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Vodroffsvej
Vodroffsvej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It follows the western shore of The Lakes Copenahgen, St. Jørgen's Lake, linking Gammel Kongevej in the south with Rosenørns Allé in the north. The embankment and lakeside path on the east side of the street is called Svineryggen (English: The Hog's Back). History Vodroffsgård industrial complex The area west of St. Jørgen's Lake was the site of some outworks before it was ceded to quartermaster Georg Julius Wodroff in 1698 as a result of the Mercantilistic policies of the time. He established the Vodroffgård watermill at the mouth of the Ladegård Canal. It was originally built as a fulling, fulling mill but was soon adapted for other use. In 1802, he obtained a 12 year monopoly on the manufacture of rolled barley and snus as well as on operating sharpening and polishing mills within a distance of three Danish miles from Copenhagen. From 1733, Vodroffgård was used for manufacturing ship sails wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danasvej
Danasvej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking the Kampmannsgade , Kampmannsgade embankment across The Lakes, Copenhagen, St. Jørgen's Lake in the east with H. C. Ørsteds Vej in the west. The central, section of the street, from Vodroffsvej to Svend Trøsts Vej, is called Danas Plads (Dana's Square") but the street and square are continuously numbered. The Danas Plads buildings, built in 1906–1909 to a Romantic Nationalism, National Romantic design by Ulrik Plesner and Thorvald Bindesbøll, surrounds a rectangular, public space with greenery and a playground. History Vordroffsgård Quartermaster Georg Julius Wodroff purchased a piece of land at the site in 1698 and established the Vodroffgård watermill at the mouth of the Ladegård Canal. It was originally built as a fulling, fulling mill but was soon adapted for other use. In 1702, he obtained a 12-year monopoly on the manufacture of rolled barley and snus as well as on operating sharpenin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HORESTA
HORESTA is a trade association and employers organization for the restaurant, hotel and tourism industry in Denmark. It organises just under 2000 companies from the industry. History HORESTA was founded as Centralforeningen af Hotelværter og Restauranter in 1884. Im 1992, it merged with Arbejdsgiverforeningen for Hoteller og Restauranter under the name HOREFA. Its current name was introduced in 1995. Location HORESTA is based at Vodroffsvej Vodroffsvej is a street in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It follows the western shore of The Lakes Copenahgen, St. Jørgen's Lake, linking Gammel Kongevej in the south with Rosenørns Allé in the north. The embankment and lake ... 32 in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen. Danmarks Rejsebureau Forening, Foreningen af Forlystelsesparker i Danmark, Danhostel, DAB (Dansk Automatbrancheforening), Danske Sommerhusudlejere, Bocuse d’Or, Green Key and Best Western are also tenants in the building. References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotved Institute
The Gotved Institute is a gymnastics centre on Vodroffsvej in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its building was completed in 1898 to design by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint and is listed. History The Gymnastics House was built for N. H. Rasmussen in 1898. He had previously been associated Vallekilde Folk High School in Odsherred. The new building was designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint while the artist Niels Larsen Stevns Niels Larsen Stevns (9 July 1864 – 27 September 1941) was a Danish painter and sculptor. He was originally educated as a journeyman painter but attended Kunstakademiet in the years 1886–1887 and 1892–1894. He assisted Joakim Skovgaard decora ... created all decorative works and carvings. The institute was later taken over by his daughter, Helle Gotved, who developed her own principles in the 1940s. The Gotved Institute was turned into a self-owning institution in 2007. The A.P. Møller og hustru Chastine McKinney Møller Foundation fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aage Langeland-Mathiesen
Aage Langeland-Mathiesen (22 May 1868 – 19 June 1933) was a Danish architect. He was active both in building design and restoration, and was associated with the National Museum for many years. His building designs are strongly influenced by his interest in historic architecture. He collaborated with his more well-known colleague Ulrik Plesner on many projects. Early life and education Mathiesen was born in Aarhus but the family moved to Copenhagen in 1872 where his father Rasmus Langeland Mathiesen became building inspector of the Danish capital. Aage Langeland-Mathiesen completed a carpenter's apprenticeship and studied at Copenhagen Technical College before enrolling at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1884. He became an executing architect at Hermann Baagøe Storck prior to his graduation in January 1895. In 1897, he won the Neuhausen Prize for a model of Copenhagen's third city hall and received the academy's travel grant. Career He worked for Valdemar Koch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gammel Kongevej
Gammel Kongevej (literally "Old King's Road) is the principal shopping street of Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running roughly parallel to Frederiksberg Allé and Vesterbrogade, it extends from Vesterport station at the southern end of The Lakes and continues for some 1.8 km west to Frederiksberg City Hall Square where it continues as Smallegade. In the opposite end, Jernbanegade connects it to Copenhagen City Hall Square. History 17th and 18th century Gammel Kongevej is one of the oldest road sections in Frederiksberg, originally providing a direct connection between Copenhagen's Western City Gate and the historic village of Solbjerg (no longer in existence). From there the road continued past the Damhus Lake towards Roskilde, giving rise to the name Roskildegaden ("The Roskilde Street"), which is seen in some documents from the beginning of the 17th century. The road was improved by Christian IV in the 1620s. The name Kongevejen (English: King's Road) emerged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenørns Allé
Rosenørns Allé is a street located on the border between Frederiksberg and Nørrebro, on the west side of The Lakes, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The street branches from the south side of the busy thoroughfare Kampmannsgade- Åboulevard at the west end of the embankment which separates St. Jørgen's Lake from Peblinge Lake, runs west to Julius Thomsens Plads and then continues in a more northwesterly direction to Bülowsvej where it turns into Rolighedsvej and later Godthåbsvej before reaching Bellahøj in Brønshøj. Rosenørns Allé is associated with the Radio House and its name was commonly used as a metronym for DR's radio broadcasting operations prior to the inauguration of DR Byen in 2009. Julius Thomsens Plads, across the street from the Radio House, is a public space surrounded by the multi-purpose- venue Forum Copenhagen, several large, educational institutions and St. Mark's Church. It is also the site of the Forum metro station. History Rosenørns Allé is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartvig Marcus Frisch (1754–1816)
Hartvig Marcus Frisch (7 September 1754 – 22 August 1816) was a Danish businessman who served as director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department from 1781 to 1816. The Frisch House, his former home in Copenhagen, located at Nytorv 5, was designed by Nicolai Abildgaard. It is listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places. Early life and family Frisch was born in Helsingør in 1754. His father, who was also called Hartvig Marcus Frisch (1709–81), was inspector at Øresind Custom House. His mother was Jacobine Henriette Henrici, 1725–69). Career Frisch was in 1771 employed by Det Altonaiske Bankkontor. In 1774, he assumed a position as secretary for at Øresund Custom House. He assisted his father who, as a German-speaking Holsteiner, was challenged by the increasing use of Danish under Ove Høegh-Guldberg's years in office. In 1776, the same year that his father was granted pension, Frisch was promoted to protecollist. In 1781, after his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Friederichsen
Vilhelm Heinrich Friederichsen (6 May 1841 - 5 March 1913) was a Danish architect. Early life and education Friederichsen was born in Copenhagen, the son of carpenter Peter Wilhelm Friederichsen (1817-74) and Helene Theresia Seerup (1821-75). He apprenticed as a carpenter and attended the Technical Institute in Læderstræde in the winter time for three years before enrolling at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1856 where he studied under Gustav Friedrich Hetsch and Christian Hansen. He won the small silver medal in 1864 and graduated in 1865. Career Friederichsen and Peter Christian Bønecke won third prize in the competition for the new Royal Danish Theatre in 1871 and specialized in the design of hospitals. He designed the first phase of the Øresund Hospital in 1875-76 and the Blegdam Hospital in 1878-80. In 1883-85, he designed the Sankt Johannes Stiftelse complexes on both sides of Ruesgade for which he received the C. F. Hansen Medal in 1886. He also designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Beer
Small beer (also known as small ale or table beer) is a lager or ale that contains a lower amount of alcohol by volume than most others, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%. Sometimes unfiltered and porridge-like, it was a favoured drink in Medieval Europe and colonial North America compared with more expensive beer containing higher levels of alcohol. Small beer was also produced in households for consumption by children and by servants. History At mealtimes in the Middle Ages, persons of all ages drank small beer, particularly while eating a meal at the table. Table beer was around this time typically less than 1% alcohol by volume (ABV). It was common for workers who engaged in laborious tasks to drink more than ten imperial pints (5.7 litres) of small beer a day to quench their thirst. Small beer was also consumed for its nutrition content. It might contain traces of wheat or bread suspended within it. In 17th century England, it was an excise class which was determined by its wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Jørgensen (architect)
Emil Gustav Vilhelm Jørgensen (3 September 1858 - 27 May 1942) was a Danish architect, most notable for his work in the National Romantic style such as the Church of the Deaf (''De Døves Kirke'') in Copenhagen. Biography He was born at Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holstein. He was the son of Andreas Carl Gustav Jørgensen (1831-80) and his wife Vilhelmine Wille (1836-1909). He graduated from the Technical University of Denmark and was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts' Architecture School (''Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole'') in 1876. He graduated as an architect in 1883. In 1892, he conducted travel studies to Germany and Northern Italy. For over a decade he worked with architect Hans Jørgen Holm. He was later associated on the Copenhagen Town Hall and at Bispebjerg Hospital projects as a close assistant of architect Martin Nyrop Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect. Early life and education Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
