Bohemia River and Chateau Bu-De Winery and Vineyard

The Bohemia River is a 4.7-mile-long tributary of the Elk River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located in Cecil County, Maryland, with its headwaters extending into New Castle County, Delaware.

The earliest mention of the name was in the late 1600’s in reference to land known as "Bohemia Manor" acquired by Augustine Herman, an early settler of the area.

In the 1650s, Dutch conquistadors wanted to extend their rule of New Amsterdam (New York) into Maryland. They sent Augustine Herman to Maryland’s colonial capital to present their case to the governor. Herman’s expedition left New Castle, Delaware, and sailed down the modern-day Bohemia River to the Elk River, and then into the Chesapeake Bay.

Bohemia Manor Farm, historic property of Augustine Herrman, a Bohemian explorer, merchant & cartographer who produced a map of the Chesapeake Bay & Delaware Bay in exchange for permission to establish a plantation, which is now where the vineyard & winery is located.

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