Nyhavn 35
Nyhavn 35 | |
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![]() The house seen from the other side of the canal | |
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General information | |
Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Coordinates | 55°40′48.64″N 12°35′25.53″E / 55.6801778°N 12.5904250°ECoordinates: 55°40′48.64″N 12°35′25.53″E / 55.6801778°N 12.5904250°E |
Completed | c. 1700 |
Nyhavn 35 is a historic townhouse overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
History[]
17th and 18th centuries[]
The property was by 1689 as No. 13 owned by the widow of Niels Christensen Roskilde. A two-storey building was constructed in around 1700. Yje årpåerty was by 1756 as No. 18 owned by skibsmåler Peder Nielsen-[1] It was heightened with one story in 1785.
The property had by 1787 been acquired by porcelain merchant Jens Holbeck. He was by then residing in the building with his wife Anna Maria Bechs Datter , their two children (aged two and four), 24-year-oldAnna Licht, two employees in the porcelain business (one of them an apprentice) and two maids.[2]
19th century[]
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By 1801m Jens Holbeck had become a widower. He was now residing in the building with his three children (aged 13 to 18), two employees in his wholesale business, a housekeeper and a maid.[3]
In the new cadastre of 1806, the property was again listed as No. 18. It was by then still owned by Holbeck.
At the time of the 1834 census, No 18 was home to three households. Andreas Peter Berggreen, a music teacher and composer, resided on the second floor with his wife Dorothea Frederikke Berggreen (née Wettergreen), their two children (aged one and five) and one maid.[4] Erik Rasmus Peter Eskildsen and Peter Duus resided on the first floor. Eskildsen worked the Danish Admiralty with title of krigsassessor. Duus lived from his means.[5] Axel Christian Black and Frederikke Margarethe Hedevig Black (née Søegaard), a skipper and a tea and porcelain merchant, respectively, resided on the ground floor with their three children (aged 14 to 18) and a maid.[6]
The composer and musician Andreas Peter Berggreen lived in the building in the mid-1830s. The building was again heightened with one storey in 1855. Moritz Levy (1824-1892), who would later become manager of the Bank of Denmark, lived in the building in 1853.[7]
Architecture[]
The building is four stories tall and five bays wide.
Today[]
The building is one of few buildings on the sunny side of Nyhavn that does not have a restaurant of café at street level. The film director Helene Moltke-Leth lives in the building and also runs her film production company MixtureFilms from the premises.
References[]
- ^ "Nyhavns huse, knejper og nogle af beboerne". rejsefortaelling.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1787 - Jens Holbeck". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1801 - Jens Holbeck". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1834 - Andreas Peter Berggreen". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1834 - Erik Rasmus Peter Eskildsen". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1834 - Axel Christian Black". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Nyhavns huse, knejper og nogle af beboerne". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- Listed residential buildings in Copenhagen
- Houses completed in 1700