Sankt Annæ Plads 5 is a Neoclassical property constructed in 1796 by city builder

Jørgen Henrich Rawert Jørgen Henrich Rawert was a (16 August 1751 – 14 July 1823) was a Danish architect. He created the masterplan for the rebuilding of Copenhagen after the Great Fire of 1795 in his capacity of city architect and was also involved in many bu ...

for his own use on the north side of

Sankt Annæ Plads Sankt Annæ Plads (English: St. Ann's Square) is a public square which marks the border between the Nyhavn area and Frederiksstaden neighborhoods of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a long narrow rectangle which extends inland from the waterfron ...

in central

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, Denmark. The building was a few years later used by him as a model for the design of the building at

Sankt Annæ Plads 11 Sankt Annæ Plads 11 is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property located on the north side of Sankt Annæ Plads in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1801 to design by city architect Jørgen Henrich Rawert and was listed on the ...

and most likely also for an adaption of the facade of the building at

Amaliegade 45 Amaliegade 45 is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property situated at the northern end of Amaliegade in the Frederiksstaden district of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of a row of adjoining buildings constructed at the site by m ...

. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. The Danish Labour Court is now based in the building.

History

Jørgen Henrich Rawert

The site was formerly part of the garden of the

Lindencrone Mansion The Lindencrone Mansion (Danish language, Danish: Lindencrones Palæ) is a historic building located on the corner of Bredgade and Sankt Annæ Plads in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1753, it is one of many town mansions which were built ...

at the corner of Bredgade. The mansion was from 1789 owned by Johan Friedrich Lindencrone. He suffered from economic difficulties and in 1794 sold off a portion of the garden to city builder

. The new building on the property was constructed by Rawert in 1796 with the intention of keeping it as his personal residence. He was residing at Sankt Annæ Plads 10 on the other side of the square while the construction took place. On the completion of his new property, Rawert did move into one of the apartments, but already in 1798 moved to a new home in

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Moltke family

The building on Sankt Annæ Plads was acquired by the

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family. Christian Günther von Bernstorff resided in the building from 1800 to 1811. The property was in the new

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of 1806 listed as No. 109. Engelke Colbiørnsen (née, Galbe, 1763-1747), the widow of

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, resided on the second floor in the last part of her life. Her unmarried daughter Christiane was at the time of both the 1840 and 1845 censuses living with her mother in the apartment. Engelke Colbiørnsen's brother-in-law, Charles Borre, Baron de Selby (1890-1849), whose wife Christiane (née Falbe, 1786-1843) had died in 1843, was by 1845 residing with three unmarried daughters in the apartment on the first floor. At the time of the 1850 census, one Count Moltke Hvitfeldt (c. 1915-) resided on the ground floor. Heinrich von Reventlow-Criminil (1798-1869) resided in the building from 1854 to 1856. With the introduction of street numbering in 1859, No. 109 became No. 5.

2+6h century

Det forenede Oliekompagni purchased the building in 1926. It was subsequently with the assistance of the architects Alfred Skjøt-Petersen (1897-1979) and Curt von Lüttichau (1897-1991) adapted for its new use as company headquarters.

Architecture

The building consists of three storeys over a raised cellar and is seven bays wide. Two gates with arched

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s are located in the outer bays of the building. The five central bays have rusticated finishing on the ground floor and giant order ionic

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s on the upper floors. The second and sixth window in the ground floor are topped by triangular pediments, and there are blind balustrades under the three central windows on the first floor. A relief frieze is seen between the windows on the second and third floors. The facade is finished by a

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supported by

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Today

The Danish Labour Court is today based in the building.

Gallery

File:Sankt Annæ Plads 5 01.jpg, The facade of the building File:Sankt Annæ Plads 5 (Copenhagen) - bafside 02.jpg, The rear side of the building seen from the courtyard of Sankt Annæ Plads 8 Image:Sankt Annæ Plads 5 (Copenhagen) - bagside 03.jpg, The rear side of the main wing seen from the courtyard of Sankt Annæ Plads 8 File:Sankt Annæ Plads 5 (Copenhagen) - sidehus 01.jpg, The side wing seen from the courtyard of Sankt Annæ Plads 8

References

External links

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1796 establishments in Denmark Listed residential buildings in Copenhagen Neoclassical architecture in Copenhagen Residential buildings completed in 1796