The Staatsarchiv Detmold is a rich source of searched history of the home and families from "Lippe and environs". It is remarkable how revealing former local searchers as Preuss, Schwanhold, Weber, and Richard Boeger studied the family history. The following remarks are maily taken from the sources of the Staatsarchiv Detmold, from the chronic of the village Augustdorf as well as from the notes of the churches.

The name:
The Boeger Family probably is the oldest documentary of a farmer lineage of "Lippe". At 1200 a "Meier" (old german word for 'manager of a farm') Hermann Biege lived in the smal village Hillentrup who is regarded as lineage father of the widely ramified Boeger Family. The above mentioned local searchers see the name "Boeger" with its modifications such as Bieger, Biegher, Boger, Bogher, Boyer, Beuger, Boiger coming from the little river "Bega" (which means 'bend') running by. The oldest form of the name is Biege, Beiger, Boger which developed documentary into Boiger, Beuger, Boeger.

History:
At 1200 lived some Hermann "Biege" Meier zu Hillentrup (today perhaps: Meyer zu Doerentrup?). His son Cordt (Conradt) was a bold young lad who disliked the simple and rural life. He joined the service of Graf (Earl) Volkwin III. zu Schwalenberg. He became a soldier and a well trained bowman. At 1225 the Archbishop of Cologne, Engelbert, had been murdered during a journey by vassales of Graf Friedrich von Isenburg. Graf Volkwin III has been suspected. In the following feud the Grafschaft Schwalenberg had been besieged by the army of Cologne. In this siege bowman Cordt Boeger distinguished as a sharp shooter so that the enemy for all siege could not took the castle.
Volkwin III rewarded Cordt Boeger with the fiefs Barntrup, Blomberg, Bentrup and Silixen. The fief near Silixen established the basis of today's "Boeger-Hof" in Extertal (it is still existing today as a restaurant).
Cordt Boeger stayed in the army of Volkwin III. Whose son Heinrich I. buildt up the castle 'Sternberg' at 1250. Cordt Boeger became 'Burgkastelan' (kind of estate/castle manager) and died there at 1256.

The Descendants:
The descendants of Cordt Boeger run the fiefs indepentently.
In the "Saalbuch" of 1591 a Johan Boeger is mentioned to be the owner of the "Boeger-Hof" in Extertal and being the holder of a "Freiheitsprivileg" (privilege/right of freedom); that means he was not a serf.
At 1700 a Bernhard Boeger has been the owner of the "Boeger-Hof". The yard/farm was also called "Boeger vor dem Rohbraken" . To the "Gut Rohbraken" the Boegers maintain old rights, too.
After that followed a Johann Friedrich Boeger , he died 1716.
1896 the farm changed into the Cafe-Restaurant "Boeger-Hof"  to which belong till today 22 Ha (54 acres) farmland and some fish-ponds.
The owner's name of today is still "Boeger". It seems to be very unique that a name/family remains over 700 years to a farm.

Numerous collateral lines have split from that old "Meier"-Family  Boeger from Hillentrup and the gender of the bold soldier and wel trained bowman Cordt Boeger is related by marrieage to several old famer families from "Lippe". The descendants of Cordt Boeger established of the basis of the fiefs Barntrup, Blomberg, Bentrup, the collateral lines of the "Boeger" Family.

Famous "Boegers":

• From that 'Silixen' lineage a Heinrich 'Beigher' or 'Bogher' studied theology and became around 1500 Doctor of theology and president of the university of Braunschweig.

 
• A Hermann Boeger, from the "Boeger-Hof" became 1540 mayor of Höxter.

 
• From the "Gut Heiden" came a Johann Heinrich Boeger at 1621. He had to leaf the university because he stabbed a rival to death in a duel. At an other university he got the docter of both rights (ecclesical as well as secular). He had been appointed 'Lippischer Rat' by Graf Johann Bernhard but was sacced. He became legal advisor to the swedish chancellour Oxenstierna in Osnabrueck. There he worked on the treaties of the 'Peace of Westphalia' at 1648.

 
• A descant of this Johann Heinrich Boeger went to France and then with Voltaire to the court of Friedrich the Great. At his journey back to France he visited his relatives in 'Lippe'.

 
• Philip Adolf Boeger (and his wife) and his son Simon Heinrich Adolf Boeger from the "Gut Roehrentrup" were soldiers in the army of Princess Pauline. They did a campaign to France and Spain (1809/10). They had been taken prisoner-of-war by the English. Only after several years they returned to 'Lippe', Germany.

August Henry Boeger	married to:   ?
moved from somewhere around Detmold to Morrison; Missouri

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	NEE	BORN	DIED
Boeger	Mary	M*/Warkentien	1854	1934
Boeger	Emil		1879	1944
Boeger	Arthur			1918
Boeger	Louis		1874	1950
Boeger	Louise	Evers	1850	1908
Boeger	Maria Elisabeth	Altrens	1820	1873
Boeger	Wilfried W. F.		1912	1912
Boeger	Martha	Puscheck	1890	1971
Boeger	William F.		1886	1943
Boeger	Wilhelm		1850	1927
Boeger	Nellie	Thiele	1885	1962
Boeger	Otto Eduard		1884	1903
Boeger	Louisa	M*/Warkentien	1845	1908
Boeger	Malinda		1876	1955

M* = married