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Gottlob Bünte , pseudonym Jann van Moor , (born November 15, 1840 in Bremen , † November 11, 1907 in Bremen) was a German innkeeper, folk writer and theater director.

biography

Bünte worked as a tobacco worker and foreman in Frankfurt am Main , Biebrich and Mainz . He also wrote folk plays . In 1866 the play Der Invalide von Königgrätz was performed in Frankfurt. In 1870 he opened in district in Bremen on Ostertorsteinweg no. 104 , an inn. Later he ran his inn in the Steintorviertel , on the corner of Vor dem Steintor No. 70 / Römerstrasse .

Bünte was an original from Bremen. At parties he recited his occasional poems . He wrote 88 folk plays in High and Low German on current and local topics. However, his pieces were not printed. He also appeared in his plays as a performer. Initially, his pieces were successfully performed in Tivoli am Weidedamm. After disputes, he founded his own Bremen Volkstheater , which was played every Monday in the winter months. Some Low German stories were published in 1888. His works were very popular at the time, but were forgotten.

Works (selection)

• King Wilhelm's Besök in Bremen on June 15, 1869 . 4th edition / thousand, Tannen, Bremen 1869.
• Jan Pinkenel upp'r Northwest German commercial and industrial setting in Bremen 1890 . Bremen 1890.
• Heini Holtenbeen .

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
• Historical society of the artists' association (ed.): Bremische Biographie des 19. Century . Winter, Bremen 1912, reprint: Schünemann, Bremen 1976.