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