Karl Ludwig Leimbach (18 May 1844, in Treysa – 30 December 1905, in Hanover) was a German educator and literary historian.
He studied theology and philology at the University of Marburg and later worked as a schoolteacher in Schmalkalden, Hanover and Bonn.
In 1876 he was named director of a secondary school in Goslar, and later served as Provinzialschulrat (provincial councilor) for schools in Breslau (from 1894) and Hanover (from 1900).
[1] From 1883 to 1903 he published a series of works on German poetry, titled Ausgewählte deutsche Dichtungen für Lehrer und Freunde der Litteratur.
[2] His other literary efforts include: