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Schleswig-Holstein: The Rise of Nationalism Before the 1848 Revolution This is the major project I wrote for my German degree. It discusses more of the history of Schleswig-Holstein and the need of the people to culturally identify themselves as German.
Short History of Schleswig-Holstein This is a short history of Schleswig-Holstein, 1800-1870 which I wrote in 1989 to help myself figure out what went on during that time and to help answer my question: why did they leave?




*What does the name Bothmann* mean?** Bothmann originates in Hamburg, and is related to the names Both, Böther, and Böteführ. The names Both, Bothe come from the towns Hamburg, Hannover, Brauschweig, Rostock, etc. corresponding to frequency and popularity of the given names Bode, which is the short form of Segebode, Sigbot, Seeboth, Gerbode, Rikbode, & Herbode. The extension of Bodeman lives today as Bothmann, often in Hamburg, not far from the original name "Bootsmans", the seaman¹. Some recorded uses from the Middle Ages are Friedrich Bothman 1296 in Hamburg; Robeke Botmakere in 1293; Thid. Botmeker in 1307. From Niederdeutsches Namenbuch = <Low German Name Book> by Hans Bahlow. ¹Litteraly "boat-man", the High German is Schiffer.

The Descendants of Michael Clement Bothmann, b. ca. 1740. Christian Friedrich Bothmann, great grandson of Michael Clement, and his wife Anna Margartha Elisabeth Hammer left Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein on the ship Deutschland on 1 May 1865 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Descendants of Friedrich Wilhelm Bothmann, b. 1837
Friedrich Wilhelm Bothmann and his wife Margaretha Elise Nissen left Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein between 1871-1876, and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. This family changed the spelling to Bothman.

The Descendants of John Daniel Bothmann, b. 1842
John Daniel Bothmann left Germany, probably the Berlin area, in 1872 and settled in Winthrop, Minnesota where he married Hanna Buchs.

The Descendants of Heinrich Bothmann, b. 1843
Heinrich Bothmann and his wife Margarta Brasch left Schleswig-Holstein in 1883 and settled in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Heinrich was probably a comissioned officer in the army.

The Descendants of Johann Jürgen Bothmann, b. 1756
One family of Bothmanns who remained in Germany are now in Hamburg.