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Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia

Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, 12 Jul 1880 – Weisser Hirsch, 9 Mar 1925

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A life in time

  1. 12 Jul 1880

    Born in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki

  2. 9 Mar 1925

    Dies in Weisser Hirsch, aged 44

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.

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The 1880s · Prince is born in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki

In the news1883

First national health insurance introduced

Germany became the first country to introduce a national social insurance system with the approval of a worker's health insurance plan.

Getting around

City transport and tram issues

Warsaw horse-drawn trams, sometimes called toads, were popular for city travel, while steamships operated on the Vistula river. In the 1880s, passengers had to occasionally push stuck trams in poor weather.

At the table

Vodka and rare luxury drinks

Vodka was the most common alcoholic beverage, partially due to laws that mandated its purchase or production on local estates. Coffee and tea were rare luxuries often reserved only for major holidays and celebrations.

The “Russian flu”. A flu pandemic travelled the world by rail and steamship in a few months, killing about a million people.Around the world · 1889–1890

The “Russian flu”. A flu pandemic travelled the world by rail and steamship in a few months, killing about a million people.

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What people wore

Peasant women used wraps to carry goods

In the Sącz Highlands, women used large, thick, unbleached linen wraps called łoktuse to carry shopping by knotting the corners on their chests and forming a bag at the back.

Music

Customs of rural dance parties

Dance parties began with a dance for men only, followed by couples dancing polkas, waltzes, and obereks. Participants could pay the musicians to play a specific requested tune, after which they would lead into the next dance with a song.

Daily life

Hardening children in manor houses

In wealthy manor houses, children were often hardened by sleeping on hard mattresses in unheated rooms and being splashed with cold water upon waking.