If one takes a quick look at the inhabitants and social life of Cottage, the result is a constantly changing picture. The original idea was to make it possible, on a benevolent basis, for state and municipal civil servants and for officers or their widows to be able to live in family homes in a green and healthy environment. How ever, after the initial construction of the first 51 houses came the economic crisis of 1873/4, and times changed. It was no longer possible for the Cottage Verein to offer financing; and with this also came a distinct change in the membership of the Verein and in the prospective buyers. There were more senior officials, university professors, doctors, lawyers, prosperous businessmen, industrialists, manufacturers, and also established artists. Even the nobility was represented with two archdukes who bought second homes to find some peace and quiet from their official duties.
