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Toldbodgade 9
Toldbodgade 9 is a half-timbered building situated in the Nyhavn, Nyhavn Quarter of central Copenhagen, Denmark. For about 50 years, from the 1800s until his death in 1852, the property belonged to Henning Hansen Rønne, a skipper from Bornholm, who for a period was alderman of the Københavns Skipperforening, Skipper's Guild in Copenhagen. The building was later for a while operated as a hotel under the name Hotel Helsingborg. The building was listed in the Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. In 1953, the building was bought by art dealer , who subsequently converted it into an art gallery under the name Claussens Kunsthandel. In 2018, Claussens Kunsthandel relocated to new premises at Studiestræde 14. A restaurant administration is now located in the building. History Early history The site was originally part of a much larger property. This large property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan area has 2,057,142 people. Copenhagen is on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences, and armed forces. During the Renaissance the city served as the de facto capital of the Kalmar Union, being the seat of monarchy, governing the majority of the present day Nordic region in a personal union with Sweden and Norway ruled by the Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
