Karl Denke

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Karl Denke
Denke, photographed shortly after his suicide
Born	11 February 1860 Oberkunzendorf, Silesia, Prussia (now Kalinowice Górne, Poland)
Died	22 December 1924 (aged 64) Münsterberg, Lower Silesia, Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Ziębice, Poland)
Cause of death	Suicide by hanging
Other names	Father Denke Papa Denke The Cannibal of Münsterberg The Forgotten Cannibal
Motive	Unknown
Details
Victims	30–42+
Span of crimes	21 February 1903 – 20 December 1924
Country	German Empire, Weimar Republic
Date apprehended	20 December 1924

Karl Denke (11 February 1860 – 22 December 1924) was a German serial killer and cannibal who killed and cannibalized dozens of homeless vagrants and travellers from 1903 to 1924. He has been nicknamed the Cannibal of Münsterberg and the Forgotten Cannibal.