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Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein

St. Gallen, 15 Mar 1972 – Altlengbach, 5 Dec 2023

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A life in time

  1. 15 Mar 1972

    Born in St. Gallen

  2. 5 Dec 2023

    Dies in Altlengbach, aged 51

Family

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Parents

During his lifetime

He lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around St. Gallen.

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

The 1970s · Prince is born in St. Gallen

In the news1971

Women gain voting rights

Women were granted the right to vote in federal elections for the first time in 1971.

Work

The factory women known as Eleveners

Women in watch factories were nicknamed the Eleveners because they left work at 11 am to rush home, shop, and cook a fresh meal for their families by noon.

Around the world1973–1974

The oil crisis

Arab oil producers cut supplies and the price of oil quadrupled; petrol queues and inflation followed around the world.

News and letters

Automation increased mail sorting speeds tenfold

Before automated sorting, postal workers manually handled 2,000 items per hour, while new machines introduced in the 1960s processed 20,000.

What people wore

Longevity of everyday clothes

Clothes were worn longer than today; it was standard practice to wear patched garments to keep them clean and intact.

Music

Instruments used in the home

People played diverse traditional instruments at home, such as the Toggenburg house organ, hackbrett (hammered dulcimer), violin, accordion, and halszither (a type of cittern).

What people wore

Girl's clothing in Switzerland

Between 1950 and the late 1960s, girls commonly wore knee-length skirts or dresses with blouses, while trousers only became more frequent around 1970.