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Prince Heinrich IX Reuss of Köstritz

Kowary, 3 Mar 1827 – 1 Aug 1898

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 3 Mar 1827

    Born in Kowary

  2. 25 Nov 1864

    A son is born

  3. 1 Aug 1898

    Dies, aged 71

Family

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Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Kowary.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1820s · Prince is born in Kowary

In the news1817–1830

Massive road network expansion by 1830

Between 1817 and 1830, over 1,000 kilometers of new paved roads were built, and regular postal services were established between major cities.

Getting around

Stagecoach travel speed

In the early 19th century, horse-drawn stagecoaches were the main mode of travel between cities, with a standard speed of about 15 kilometers per hour.

Around the world1825–1830

The first passenger railway

In England a steam locomotive pulled the first public train in 1825; within decades railways crossed every continent.

Daily life

Smoke huts and indoor livestock

Peasant cottages in the first half of the 19th century were typically smoke huts without chimneys, where smoke from an indoor hearth filled the room and exited through the door or roof. To keep the living area warm during winter, families sometimes brought livestock into the house.

What people wore

Prestige measured by belt decorations

Krakow peasants decorated leather belts with yellow brass rings; the more buttons and rings on the belt, the more expensive and prestigious it was considered.

Music

Children learned instruments while minding geese

Children learned to play simple instruments such as willow flutes, whistles, reed pipes, or trumpets bought at village fairs while minding geese.

At the table

Everyday and Special Occasion Drinks

Peasants drank bread or beet kvass and beer, while tea and coffee were sometimes considered luxury or special occasion items, occasionally even prepared with butter or salt in poor households.