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Franz Böhme

1885 - 1947

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Franz Friedrich Böhme (15 April 1885 – 29 May 1947) was an Army officer who served in succession with the Austro-Hungarian Army, the Austrian Army and the German Wehrmacht. He rose to the rank of general during World War II, serving as Commander of the XVIII Mountain Corps, Hitler's Plenipotentiary Commanding General (Bevollmächtigter Kommandierender General) in the Balkans, and commander-in-chief in German-occupied Norway during World War II. After the war, Böhme was transferred to U.S. custody as a defendant in the Hostages Trial on charges of having massacred thousands of Serbian civilians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Böhme has received more than 289,008 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Franz Böhme is the 514th most popular military personnel (down from 469th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 287th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Franz Böhme was a German philosopher and mystic who is most famous for his book Aurora, or the Morning Redness in the East, which described his spiritual journey.

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  • 60.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Franz Böhme has had the most page views in the with 41,536 views, followed by German (13,791), and Russian (5,410). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (50.17%), Egyptian Arabic (45.45%), and Czech (20.67%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Franz Böhme ranks 514 out of 2,058. Before him are Conon, Hijikata Toshizō, Theodor Busse, Andriy Melnyk, Pierre Cambronne, and Sigismund Korybut. After him are Gao Shun, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Adem Jashari, Stonewall Jackson, Bo'orchu, and Hans-Jürgen Stumpff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Franz Böhme ranks 54. Before him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Velimir Khlebnikov, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Otto Klemperer, Sacha Guitry, and Per Albin Hansson. After him are Theda Bara, André Lhote, Seishirō Itagaki, G. W. Pabst, Gunnar Asplund, and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 1947, Franz Böhme ranks 51. Before him are Karel Čurda, Pyotr Krasnov, Franz Seldte, Reynaldo Hahn, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, and P. D. Ouspensky. After him are Victor Serge, Dorothea Binz, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Gusztáv Jány, Franz Ritter von Epp, and Huda Sha'arawi.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Böhme ranks 303 out of 1,424. Before him are Clemence of Austria (1262), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Friedrich von Wieser (1851), Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878). After him are István Széchenyi (1791), Senta Berger (1941), Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria (1801), Hermine Braunsteiner (1919), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), and Erik Jan Hanussen (1889).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Franz Böhme ranks 16. Before him are Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), Walter Nowotny (1920), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), and Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705). After him are Karl Silberbauer (1911), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Gordon Gollob (1912), Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), and Eduard Roschmann (1908).

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