 It spread over Germany, Austria-Hungary and Scandinavia during the Belle Époque era.Swiss chalet style originated in the Romantic era of the late 18th- and early 19th-century, when the ideas of the English landscape garden inspired parks and residences in Germany, such as the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm.It became highly appreciated on the continent by noble landowners who were impressed by the "simple life" of people living in the mountains.