Åboulevarden 69 or Ny Jydske Kjøbstad Creditforening is a building in the city of

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

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, located in the

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neighborhood in the Midtbyen district on the street

Åboulevarden Åboulevarden is a street and promenade in Aarhus, Denmark. It is 975 meters long and runs west to east from ''Vester Allé'' to ''Europaplads'' at Dokk1. The street is situated in the Indre by neighborhood where it is a popular thoroughfare fo ...

. The building was constructed in 1910 for the

credit union A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit organization, nonprofit cooperative financial institution. They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks, such as share accounts (savings accounts), share draft accounts (che ...

''Ny Jydske Kjøbstad Creditforening'' (New Jut Market Town Credit Union), a name which still adorns the facade of the building. The building has functioned as a financial institution since it was built and was owned by ''Steen Mengel'' and rented to

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, who use it for their main Aarhus branch.

History

The credit union ''Ny jydske Kjøbstad-Creditforening'' was established in 1871 in

Hjørring Hjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,908 (acco ...

, and moved to Aarhus in 1878. It was established by the initiative of municipalities in

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

to replace the credit union ''Kjøbstadgrundejere i Nørrejylland'', founded in 1851 and bankrupted during the banking crisis of 1857. Initially it was housed in the 1st floor of a building on

Immervad Immervad, previously Emmervad, is a pedestrian street in Aarhus, Denmark, which runs north to south from Lille Torv to Åboulevarden and Frederiksgade, Aarhus, Frederiksgade. The alley ''Sankt Clemens Stræde'' leads to Immervad from the east. The ...

owned by the bookseller ''THeodor Valdemar Thrue''. Between 1880 and 1885 the credit union was based on the 1st floor of Hans Broge's house in Mindegade. The organization quickly encountered storage problems as documents had to be stored in fire-safe enclosures. In 1885 the organization got a new building in ''Grønnegade 71'' in a corner building on ''Nærre Allé''. In 1910 a new building was inaugurated on

69,

Architecture

The building was designed by the architects Eggert Achen and

Thorkel Møller Thorkel Luplau Møller (28 July 1868 – 21 December 1946) was a Denmark, Danish architect who primarily worked in and around Aarhus at the turn of the 20th century. Stylistically he worked in the National Romantic style and later Baroque Reviva ...

for ''Ny Jydske Kjøbstad-Creditforening''. The architectural style is a mix of classical

Baroque architecture Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the late 16th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to ...

inspired by the ideals of the renaissance such as

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, and also by

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

. The imposing expression of the building is a result of the use of red brick, the granite detailing of the outer walls, the granite staircases, and its position some 10 meters from the street. In 1984 the architectural firm

Kjær & Richter Kjær & Richter is a Danish architectural practice founded in 1967 by Werner Kjær (1924–1998) and Johan Richter (1925–1998). The company is an extension of the practice ''Richter & Gravers'' established by Johan Richter and Arne Gravers in ...

designed a new wing in red brick on a white, wooden structure. The building was renovated in 1996.

References

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