted to General of the Infantry and succeeded Karl Georg Huyn in command of the XVII Corps.

[3] The 1918 offensive forced the fledgling Russian Soviet Republic back on the table for the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and thus out of the war.