Cottage district

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Borkowski Villa on Richard-Kralik-Platz

As Cottageviertel or just the cottage one is mostly district in the districts of Vienna Währing and Döbling called, are based in Vienna but also a Lainzer and Hietzinger Cottage quarter and the Prater Cottage . The market town of Perchtoldsdorf , bordering Vienna, also built such a quarter around 1860/70. The models for the cottage villas were originally English country houses ( cottages ). In the older Viennese pronunciation, the word cottage has a pseudo-French sound ( kotèsch ), but the English pronunciation ( kóttedsch ) has been used more and more recently.

The Währinger and Döblinger Cottageviertel is one of the most elegant and expensive residential areas in Vienna. It is located on the Türkenschanze , half in the 18th and half in the 19th district of Vienna (Währing and Döbling). Hasenauerstrasse forms the border between the two districts. Characteristic are the many old villas and noble houses as well as the quiet alleys full of trees and green areas. Many celebrities live and lived here, for example Arthur Schnitzler , Theodor Herzl , Richard Beer-Hofmann , Felix Salten , the architect Hubert Gessner , Emmerich Kálmán , the conductor Karl Böhm , the "healer" Valentin Lineis , Archduke Otto , today Thomas among others Hampson and Arik Brauer . The “cottage style” villas often have red brick facades or are characterized by rural elements. They were mostly bourgeois family houses that were built between 1873 and 1874 in response to the expensive interest palaces.

The Währinger and Döblinger Cottageviertel form their own counting districts for official statistics. The census district Währinger Cottage , which consists of four census districts , had 1,977 inhabitants in the 2001 census, while the census district Döblinger Cottage , which consists of five census districts, had 3,648 inhabitants.

Hasenauerstrasse around 1900

In 1872, on the initiative of Edmund Kral and Heinrich von Ferstel, the Wiener Cottage Verein was founded, which planned the construction of one and two-family houses with surrounding gardens in an undeveloped area between Döbling and Währing. From 1872 Heinrich von Ferstel was chairman of the association until his death. The first 50 buildings in simple, gothic form were erected and sold under the direction of architect Carl von Borkowski , who also created the parceling plans. After Hermann Müller took over construction management , the buildings became larger and more elegant with the rise in land prices.

The first building plot was between Sternwartestrasse, Gymnasiumstrasse, Haizingergasse and Cottagegasse. Initially, the quarter was characterized by villas in the English style, later it was built in French and Italian architectural styles.

Besides Ferstel and Borkowski, other famous architects such as Franz von Neumann or the architectural duo Fellner and Helmer planned villas in the cottage. In total, the Wiener Cottage Verein built more than 350 houses. Similar systems were finally built in Hütteldorf , Ober Sankt Veit and Hetzendorf around the turn of the century . The Türkenschanzpark extends adjacent to the Cottage Quarter ; The Vienna University Observatory and the Döblinger Gymnasium are located in the Cottageviertel .

To ensure the high quality of living in the long term, a separate cottage service was introduced. The residents undertook and still undertake to comply with certain structural restrictions.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory 2001 Vienna , ed. v. Statistics Austria, Vienna 2005, p. 84.
  2. ↑ Directory 2001 Vienna , ed. v. Statistics Austria, Vienna 2005, p. 87.

literature

  • AM Ellenbogen: The Viennese Cottage. A living concept in idea, planning and realization 1860-1918 . Vienna 1989
  • Heidi Brunn Bauer: The cottage of Währing / Döbling: Interesting houses - interesting people I . Edition Weinviertel, Vienna (2007). ISBN 3901616616
  • Heidi Brunnbauer: In the cottage in Währing / Döbling: Interesting houses - interesting people II . Edition Weinviertel, Vienna (2006). ISBN 3901616926
  • Heidi Brunnbauer: In the cottage in Währing / Döbling: Interesting houses - interesting people III . Edition Weinviertel, Vienna (2009). ISBN 3902589213
  • Werner Rosenberger: In the Cottage, Vienna's top addresses and their famous residents. (Vienna) Metroverlag 2015. ISBN 978-3-99300-188-9 Table of contents

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Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '  N , 16 ° 21'  E