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Georg von Liechtenstein

1911–1998

Born
11 Nov 1911, Velké Losiny
Country of birth
Czechia
Died
18 Jan 1998, Vienna
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A life in time

  1. Born · Velké Losiny

    Birth, Velké Losiny

  2. Child born: Margarita Maria Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein

    Birth

  3. Child born: Maria Assunta Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein

    Birth

  4. Child born: Isabelle Maria Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein

    Birth

  5. Child born: Christoph Alois Prinz von und zu Liechtenstein

    Birth

  6. Child born: Marie Helene Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein

    Birth

  7. Child born: Georgine Maria Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein

    Birth

  8. Child born: Michaela Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein

    Birth

  9. Died · Vienna

    Death, Vienna

What was it like?

The world around Velké Losiny, 1911: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Georg was born the same year as Ronald Reagan, Lucille Ball, and Ginger Rogers.

Born the same year

  • Ronald Reagan

    president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)

  • Lucille Ball

    American actress (1911–1989)

  • Ginger Rogers

    American actress and dancer (1911–1995)

  • Alfredo Foni

    Italian footballer (1911-1985)

  • Naguib Mahfouz

    Egyptian writer (1911–2006)

  • Georges Pompidou

    President of France from 1969 to 1974

Fashion

Black embroidery for mourning heroes

In the Domažlice region, women wore collars embroidered in black to mourn a popular hero, Kozina, who was executed there.

Expensive and wide festive skirts

Women's festive skirts were exceptionally wide, using 10 to 12 ells of fabric, and could cost between 10 and 15 silver florins.

Music

Brass Bands and Enthusiastic Prague Audiences

Brass bands were central to Prague's cultural life, with military and civilian ensembles performing dozens of times each week in summer at parks and garden pubs. These performances were so popular that audiences often demanded encores, such as the march Hey, Gretel, which was once repeated three times due to overwhelming applause.

Popular Bagpipe and Violin Duos

In the Chodsko region, small musical duos of bagpipe and violin were highly popular for weddings and local festivals because they were inexpensive and portable. Musicians in these groups played by memory, often improvising melodies and rhythmic variations during the music.

Getting around

Faster Journeys by Rail

Railway network improvements significantly reduced travel times, with a journey from Czech lands to the Adriatic Sea taking only 15 hours by the first decade of the 20th century. By 1918, it took approximately 8 hours to travel by train from Prague to the eastern city of Ostrava.

Shift from Carriages to Trains

Traveling by carriage was expensive, slow, and uncomfortable compared to the railway, which became the preferred method for mass transport and leisure trips starting in the mid-19th century. Railway companies even organized special theater trains to bring thousands of spectators to the National Theatre in Prague during the 1880s.

Daily life

Bathing rituals in the household

Families used a single tin bathtub brought into the kitchen, which was filled with water heated on a stove. To conserve resources, the entire family bathed in the same water, typically with children going first, followed by the wife, and finally the husband.

Children's work and education

Children in families engaged in domestic production were often required to work from a very young age, which frequently resulted in the neglect of their school attendance. In the Czech districts, compulsory education lasted for eight years, starting at age six.

Food

Sweet main courses and Sunday meat

Sweet dishes like dumplings filled with plum jam, poppy seed noodles, or pancakes were frequently served as a main course, especially on Fridays or traditional fast days. In contrast, meat dishes were saved for Sunday dinners or special family occasions like weddings and funerals.

Working-class diets relied on meatless staples

Ordinary working-class families often survived on a daily diet of coffee substitute made from chicory or grain, eaten with bread, and thick meatless soups. Meat was a rarity, typically reserved for Sundays, while vegetables like potatoes, legumes, and cabbage formed the daily base.

Prices and wages

Low agricultural wages for families

Some women working in agriculture earned only 24 kreutzers per day for labor lasting from sunrise to sunset, while young boys received 12 kreutzers.

Work

Long factory shifts and exhausting commutes

Factory workers in the early 20th century often worked shifts of 10 to 12 hours, with the rhythm of daily life dictated by the factory siren rather than the seasons. Miners, who often walked up to two hours to reach the pit, were sometimes so exhausted that they barely had time to sleep before their next shift.

Struggling domestic weavers and factory diets

Domestic weavers extended their working hours to 12 or 16 hours a day to survive, while their families subsisted on a diet mainly of potatoes, thin soups, sauerkraut, mash, and bread. In contrast, factory workers could occasionally afford better food like meat, milk, and vegetables with their higher wages.

News and letters

Evolution of message speed

Communication technology evolved rapidly, moving from hand-delivered paper letters to telegraphs that sent electrical signals and telephones that transmitted voices. These advancements allowed people to shorten the physical distance between them by sending messages faster rather than moving closer together.

Rural mail schedules in 1912

In 1912, a rural mail service between Kostelec nad Vltavou and Milevsko used a carriage departing at 7 a.m. to arrive by 9 a.m., with a return trip departing at noon to arrive by 2 p.m. Foot messengers also delivered local mail, ensuring letters were dispatched the same day.

During their lifetime

  1. 1914

    Wartime inflation begins, 1914

    Just after war broke out in 1914, the government began using the printing press to fund military costs, causing the money supply to expand by 977 percent by 1918.

  2. 1915

    Ersatz bread introduced, 1915

    In early 1915, the government forced citizens to eat bread made with ersatz ingredients like sawdust because food supplies were severely depleted.

  3. 1919

    Women gain vote, 1919

    The new Republic introduced women's suffrage, with women voting for the first time in the February 1919 national assembly elections.

  4. 1923

    Hyperinflation peak, 1923

    In 1923, the cost-of-living index soared to 1,183,600 compared to 100 in 1914, reflecting the catastrophic hyperinflation after the war.

  5. 1927

    Palace of Justice fire, 1927

    On July 15, 1927, police fired on protesters during a general strike, resulting in 89 deaths and thousands of injuries.

  6. 1933

    Mass unemployment, 1933

    In February 1933, the Great Depression reached a peak in Austria, leaving approximately 600,000 people unemployed.

Family

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Children

Ancestors and children

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.