Jens Lauritzen House

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Jens Lauritzen House
Jens Lauritzens Gård
Nytorv 7 (Copenhagen) 01.jpg
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Coordinates55°40′39.52″N 12°34′24.56″E / 55.6776444°N 12.5734889°E / 55.6776444; 12.5734889Coordinates: 55°40′39.52″N 12°34′24.56″E / 55.6776444°N 12.5734889°E / 55.6776444; 12.5734889
Construction started1796
Completed1796
OwnerNordea
Design and construction
ArchitectAndreas Kirkerup (attribution)

The Jens Lauritzen House is a Neoclassical property at Nytorv 7 in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. Home to the Association of Folk High Schools in Denmark, the building is now also known as Højskolernes Hus (English: The House of Folk High Schools).

History[]

18th century[]

No. 132 seen on a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Snaren's Quarter, 1757.

The site was part of two properties in 1689. One of them was listed as No. 149 in Snaren's Quarter and owned by brewer Hans Mikkelsen. The other one was listed as No. 150, owned by brewer Søren Pedersen. They were later merged into a single property. By 1756, it was listed as No. 132, owned by brewer Oluf Beck.

The property was owned by brewer and merchant Jens Lauritzen by 1787. He was a widower by that point. He lived there with two clerks (betjent), one brewer's apprentice (bryggerknægt), a male caretaker (gårdskarl), a coachman, a housekeeper, and a maid.[1] Christen Jensen Ebstrup, a second hand-dealer, resided in another apartment with his wife Mette Maria and their three-year-old granddaughter Anna Margrethe.[2]

Together with most of the other buildings in the area, Lauritzen's property was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. A new building was constructed for him in 1795 and 1796. The architect was probably Andreas Kirkerup.

19th century[]

At the time of the 1801 census, the property was home to three households. Jens Lauritzen resided in one of the apartments with his second wife Anna Marie Hansen, a 17-year-old granddaughter of his first wife's sister, a 28-year-old nephew, three employees associated with the brewery (a brewer, an apprentice and a caretaker), a coachman and two maids.[3] Ditlev Friderich Feddersen, a royal bailiff (kgl. foged), resided in the building with his wife Dorthea Catharina Staal and three maids. [4] Christine Knudsdatter Lercke, a beer vendor (øltapper), resided in the building with her six children (aged two to 13) and a maid.[5] Peder Foltmer, another beer vendor (øltapper), resided in the building with his wife Karen Sørensdatter.[6]

The property was listed as No. 87 in the new cadastre of 1806. It was owned by Lauritzen's widow.

At the time of the 1840 census, the property was home to a total of 36 people.[7] Hertz Isaac Loria (1783–1856), a textile merchant, resided on the ground floor with his wife Bella (née Meyer, 1794–1882), their five children (aged 10 to 24), a niece, a servant and two maids. Isaac Levysohn, a merchant (grosserer), resided on the first floor with his wife Hanna Levysohn (née Nathansen), two male employees and two maids. His wife Hannah Nathanson (1822–1885 later married Messina-based businessman and consul Axel Fog.[8] Abel Christine Fiedler (1760–1846), widow of Caspar Friederich Fiedler (1744–1811), a glass merchant and director of Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring (Copenhagen Fire Insurance), resided on the second floor with a daughter and two grandsons, two maids, a caretaker and two lodgers. Daughter Christiane Caroline Sommer was the widow of regiment surgeon and royal surveyor Joachim Otto Sommer (1781–1823). R. Petersen, a grocer (høker), resided in the basement with his wife Dorthea M. Petersen (née Worm), their two children (aged 11 and 13), two male employees and one maid. Jens Sørensen Thostrup, another grocer (høker), also resided in the basement with his wife Christine Catrine Thostrup née Luund, and their 20-year-old daughter Caroline Dorothea Thostrup.

With the introduction of house numbering in Copenhagen in 1859, Snaren's Quarter No. 87 became Nytorv 7. The building was home to a total of 26 people at the time of the 1860 census.[9] Sophie Emilie, Baroness Knuth (née Brüel, 1798–1866) resided as a widow with her sister on the first floor.[10] Andreas Peter Thomsen (born 1781) resided in the building as a widower with an unmarried daughter, his sister-in-law, a foster sister, a lodger and two maids.[11]

General Cai Hegermann-Lindencrone (1807–1893) lived in the building from 1862 to 1864. National bank director (1824–1892) lived in the building from 1868.[12]

Architecture[]

The building is constructed with three storeys over a walk-out basement and is seven bays wide. The five central bays are slightly recessed. Four ionic order pilasters flank the three central bays. A side wing extends from the rear side of the building. In the courtyard is a five-storey warehouse.

Today[]

The building is owned by Nordea. The tenants include the Association of Folk High Schools in Denmark. The warehouse in the courtyard houses a travel agency.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Folketælling - 1787 - Jens Lauritzen". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Folketælling - 1787 - Christen Jensen Ebstrup". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Folketælling - 1801 -Jens Lauritzen". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Folketælling - 1801 - Ditlev Friderich Feddersen". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Folketælling - 1801 - Christine Knudsdatter Lercke". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Folketælling - 1801 - Peder Foltmer". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Folketælling - 1840 - Nytorv Nr. 87". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Axel Fog". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Folketælling - 1860 - Nytorv, Matr. 87, No. 7". danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Folketælling - 1860 - Sophie Emilie Knuth f. Brüel". danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Andreas Peter Thomsen". danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Mytorv 7". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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