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Princess Birgitta of Liechtenstein

b. 1967

Born
13 Apr 1967, Vienna
Country of birth
Austria

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A life in time

  1. Born · Vienna

    Birth, Vienna

What was it like?

The world around Vienna, 1967: 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.

People typically owned four sets of clothing: work clothes, everyday attire, Sunday best, and special ceremonial garments for high holy days. The wedding suit often served as the high holy day outfit and was frequently worn for burial.

Fashion

Four wardrobe sets for rural life

People typically owned four sets of clothing: work clothes, everyday attire, Sunday best, and special ceremonial garments for high holy days. The wedding suit often served as the high holy day outfit and was frequently worn for burial.

Youth rebellion and hidden fashion

Young people often defied strict prohibitions against modern styles by hiding items like blue jeans at school and changing into them only after classes. While authorities and parents viewed these trends as immoral, the youth actively sought out items associated with American culture.

Music

Traditional folk music and regional instruments

Traditional Austrian folk music featured instruments like the violin, harp, zither, dulcimer, accordion, and guitar, often tied to regional customs and feast days. Alpine genres like the Laendler, yodelling, and Schnadahuepfl songs remained central to these traditional celebrations.

Around 1950–1957

Jukeboxes were popular and expensive in Austria

In the 1950s, US jukeboxes became popular in Austrian espresso bars, with 2,790 units installed by 1957. These machines cost between 40,000 and 80,000 Austrian schillings, while a small Steyr-Puch 500 car cost 30,000 schillings.

Getting around
Around 1955–1959

Personal mobility with scooters and motorcycles

By the mid-1950s, the motorization wave allowed Austrians to travel to the Salzkammergut region using affordable vehicles like Vespas, Lambrettas, and Puch scooters.

Around 1950–1959

Transition from bicycles to motorized public transport

In the 1950s, men shifted from cycling to work in cities like Linz toward using new factory buses, public buses, and more frequent trains.

Work
Around 1950–1960

Strict financial management in households

Housewives were often expected to keep a housekeeping book to record all expenses weekly or monthly for inspection by their husbands.

Around 1950–1959

Limited household technology for working women

Working women in the 1950s often managed multiple household roles alongside their jobs, but only 23% owned a hoover or fridge, 7% a blender, and 4% a washing machine by 1959.

News and letters

Censorship of letters in Austria

Letters entering or leaving Austria were routinely read by hundreds of postal employees working under Russian censorship requirements.

Sequencing letters to manage delivery delays

Students writing letters home often numbered them in sequence to help manage the frequent issues with letters being delivered out of order.

During their lifetime

  1. 1995

    Austria joined European Union in 1995

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

Family

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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.