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Countess Nora Kinsky of Wchinitz-Tettau

Vienna, 18 Dec 1888 – Vítkovice, 26 Mar 1923

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Facts and their sources

  • Born18 Dec 1888, Viennanot verified1 source
  • MarriedCount Ferdinand von Wilczeknot verified1 source
  • Died26 Mar 1923, Vítkovicenot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 18 Dec 1888

    Born in Vienna

  2. 24 Oct 1921

    A daughter is born

  3. 26 Mar 1923

    Dies in Vítkovice, aged 34

Family

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Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Vienna.

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

The 1880s · Countess is born in Vienna

In the news1884

Electric street lighting installed in 1884

In 1884, the first permanent electric street lighting system in the empire was installed in Temesvár.

What people wore

Prankish feast day dessert centerpieces

At peasant feast day dinners, a dessert centerpiece was garnished with bows of bright ribbons, flowers, and deliberately hidden thorns and stinging nettles.

Getting around

Faster rail connections to Budapest

By 1900, the travel time for a direct train between Vienna and Budapest had been reduced to four and a half hours, down from the approximately six hours required when the line first opened.

The motor car. Carl Benz patented his three-wheeled Motorwagen, the first practical car powered by a petrol engine.Around the world · 1886

The motor car. Carl Benz patented his three-wheeled Motorwagen, the first practical car powered by a petrol engine.

supplied by Carl Benz to William Worby Beaumont · public domain

In the news1883

First telephone network in Pilsen

The first telephone network in Pilsen was established in 1883, serving 11 initial participants.

Music

Landler dance in the Wechsel region

The Landler was the dominant dance in the Wechsel region, often accompanied by instruments ranging from violins and clarinets to wind instruments and the Styrian diatonic harmonika. Thousands of Landler melodies were played at celebrations like harvest festivals or in local inns.

Daily life

The multi-purpose kitchen stove

In rural kitchens, the stove was the central hub for cooking, drying laundry on an overhead pole, and providing heat.