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Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein

Born St. Gallen, 10 Apr 1973

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A life in time

  1. 10 Apr 1973

    Born in St. Gallen

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During her lifetime

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

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The 1970s · Princess 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

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.

Music

Festival music and dance traditions

Traditional music played at festivals included the alphorn, used for mountain calls to cattle, and the bödeler, a rhythmic clog dance from Central Switzerland.

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).