History of Bohemian

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Bohemians are inhabitants of Bohemia ,German: Boehmen.The territory of Bohemia lies entirely in Germania. After the Roman empire break-up and the regaining of Germanic lands from Roman occupation Bohemia was a part of the Frankish then Holy Roman Empire until 1804/6. After WWI Bohemia was seperated by western powers and the German Bohemians were gradually forced out of their homeland. The land was completely taken over by the Slavic Czech people.

Bohemians are inhabitants of Bohemia, part of the Czech Republic. Inhabitants come from both Czech and German stock, due to Bohemia's position on the borderlands between Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic and its history, which includes rule by earlier incarnations of each of these countries. Because of the many changes in government and the resulting population migrations, one cannot say with complete confidence that a Bohemian is a German or a Czech. In fact, the Boii, for whom the land was named (by the Romans), were a Celtic people, who moved westward. Since then, the inhabitants of the area have been predominantly Slavic.