The Women's Prison at

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, was a correctional facility which existed under various names from the mid 17th century until 1921. From 1870 it served as a women's prison. Earlier names included Børnehuset and Tugt- og Rasphuset. Its last building, which dated from 1861, was torn down in 1928 to make way for an expansion of

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History

The institution ''Børnehuset'', a royal orphanage, was established at the site in 1622. It was gradually converted into a prison. The old building was replaced by a new one designed in the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style by

Philip de Lange Philip de Lange (c. 1705 – 17 September 1766) was a leading Dutch-Danish architect who designed many different types of building in various styles including Dutch Baroque and Rococo. Early life and family Philip de Lange was probably born ...

and constructed between 1739 and 1742. Lange's building was demolished in the early 1860s to make way for a new prison building completed in 1864 to designs by

Niels Sigfred Nebelong Niels Sigfred Nebelong (14 October 1806 – 9 October 1871) was a Danish architect who worked in the Historicist style. He was city architect in Copenhagen from 1863 and also designed many lighthouses around Denmark in his capacity as residen ...

. From 1870 it was known as ''Christianshavns Straffeanstalt'' (Christianshavn Penitentiary) and served as a prison for women. Christianshavn Penitentiary was demolished in 1928 in connection with a widening of Torvegade.

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Prisons in Denmark History of Copenhagen 1921 disestablishments in Denmark 1861 establishments in Denmark Niels Sigfred Nebelong buildings Buildings and structures demolished in 1928 Demolished buildings and structures in Denmark Danish women's history {{prison-stub