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Ulrich Prinz von Württemberg

1880–1880

Born
28 Jul 1880, Ludwigsburg
Country of birth
Germany
Died
28 Dec 1880, Stuttgart
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A life in time

  1. Born · Ludwigsburg

    Birth, Ludwigsburg

  2. Died · Stuttgart

    Death, Stuttgart

What was it like?

The world around Ludwigsburg, 1880: 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.

Ulrich was born the same year as Oswald Spengler, Hermann Friese, and Guillaume Apollinaire.

Known for

In their life

  • infant death
Born the same year

  • Oswald Spengler

    German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)

  • Hermann Friese

    German-Brazilian athlete (1882-1945)

  • Guillaume Apollinaire

    French poet (1880–1918)

  • Michel Fokine

    Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1880–1942)

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Italian composer (1880-1968)

  • Helen Keller

    American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)

Fashion
Around 1870–1879

Children often lacked footwear in Pomerania

Poorer children often lacked proper footwear, sometimes going barefoot from early summer to late fall. On Sundays, they might wear worn-out boots bought from junk dealers for 1.2 to 1.5 marks.

Distinctive vests signaled marital status in Betzingen

In Betzingen, married men wore black velvet vests, while unmarried men wore red cloth vests with twelve silver buttons. Bachelors also traditionally displayed a red handkerchief from their pocket when searching for a bride.

Music

Costs for attending local festival banquets

Citizens often paid an entry fee of 20 to 30 Pfennig to attend local festive banquets, which featured patriotic music, choral performances, and speeches.

Diverse musical repertoires in cities

Musical life was diverse, blending folk music and rustic dances with military band repertoires that featured marches, operetta tunes, and original works.

Getting around
Around 1873–1873

Railway journey times in 1873

In 1873, traveling by railway from Hanover to Hamburg took between 4.5 and 5 hours, while the journey from Cassel to Frankfort on the Main could take between 4.5 and 8 hours.

Around 1873–1873

Railway travel times by 1873

By 1873, railway travel had become the standard for longer distances, such as the 4 1/2 to 8-hour journey from Cassel to Frankfort on the Main or the 4 1/2 to 5-hour trip from Hanover to Hamburg.

Daily life
Around 1877–1877

Meager working-class housing and kitchen setup

A typical working-class household in the Taunus region relied on a single room for living and sleeping, while the kitchen was often just the hallway. Water was heated in cooking pots, as there were no separate wash-boilers or running water.

Access to running water varied by class

Working-class homes often lacked running water, requiring water to be heated in cooking pots, while wealthier, modern homes featured hot-water heaters and running water in the kitchen and bathroom.

Food

Meat was a luxury for working families

In working-class households, meat—often cheap sausage or ground meat—was a luxury, frequently reserved for Sunday meals, and sometimes stretched with breadcrumbs to make meat-like dishes like fake rabbit. Men, seen as the primary providers, often received the largest portions of meat, while wives and children ate significantly less.

Simple breakfasts and rare egg treats

Breakfast typically consisted of brown rye bread and a watery brew of coffee and barley, as milk and sugar were considered expensive luxuries. Eggs were an extremely rare delight, and one worker noted that it was amazingly rare for him to even get one.

Prices and wages
Around 1890–1900

Prices of furniture and staples

Furniture was affordable compared to food; a simple chair cost about 3.75 marks and a matching table was 8.75 marks. In contrast, butter was expensive, costing about 1 mark per pound or up to 1.86 marks per kilogram.

Work

Extremely long working hours

Working days were grueling, often lasting 14 to 18 hours, especially for retail clerks and agricultural workers during the harvest season.

Monotonous diet of peas

Farm worker Franz Rehbein recalled that while working at a brickyard for 20 marks a week, his daily diet consisted almost entirely of peas, which left him feeling nauseous for years.

Family

Parents

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.