Nybrogade 22

Nybroegade 22 is a mid-19th-century property overlooking Slotsholmen Canal and Christiansborg in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building and a house at Magstræde 9 on the other side of the block were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945.

Nybrogade 22
Nybrogade seen from the other side of the canal
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′34.64″N 12°34′33.53″E
Completed1853
ClientCarl Løffler

History

Origins

The site was in 1689 made up of two individual properties owned byskipper True Torkildsen (No. 22) and Assessor Hans Nielsen (No. 28).

The two properties were later merged into a single property known as Den Sorte Hane (The Bleck Cock) and operated as a soap manufactory. It was by 1757 owned by soap manufacturer Adam Raben's widow and former partners in the soap manufactory.

Bech family
A painting of the previous building at the site

The Black Cock was in around 18800 acquired by the just 20-year-old Jørgen Peter Bech (1782-1846). He started out as a soap manufacturer but would later become a successful businessman with interests in shipping and general trading. He was the maternal grandfather of the writer Wilhelm Bergsøe. Bergsøe often visited the house on Sundays and in holidays and has written about his grandfather's household in Nybrogade in De forbistrede børn.[1]

Bech purchased the neighbouring site and charged Thomas Blom with the construction of a new building. The family moved into their new home at what is now Nybrogade 24 in 1816. The Black Cock was from then only used as his firm's office and as residence his long-term employee Nyholm as well as the family's physician.

Later history

The current building at the site was built in 1852-1853 for decorative painter Carl Løffler (1810-1853).[2] He would, however, already die from cholera on 28 July that same year as one of approximately 4,800 victims of the 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak. He is buried in Assistens Cemetery.[3]

Nybrogade 22 was at the time of the 1860 census home to a total of 18 people.[4]

Architecture

The building is five storeys tall and seven bays wide. The roof features three dormer windows. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 16 July 1945.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Jens Peter Bech". barfod-barfoed.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. "Jens Peter Bech". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. "Folketælling - 1860 - Nybrogade, Matr. 19a, No. 22". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  4. "Folketælling - 1860 - Nybrogade, Matr. 21, No. 26". nishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. "Sag: Nybrogade 22 og Magstræde 9". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.


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