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Johann Friedrich Bohmer
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or BOHMER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1795-1863), German historian, son of Karl Ludwig Bohmer (d. 1817), was born at Frankfort-on-Main on the 22nd of April 1795. Educated at the universities of Heidelberg and Gottingen, he showed an interest in art and visited Italy; but returning to Frankfort he turned his attention to the study of history, and became secretary of the Gesellschaft fib' dltere deutsche Geschichtskunde. He was also archivist and then librarian of the city of Frankfort. Bohmer had a great dislike of Prussia and the Protestant faith, and a corresponding affection for Austria and the Roman Catholic Church, to which, however, he did not belong. His critical sense was, perhaps, somewhat warped; but his researches are of great value to students. He died unmarried, at Frankfort, on the 22nd of October 1863. Bohmer's historical work was chiefly concerned with collecting and tabulating charters and other imperial documents of the middle ages. First appeared an abstract, the Regesta chronologico-diplomatica regum atque imperatorum Romanorum 911-1313 (Frankfort, 1831), which was followed by the Regesta chronologico-diplomatica Karolorum. Die Urkunden sdmtlicher Karolinger in kurzen Ausziigen (Frankfort, 1833), and a series of Regesta imperii. For the period 13141 347 (Frankfort, 1839) the Regesta was followed by three, and for the period1246-1313(Frankfort, 1844) by two supplementary volumes. The remaining period of the Regesta, as edited by Bohmer, is1198-1254(Stuttgart, 1849). These collections contain introductions and explanatory passages by the author. Very valuable also is the Fontes rerum Germanicarum (Stuttgart, 1843-1868), a collection of original authorities for German history during the 13th and 14th centuries. The fourth and last volume of this work was edited by A. Huber after the author's death. Other collections edited by Bohmer are: Die Reichsgesetze 900-1400 (Frankfort, 1832); Wittelsbachische Regesten von der Erwerbung des Herzogtums Bayern bis zu 1340 (Stuttgart, 1 854); and Codex diplomaticus Moeno-Francofurtanus. Urkundenbuch der Reichsstadt Frankfurt (Frankfort, 1836; new edition by F. Law, 1901). Other volumes and editions of the Regesta imperii, edited by J. Ficker, E. Miihlbacher, E. Winkelmann and others, are largely based on Bohmer's work. Bohmer left a great amount of unpublished material, and after his death two other works were published from his papers: Ada imperii selecta, edited by J. Ficker (Innsbruck, 1870); and Regesta archiepiscoporum Maguntinensium, edited by C. Will (Innsbruck, 1877-1886).
See J. Janssen, J. F. Biihmers Leben, Briefe and kleinere Schriften (Freiburg, 1868).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Johann Friedrich Bohmer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/johann-friedrich-bohmer.html. 1910.
