The Winding Chimney (
Danish
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: Den Snoede Skorsten) is a 56 m tall disused
Carlsberg chimney, now serving as a landmark in the
Carlsberg neighbourhood of
Copenhagen
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History
Passionately interested in the arts,
Carl Jacobsen, who had founded his New Carlsberg Brewery a decade prior, taking up competition with his father, wanted to show that a chimney for an industrial plant could be beautiful. He made his own rough sketches and brought in architect
Vilhelm Dahlerup
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup (4 August 1836 – 24 January 1907) was a Danish architect who specialized in the Historicist style. One of the most productive and noted Danish architects of the 19th century, he is behind many of the most known buildings ...
and master builder PS Beckmann. The chimney was completed in 1900.
The chimney was decommissioned in 1980 after a new taller chimney had been built.
Design
Built in red brick and granite, the chimney turns around its own axis and stands on an octagonal plinth. The
Chimera
Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to:
* Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals
* Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilici ...
s (
Gargoyles) are replicas of those on
Notre Dame in
Paris
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while the upper part of the chimney is decorated with motifs of
Egypt
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ian
lotus flowers
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See also
* Jesus Church
References
External links
Carlsberg district
(in Danish)
Towers completed in 1900
Chimneys in Denmark
Carlsberg (district)
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