Købmagergade 5
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General information | |
Location | Copenhagen |
Country | Denmark |
Coordinates | 55°40′45.75″N 12°34′45.55″E / 55.6793750°N 12.5793194°ECoordinates: 55°40′45.75″N 12°34′45.55″E / 55.6793750°N 12.5793194°E |
Completed | 1820 |
Renovated | 180+s (heightened) |
Købmagergade 5 is a listed property on the shopping street Købmagergade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Petitgas Eftf., Denmark's oldest hats store, has been located in the ground floor since 1857. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1992.
History[]
18th century[]
The property was by 1689 as No. 116 in Frimand's Quarter owned by sword-maker (sværdfeger) Ludvig Villumsen. The building, together with most of the other properties in the area, was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. The current building on the site was constructed in 1729 for Druse Saltou, widow of merchant (kræmmer) Johan Køster. It was by 1756 as No. 102 owned by merchant )kræmmer) Magnus Molman.[1]
The building was heightened with an extra floor in the 1790s.
19th century[]
Composer and organist at the Church of Our Saviour Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck lived in the building in 1802-03.
The property was in the new cadastre of 1806 listed as No. 60. It was by then owned by fire chief Brandemann's heirs.
Joseph Hambro lived in the building from 1809 to 1821, operating a galanterie shop (gift shop) in the ground floor.[2]
Petitgas Eftf.[]
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On 23 April 1857, FrançoisPetitgas opened a hats shop in the building. Up to 40 hatters were occupied with hat making in the rear wing of the building in the 1880s. The shop window was installed in connection with a renovation of the shop in 1892. Part of the interior, including a clock and the glazed ceiling also date from this time. Petitgas won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900.[3]
Petitgas' widow and daughter took over the shop after his death in 1912. They sold it in 1924. He ran it until his death in 1960. His son Frode Rasmussen (until 1981) and grandson Steen Rasmussen owned it until 202. The next owner, Kurt P. Jensen, an employee since 1883, sold it to Bernhard Tommerup in 2013.
Customers have included Frederick IV of Denmark, Olav V of Norway, Thorvald Stauning and .[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Købmagergade 5". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Casquette eller svinetærte?" (in Danish). Jyllands-Oisten. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
External links[]
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- Video from Petitgas
- Listed buildings and structures in Copenhagen
- Buildings and structures completed in 1729
- 1729 establishments in Denmark
- 1857 establishments in Denmark