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Clara Gräfin Zichy zu Zich und Vásonykeö

Voderady, 13 Jun 1883 – Munich, 5 Feb 1971

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Facts and their sources

  • Born13 Jun 1883, VoderadyRecords disagree1 source
  • Died5 Feb 1971, MunichRecords disagree1 source

A life in time

  1. 13 Jun 1883

    Born in Voderady

  2. 23 Apr 1921

    A daughter is born

  3. 5 Feb 1971

    Dies in Munich, aged 87

During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Voderady.

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

The 1880s · Clara is born in Voderady

In the news1881

Migration law regulated in 1881

In 1881, the government passed a migration law to regulate the activities of agents who were recruiting poor migrants, particularly among Slovaks and Ruthenians.

What people wore

Expensive festive wardrobes for women

Wealthy women in the Zvolen region kept up to 50 caps in their wardrobe, each costing 4 koruna, while a Trnava woman's entire outfit for a holiday could cost over 500 koruna.

Getting around

Faster rail travel between major cities

By 1900, the rail journey between Vienna and Budapest had been reduced to four and a half hours, down from approximately six hours when the line first opened.

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

Burial of the bass ritual

A unique tradition was the burial of the bass, where musicians played a sorrowful folk spiritual song accompanied by mourners to mark the end of the festive Shrovetide season before Lent. Village musical performances were generally subject to the approval of the local mayor and often the priest.

Daily life

School supplies and student rewards

Students wrote on stone tablets with slate pencils, and if they misbehaved, teachers would strike their palms with a cane. At the end of the school year, well-performing boys were awarded wooden-handled knives, while girls received rosaries.