Maximilian Ritter von Höhn (16 August 1859 - 26 April 1936) was a general

Royal Bavarian Army The Bavarian Army () was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty () of Bavaria into that of the German ...

during

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Biography

He was born on 16 August 1859 in

Kitzingen Kitzingen () is a town in the Germany, German state of Bavaria, capital of the Kitzingen (district), district Kitzingen. It is part of the Franconia geographical region and has around 21,000 inhabitants. Surrounded by vineyards, Kitzingen County i ...

. He served in World War I and was promoted to

General der Artillerie (English language, en: General of the artillery) may mean: A rank of three-star rank, three-star General of the branch, general, comparable to modern armed forces OF-8 grade, in the Imperial German Army and its contingency armies of Prussian A ...

in 1916. After the war, in 1919, he was given command of the

I Royal Bavarian Corps The I Royal Bavarian Army Corps / I Bavarian AK () was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the Imperial German Army, before and during World War I. As part of the 1868 army reform, the I Royal Bavarian Army Corps of the Bav ...

and retired. He died on 26 April 1936 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hohn, Maximilian von 1859 births 1936 deaths Bavarian generals Generals of Artillery (Reichswehr) People from Kitzingen