Gustav Jungbauer
| (1886 - 1942) | University professor and ethnographer |
After he finished the
German secondary school in Český Krumlov, he continued his studies
on the Prague university where he studied ethnography and
literature. In 1915, during the first World War, he was captured by
the Russian army. From 1919 to 1921 he worked as a representative
of the Czech Red Cross in Russia. When he came back to
Czechoslovakia, he devoted his time to the sciences. He was one of
the founders of a museum and ethnographic association in Horní
Planá where he is credited to founding the Museum
of Šumava. As a professor of Prague university he studied
Šumava ethnography and collected folk songs, fairy tales and
legends of the Šumava region. He was buried at Horní Planá
cemetery, also the place of his memorial tablet.
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