Maximilian Böttcher

{{short description|German writer}}

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| name = Maximilian Böttcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|06|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Schönwalde

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|05|16|1872|06|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Eisenach

| nationality = German

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| occupation = Writer

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Maximilian Böttcher (20 June 1872 in Schönwalde – 16 May 1950 in Eisenach) was a German writer.{{cite book|last1=Tannert|first1=Mary W.|last2=Kratz|first2=Henry|title=Early German and Austrian Detective Fiction: An Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aRD87w_kObIC&pg=PA217|accessdate=15 December 2015|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786432592|pages=217–}} He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1937.Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, S. 64.