Skip to content
VitrineVitrine
Sign in

Prince Franz Josef of Hohenzollern

Umkirch, 15 Mar 1926 – Sigmaringen, 13 May 1996

9 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 15 Mar 1926

    Born in Umkirch

  2. 13 May 1996

    Dies in Sigmaringen, aged 70

Family

See the tree

Parents

Partners

During his lifetime

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

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

The 1920s · Prince is born in Umkirch

In the news1923–1927

Currency restabilization fueled economic recovery by 1927

Following the restabilization of the currency in late 1923, Germany secured 800 million gold marks in foreign loans by 1927, which helped industrial production return to 1913 levels.

Getting around

Railways dominated long-distance travel by 1914

By 1914, Germany had one of the world's densest railway networks, which by then far outperformed road transport in both speed and cost for long-distance travel. Express trains reached speeds of 90 to 100 kilometers per hour, allowing travel from Berlin to Munich in a significantly reduced time compared to previous eras.

At the table

Daily Diet and Food Adulteration

Working-class families often spent 50% to 80% of their income on food, relying heavily on cheap staples like potatoes, bread, and cabbage while meat remained a rare luxury. To make expensive items last longer, food was sometimes adulterated; for example, flour was mixed with gypsum and milk was diluted with water.

The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.Around the world · 1918–1920

The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.

Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine · public domain

What people wore

End of the Corset Era

The traditional corset went completely out of fashion in the 1920s, replaced by a straight silhouette that did not emphasize the waist.

Music

Wandervögel and campfire folk music

Young people known as Wandervögel often gathered around campfires singing folk songs from their songbook, The Zupfgeigenhansl, while playing the guitar-lute, also called a Zupfgeige.

Daily life

Modern Apartments with Running Water

New public housing apartments offered improved living conditions with central heating, built-in kitchens, and private bathrooms featuring hot and cold running water. Such modern units were rare and highly sought after, with some families waiting years on urgent priority lists to secure them.