Maximilian Leyh

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Maximilian Leyh (born February 16, 1879 in Erlangen , † April 12, 1952 in Munich ) was a Bavarian officer , military author and from 1918 to 1947 head of the Bavarian War Archives .

Life

family

He was the son of the pharmacist Friedrich Leyh and his wife Emma, ​​née Reich. Leyh remained unmarried.

Military career

After attending a humanistic grammar school , Leyh joined the 1st foot artillery regiment "vacant Bothmer" of the Bavarian Army in 1897 as a flagjunker . After successfully attending military school , he was promoted to lieutenant in 1899 and transferred to the 2nd foot artillery regiment in Metz . From 1910 to 1913 Leyh graduated from the War Academy , which gave him the qualification for the general staff and the subject (war history).

After the outbreak of the First World War he was employed as captain and battery chief with the 1st foot artillery regiment "vacant Bothmer" on the western front in Lorraine and France . In 1915 Leyh was second general staff officer of the 6th Reserve Division and in 1916 he was transferred to the southern army in Poland as general staff officer. In 1917 Leyh returned to the Western Front, where he served as first general staff officer of the 4th Division and was promoted to major in 1918 . In the same year Leyh was appointed director of the Munich War Archives. In 1920 he was officially retired from military service.

archivist

Leyh began a study of history and a doctorate in March 1923 when Michael Doeberl on the topic , the Bavarian army reform under King Ludwig II. To Dr. phil. He worked as a director of the Bavarian War Archives in Munich until 1947 and was retired as director of the State Archives. During this time Leyh wrote several works on war history topics.

It is thanks to him that the war archive was not confiscated by the military government of the US Army after the end of World War II .

Works

  • The Bavarian army reform under King Ludwig II. 1866–1870. Munich 1923.
  • Roses from the field of honor. Fairy tale of German soldiers. 1914-1918. Munich 1926.
  • The German collapse as fate. Munich 1932.
  • The campaigns of the royal Bavarian army under Max I. Joseph from 1805–1815. Munich 1935.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 510.
  2. ↑ Wolf D. Gruner : The Bavarian Army 1825-1865. Military research, (Ed.) Military History Research Office , Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1972, ISBN 3-7646-1562-1 , p. 10.
  3. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian General Staff (1792-1919). Series of publications on Bavarian regional history, Volume 122, CH Beck´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1999, ISBN 3406107036 , p. 385.
personal data
SURNAME Leyh, Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian officer, archivist, 1918/47 head of the Bavarian War Archives
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH gain
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1952
Place of death Munich