She received awards for her work for cultural and social improvements in the region, including the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
[3] They married in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Germany, on 10 May that year and took up residence in Skalka Castle in Vlastislav.
Due to her language proficiency, she was promoted to chief secretary, procurist and press speaker, the first woman in such positions in Vorarlberg.
[5] Schönberg was the first woman elected to the Schruns municipal council, serving from 1975 to 1985,[5] initiating the erection of museums in Montafon.
[12] She founded, together with nurse and nun Bernardis Hinrichs, an association for medical assistance and care at home (Krankenpflegeverein Außermontafon).
[5] She was awarded the Order of Merit of Vorarlberg [de] in 1997, and in Gold in 2013, and received the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria in 2013.
[5] She recounted in interviews and her memoir her memories of her expulsion, the life of her son Christoph, who became Cardinal and Archbishop of Vienna, and social topics in general.