JOHANN

FRIEDRICH

See also:

• JOHANN FRIEDRICH BOHMER (1795–1863)

BOHMER (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 fur 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, '831), which was followed by the Regesta chronologico-diplomatica Karolorum . Die Urkunden sdmtlicher Karolinger in kurzen Ausziigen (Frank-fort, 1833), and a series of Regesta imperii . For the period 1314—1347 (Frankfort, 1839) the Regesta was followed by three, and for the period 1246—1313 (Frankfort, 1844) by two supplementary volumes . The remaining period of the Regesta, as edited by Bohmer, is 1198—1254 (Stuttgart, '849) .

These collections contain introductions and explanatory passages by the author . Very valuable also is the Fontes rerum Germanicarum (Stuttgart, '843—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, 1854); and Codex diplomaticus Moeno-Francofurtanus . Urkundenbuch der Reichsstadt Frankfurt (Frankfort, '836; new edition by F . Law, 1901) . Other volumes and editions of the Regesta imperii, edited by J . Ficker, E . Muhlbacher, 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 Bohmer left a great amount of unpublished material, and after his death two other works were published from his papers: Acta imperii selecta, edited by J .

Ficker (

Innsbruck, 187o); and Regesta archiepiscoporum Maguntinensium, edited by C . Will (Innsbruck, '897—1886) . See J . Janssen, J . F . Bohmers Leben, Briefe and kleinere Schriften (Freiburg, 1868) .