Wilhelm Böhmer (historian)

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Wilhelm Böhmer (born November 30, 1791 in Stettin ; † February 27, 1842 there ; full name Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig Böhmer ) was a German high school teacher and historian . He researched and published on the history of Pomerania .

Life

Böhmer attended the Ratslyzeum in Stettin until 1810 and then studied at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) and at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin .

In the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon, he volunteered in the Guard Jäger Battalion in 1813 and took part in the Battle of Großgörschen , the Battle of Bautzen , the Battle of Dresden and the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig . Later he was transferred to an infantry regiment at his request, wounded near Antwerp in January 1814 and retired from military service. Böhmer was awarded the Iron Cross . He completed his studies in Berlin and worked for a short time at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin.

In 1817 he became a teacher at the Marienstiftsgymnasium in his hometown of Stettin, where he stayed until his death. In 1824 he was at the University of Greifswald to Dr. phil. doctorate, in 1826 he received the title of high school professor .

Böhmer conducted research on the history of Pomerania , was an active member of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology , founded in 1824, and published in the journal Baltic Studies published by the society , as well as in its predecessor, the New Pomeranian Provincial Papers . In 1831 he edited the results of the collection of Low German dialects in Pomerania for the company . Boehmer's research on the Pomeranian chronicler Thomas Kantzow was groundbreaking for Kantzow research; his edition of Kantzow's Chronicle of Pomerania in Low German dialect from 1835 was reprinted in 1973.

family

Böhmer married Ernestine Giesebrecht (* 1796; † 1861) in 1824. Through her he came into contact with their extensive relatives; his colleagues at the Marienstiftsgymnasium Ludwig Giesebrecht and Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Hasselbach became his brother-in-law.

The marriage resulted in two sons and a daughter, including Eduard Böhmer (* 1827, † 1906), who became a professor at the University of Strasbourg.

Fonts

  • De Pommeranorum historia litteraria. 1824. (dissertation)
  • The sieges of Szczecin since the beginning of the 12th century. Szczecin 1832.
  • Thomas Kantzow's Chronicle of Pomerania in Low German dialect. Friedrich Heinrich Morin, Stettin 1835. (Reprint: Sendet, Walluf near Wiesbaden 1973, ISBN 3-500-28260-1 )
  • Overview of the general chronicles of Pomerania since Kantzow. In: Baltic Studies . 1835.

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