Max Freiherr von Hügel
(14.05.1851 - 01.02.1939)
place of birth:  Stuttgart
Königreich Württemberg:  Bde-Kdr,  Generalleutnant ch. z.D.


Max Freiherr von Hügel was a retired general recalled to active duty during the Great War.  Von Hügel was commissioned as a Sekonde-Lieutenant in and infantry regiment just as the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 was getting underway. He saw action during fighting at Wörth, Sedan, and Champigny, as well as the Siege of Paris. During Germany's subsequent peace time, he worked his way through the ranks to command K.W. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 180 in Tübingen. He retired three years thereafter, but remained in uniform to oversee troop training operations at the Münsingen facility. General von Hügel retired for good in 1909, but for having demonstrated exemplary leadership, he was later awarded in November 1913 the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Württemberg's highest military order - the K.W. Militär-Verdienst-Orden.

As War broke out in Europe, Max von Hügel was reactivated and soon dispatched to the Western Front in order to serve on the general staff at XXVI. Reserve-Korps headquarters.  He received a brevet promotion to Generalleutnant in December of 1915, conferring him the title of Exzellenz (Excellency.) Later in the Spring of 1916, von Hügel briefly in command of 11. Landwehr-Infanterie-Brigade, subordinate to 1. Armee-Oberkommando.

	Generalleutnant	12.12.1915  (charakter)
	Kriegs-Denkmünze	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871
	Württemberg MVO	30.11.1913  Ritter