Bünker, Johann Reinhold#
b. Seebach (municipality of Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia), April 25, 1863, d. Sopron, Hungary (then Oedenburg), Nov. 13, 1914, folklorist. Curator of the municipal museum of Sopron; collected contemporary popular poetry from Burgenland, especially the so-called Heanzen; Research on types of houses and village lands.
Works#
Farces, legends and fairy tales in dialect, 1906; Was mir der alte Mann erzaehlte, 1929 (fairy tales from Burgenland.).Literature#
L. Schmidt, Die J. R. B.-Smlg. zur Sachvolkskunde des mittleren Bgld., 1955; L. Schmidt, J. R. B. und die Erforschung des Volkserzaehlgutes im Bgld., 1979; O. Buenker, J. R. B. - Sein Leben fuer die Volkskunde, 1982.