Is part of Bohemia not in south East Germany today over spilling into the Czech Republic? -----Original Message----- From: RID1541@aol.com [mailto:RID1541@aol.com] Sent: Samstag, 7. Mai 2005 13:29 To: NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NIEDERSACHSEN] Bohemia If some one was from Boehemia, what part of Germany is that and how close to Calenburg. Thank you. Bohemia (Boehmen, Sudetenland) today is part of the Czech Republic. At one time it was part of Germany. There were generations of German settlers, who were forced to leave after WW II. The settlers there were called Sudeten-Germans, (Sudeten-Deutsche) It is still a touchy issue today between the two countries. I believe there is a message board for Sudetentland/Bohemia Calenberg was a principality, part of the Kingdom of Hanover under the Welfen Dynasty, (Guelphs) in southern Niedersachsen now, around Goettingen and the region between the rivers Weser and Leine. It is a fairly long journey from one area to the other. The capital of Bohemia, Prague, was multi lingual at the time and had the first University in Europe, in 4 languages. _http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa/dtlinks.htm_ (http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa/dtlinks.htm) _ /_ (http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de/) _http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de/_ (http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de/) My ancestors are from Calenberg, I do have Broeker in my familytree . Have a nice weekend, greetings. Ingrid Fetkoeter ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin: mailto:NIEDERSACHSEN-admin@rootsweb.com To unsubscribe send an email to: NIEDERSACHSEN-L-request@rootsweb.com (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

>Is part of Bohemia not in south East Germany today over spilling into the >Czech Republic? No. It is not a geographic region but a political one. It used to be a kingdom, which eventually combined with the kingdom of Moravia. Hundreds of years ago, German settlers were encouraged to settle there, and lived pretty happily until WWII, when they were expelled (the Czech didn't feel too happy about Germany taking over Czechoslovakia). As on any border, though, you will see cultural and ethnic crossovers. There are many Slavic town and river names on the eastern border of modern-day Germany. I am half Bohemian (both Czech and German), and as far as I can tell from my cousins who still live there, the cultures are still similar (or else they were being nice because we were visiting from Germany!) Rose Green researching HARTWIG, BRUNIGES