Viennese Cottage Association

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The Wiener Cottage Verein was founded on March 14, 1872 by an initiative led by the architect Heinrich Ferstel to counter the constant housing shortage in Vienna and to enable a life based on the model of the English garden cities . For this purpose, one- and two-family houses, so-called cottages , were to be built between Gymnasiumstrasse, Haizingergasse, Sternwartestrasse and Cottagegasse .

On April 9, 1873, the Wiener Cottage-Verein was officially registered as a cooperative with unlimited liability . The members undertook not to carry out any buildings which would deprive even one of the other cottage owners of the free view, light and the enjoyment of fresh air, furthermore not to operate any business on these realities or to allow others to operate them which are capable of producing Steam or bad smells, due to the associated noise or possible fire hazard would annoy the neighbors .

It was also determined that

  • the buildings may not have more than two storeys,
  • a minimum distance must be kept to the neighboring villas,
  • the houses of each group form a regular square, in the middle of which the house gardens join together to form a garden complex.

The architectural style of the buildings is up to the respective builder, but it applies that in their entirety they have to make a pleasant, completely unique and yet uniform impression that perfectly conveys the character of town and country .

This voluntary obligation is known as cottage servitude and has been incorporated into the land register as a mutual obligation and entitlement of the property owners. It still applies today.

In this way, at the end of the 19th century, the cottage district in Währing and Döbling was created in the immediate vicinity of the Türkenschanz Park and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences and developed into one of the most beautiful residential areas in Vienna. It is still a unique residential area, with architecture from historicism and art nouveau as well as wonderful streets and gardens.

Oberbaurat Ferstel was the first chairman of the association, Archduke Karl Ludwig took over the protectorate and the architect Carl von Borkowski took over the management of the association's own building office. Borkowski himself developed the basic concepts for the villas built by the association in the first construction phases.

The association survived all the chaos of the war and is still active. He sees his main task today in preserving the character of this unique district.

Sources, literature

  • Statutes of the association from 1873
  • The Viennese Cottage Association from its inception to the completion of the first cottage complex in Währing near Vienna . Self-published by the association, Vienna 1875, OBV .
  • Heidi Brunnbauer: In the cottage from Currency - Döbling. Interesting houses - interesting people . Three volumes. Edition Weinviertel, Gösing 2003-09, ISBN 978-3-901616-61-7 , ISBN 3-901616-92-6 , ISBN 978-3-902589-21-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Viennese Cottage Quarter . In: Rochus Kralik von Meyrswalden: A kiss from Franz Liszt. Mathilde Kralik from Meyrswalden. A journey through time . Acabus-Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-941404-02-1 , p. 133.
  2. ^ Karl Brunner (ed.), Petra Schneider (ed.): History of the natural and living space Vienna . Vienna Environmental Studies, Volume 1, ZDB -ID 2211432-4 . Böhlau, Vienna (amongst others) 2005, ISBN 3-205-77400-0 , p. 467.