The ministry was the successional institution of the royal Bavarian
Hofkriegsrat (court war council, founded in 1620) and its follow-on institutions that were responsible for the military: •
Oberkriegskollegium (upper war council, after 1799) •
Kriegsjustizrat und Kriegsökonomierat (war justice council and war economic council, after 1801) •
Geheimes Kriegsbureau (privy war bureau, after 1804) The name of the
Ministerium des Kriegswesens changed to
Staatsministerium der Armee in 1817, and finally to
Kriegsministerium in 1825. From 1801 to 1817, King
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by himself held full command of the
Bavarian Army. In 1817
General von Triva was made the real head of the Ministry by him, but the administration of justice and economics of the military was part of the
Oberadministrativkollegium and the
Generallazarettinspektion. In 1822 Maximilian I assigned
General von Wrede as commander-in-chief of the army, and the
Staatsministerium der Armee also became responsible for the administration of justice and economics. After 1829 the tasks and responsibilities of the supreme command of the army (Oberkommando, existing from 1822 to 1829) were transferred to the Minister of War, so that he was additionally commander-in-chief of the army. and the Ministry for Military Affairs were both disbanded. The former archive of the ministry, which was founded in 1885, became a section of the
Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv und Staatsarchiv München. The military troops of Bavaria were subordinated to the
Reichswehr, which was under the command of the
Reichspräsident. Therefore, the Ministry of War was replaced by the
Reichswehrbefehlsstelle Bayern (Reichswehr commanding office Bavaria) until September 1919. == Ministers ==