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Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein

1972–2023

Born
15 Mar 1972, St. Gallen
Country of birth
Switzerland
Died
5 Dec 2023, Altlengbach
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A life in time

  1. Born · St. Gallen

    Birth, St. Gallen

  2. Died · Altlengbach

    Death, Altlengbach

What was it like?

The world around St. Gallen, 1972: 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.

Clothes were worn longer than today; it was standard practice to wear patched garments to keep them clean and intact.

Known for

Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, known professionally as Constantin Liechtenstein, was a businessman and a member of the Princely House of Liechtenstein. He was the third son of Prince Hans-Adam II and his wife, Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. Constantin was the chief executive officer of the LGT Group from 2020 to 2023.

Titles held

  • chairperson of the executive board
Fashion

Longevity of everyday clothes

Clothes were worn longer than today; it was standard practice to wear patched garments to keep them clean and intact.

Around 1950–1970

Girl's clothing in Switzerland

Between 1950 and the late 1960s, girls commonly wore knee-length skirts or dresses with blouses, while trousers only became more frequent around 1970.

Music

Festival music and dance traditions

Traditional music played at festivals included the alphorn, used for mountain calls to cattle, and the bödeler, a rhythmic clog dance from Central Switzerland.

Instruments used in the home

People played diverse traditional instruments at home, such as the Toggenburg house organ, hackbrett (hammered dulcimer), violin, accordion, and halszither (a type of cittern).

Getting around
Around 1964–1964

New rail link reduced journey times in 1964

The opening of the Lucerne-Stans-Engelberg railway in 1964 enabled direct travel and cut the journey time to one hour.

Around 1950–1969

Cars became mass transport in mid-century Switzerland

In the 1950s and 1960s, the automobile became a mass transport mode, significantly expanding the travel radius of ordinary people compared to the mid-century period when most needs were met locally.

Work

The factory women known as Eleveners

Women in watch factories were nicknamed the Eleveners because they left work at 11 am to rush home, shop, and cook a fresh meal for their families by noon.

News and letters

Automation increased mail sorting speeds tenfold

Before automated sorting, postal workers manually handled 2,000 items per hour, while new machines introduced in the 1960s processed 20,000.

Around 1950–1964

Apprentices memorized complex postal geography

To cope with sorting, apprentices had to memorize the entire geography of Swiss post offices, a challenging skill known as Pöstlergeographie.

During their lifetime

  1. 1980

    Zurich youth riots erupt

    In May 1980, youth riots erupted in Zurich against city funding for the opera house, triggering a wave of similar protests across Swiss cities.

  2. 1995

    Austria joined European Union in 1995

    Austria joined the European Union in 1995, significantly shifting the country's economic and political landscape.

Family

Parents

Ancestors and children

Open the full tree

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