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Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick

Penzing, 17 Nov 1887 – Pattensen, 30 Jan 1953

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A life in time

  1. 17 Nov 1887

    Born in Penzing

  2. 1917

    A daughter is born

  3. 30 Jan 1953

    Dies in Pattensen, aged 65

Family

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Children · 1

During his lifetime

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

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

The 1880s · Ernst is born in Penzing

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

Strict police control of early train travel

Initially, passengers traveling by train in Austria had to obtain a police permit the day before their journey, have it stamped at their destination, and return it upon arrival.

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 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.

Music

Rural music instruments in Voralpen

In rural areas near the Semmering and Wechsel regions, music was often performed using the zither and the hammered dulcimer (Hackbrett). This contrasted with urban areas where violin and harp combinations were more common in taverns.

Daily life

Shared water taps in Vienna apartment buildings

In urban Vienna, many apartments lacked private water or toilets, requiring residents to fetch water from a shared tap in the corridor called a bassena.