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Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg

Germany, 4 May 1679 – Copenhagen, 27 Jun 1704

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Facts and their sources

  • Born4 May 1679, Germanynot verified1 source
  • Died27 Jun 1704, Copenhagennot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 4 May 1679

    Born in Germany

  2. 27 Jun 1704

    Dies in Copenhagen, aged 25

Family

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During her lifetime

She lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Germany.

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

The 1670s · Elisabeth is born in Germany

In the news1676

Battle of Lund fought in 1676

During the Skåne War, a bloody battle at Lund on 4 December 1676 resulted in the deaths of approximately 6,000 men.

At the table

Daily Porridge Habits

Because meat was expensive and rarely eaten, families often relied on a thick, long-cooking grain porridge as their primary warm meal. To stretch the food, they frequently reheated it, resulting in a thick, semi-solid consistency.

What people wore

The Tiphoike hooded cloak

The Tiphoike was a distinctive black hooded cloak worn over the head that functioned as a status symbol, with length and adornment varying between social classes.

Getting around

Mounted post speeds in Germany

Mounted postal services in Central Europe utilized horse relay stations to reach speeds of up to 84 kilometers per day, allowing the 422-kilometer journey between Cologne and Hamburg to be completed in five days.

What it cost

Cost of clothing fabric

Coarse woolen fabric for everyday work clothes, known as vadmel, cost between 16 and 24 skilling per alen at the end of the century.

Music

Musical Cradle Devotions and Festive Processions

During Christmas, Jesuits organized cradle devotions, where a constructed cradle containing a figure of the Christ child was rocked to the sound of music. Music was also used in processions, often involving bells, trumpets, military drums, and even the discharge of muskets and cannons.

Daily life

Dark and smoky rural homes

Rural homes often lacked chimneys, causing smoke from open hearths to fill living areas with poor air. Many houses were dark, with only small windows or simple peep-holes.