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, named after the local branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows which acquired the building in 1900. Before that, it was known as the Berckentin and later the Schimmelmann Mansion after its successive owners.
The Building is located on Bredgade, opposite Dronningens Tværgade for which it serves as a ''point de vue''. It houses a concert hall which is open to the public.
History
The Berckentin era
The site was formerly located in the castSophie Amalienborg
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gardens. The presen6t building on the site was constructed in conjunction with the developemtn of the new Frederiksstaden
Frederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century, it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe and was included in the 2006 Danis ...
district. It was designed by Johann Gottfried Rosenberg under the supervision of Nicolai Eigtved
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who had also conceived the district plan. It was built as a home for the wealthy merchant and politician Christian August von Berckentin who had just been ennobled with the title of count.
The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 71 SS in St. Ann's East Quarter. It was marked on Christian Gedde's 1757 cadastral map of St. Ann's East Quarter as No. 302.
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Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann (4 December 1747 – 9 February 1831) was a German-born Danish politician, businessman, nobleman, planter and philanthropist.
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inherited it in 1782, the Schimmelmann Mansion became the centre of a colourful cultural life. Ernst and his wife, Charlotte Schimmelmann, shared a deep interest in the arts and Charlotte was famous for her salons (gathering), salons. In the summer, these pursuits were relocated to their summer residence at Sølyst (Klampenborg), Sølyst north of the city.
Schimmelmann's property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 171 in St. Ann's Quarter.
The property was after Ernst Schimmelmann's death in 1831 passed to his son Carl von Schimmelmann, It was after his death just two uears later passed to his son Ernst Conrad Carl Joseph von Schimmelmann.
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In 1762, Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann">Heinrich von Schimmelmann bought the property which now became known as the Schimmelmann Mansion. After his son Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann">Ernst Schimmelmann
Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann (4 December 1747 – 9 February 1831) was a German-born Danish politician, businessman, nobleman, planter and philanthropist.
Early life and career
Ernst von Schimmelmann was born in Dresden to Baron Heinrich Carl ...Later history
In the nineteenth century, the mansion was occupied by various wealthy families, notably byRudolph Puggaard
Rudolph Puggaard (7 January 1818 – 9 December 1885) was a Danish merchant, patron of the arts and philanthropist.
Early life and education
Puggaard was born into a family of merchants on 7 January 1818 in Copenhagen. His father, Hans Puggaard ...
who received there the artists of the Danish Golden Age.
Cultural references
The building is used as a location in the 1997 film '' Smilla's Sense of Snow''. It is also used as a location in an episode of the YV series ''Matador
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''.
See also
* Freemason's Hall, Copenhagen * Thott MansionReferences
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