Karl von Schönhals

Karl Ritter von Schönhals (15 November 1788, Braunfels, Solms-Braunfels - 16 February 1857, Graz) was an Austrian general.

In 1849 the Provisional Central Government of the German Confederation in Frankfurt am Main was dissolved and replaced by plenipotentiaries for Austria and Prussia, with Schönhals and Karl Friedrich Kübeck Freiherr von Kübau representing the Austrian Empire until the commission was dissolved and parliament restored.

Starting in 1851, he resigned due to his war wounds, at the rank of Feldzeugmeister, and devoted himself to writing biographies and military history.

He lived in Graz, where he was looked after by his sister Henriette Schönhals.

His tomb is located in the Protestant cemetery of St Peter in Graz.