Kosta Hörmann
Konstantin (Kosta) Hörmann | |
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| Born | 8 September 1850 |
| Died | 16 November 1921 (aged 71) |
| Burial place | Zentralfriedhof |
| Occupations | Director, Folklorist and Publicist |
| Notable work | "Narodne pjesne Muhamedovaca u Bosni i Hercegovini" |
Konstantin (Kosta) Hörmann (8 September 1850 – 16 November 1921) was a museum director, folklorist and publicist of Bavarian descent who spent most of his career in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austro-Hungarian administration. He was the founding director of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo and the compiler of one of the earliest major collections of Bosnian Muslim oral poetry, Narodne pjesne Muhamedovaca u Bosni i Hercegovini ("Folk Songs of the Mohammedans in Bosnia and Herzegovina").