Maximilian Ritter von Höhn  
(18.8.1859 - 26.4.1936)
place of birth:  Kitzingen, Unterfranken  (Bavarian Franconia)


Bavarian count and general of artillery, born on 16 August 1859 in Kitzengen to the family of Sebastian and Mathilde (nee Henke) Höhn. His father served as a senior district judge in Upper Franconia. Maximilian was first married to Ellen Köster and later to Margarethe Geis. He entered military service in October 1877 as a Freiwilliger and worked his way through the ranks as an artillery specialist.

As World War One broke out across Europe, von Höhn was serving as divisional commander under von Gebsattel's III. Bavarian Corps, attached to Crown Prince Rupprecht's Sixth Army. For the last two years of the war, Count von Höhn commanded the XV. Reserve Corps.  He died on 26 April 1936 in Starnberg, Bavaria.