Nyhavn 57

55°40′46.92″N 12°35′31.96″E / 55.6797000°N 12.5922111°E / 55.6797000; 12.5922111Completed1684-1692

Nyhavn 57 was a late 17th-century building overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The property was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include the artist Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, Hedeselskabet co-founder Niels Georg Christian Morville and D/S Norden-founder Mads Christian Holm.

The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as No. 18 in St. Ann's East Quarter, owned by wheelwright Rasmus Aagesen.^[1]

The present building on the site was constructed between 1684 and 1692, with three storeys towards the street and two storeys towards the yard. By 1731, it belonged to Hans Hendrick Hartman.^[1]

The property was listed in the new cadastre if 1756 as No. 29 in St. Ann's East Quarter, owned by skipper Christen Olse. ^[1]

The property was later acquired by skipper Abraham Lund. His property was home to five households at the 1787 census. Lund resided in the building with his wife Eva Margrethe (née Dysel) and one maid.^[2] Høyer Biørnsen, a ship captain of a West Indiaman, resided in the building with his wife Dorothea Cathrine, his wife's mother Lisbeth Kinck, her brother Ole Rønne and one maid.^[3] Emerence Plong, a 27-year-old married woman, whose husband Rasmus Plong was in prison when the census took place, resided in the building with one maid.^[4] Maria Alling, a woman who was separated from her husband Poul Alling, resided in the building with one maid and the lodger Hans Petersen (retired ship captain).^[5]

Biørnsen captained Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff's brig Odense Sukkerrafinaderi from 1791.^[6]

At the next census, in 1801, Lund's property was home to 12 residents in three households. Abraham and Nargrethe Lund resided in the building with one maid.^[7] Jens Christensen, a barkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Maren Ibsen.^[8] M. M. Black and Anne Elisabeth Lund, Lund's daughter and son-in-law, resided in the building with their four children (aged four to 12) and one maid. They operated a porcelain shop in the building.^[9]

In the next cadastre of 1806, Lund's property was again listed as No. 29 in St. Ann's East Quarter.^[1]

The artist Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm was briefly among the residents in around 1831.^[10]

At the 1834 census, No. 29 was home to 23 residents in six households. Asmus Andersen Kruse, a skipper, resided on the ground floor with his wife Ulerike M. Kruse (néeJull), their three children (aged 10 to 13) and one maid.^[11] Bent Jacob Leth, another skipper (off to England when the census took place), resided on the first floor with his wife Anne Marie Petersen, their two children (aged two and three) and one maid.^[12] Leo David Hamm (née Levin David Hamm 1771–1844, a decorative painter, resided alone on the second floor.^[13] Hamm had taught drawing to Prince Christian Frederik. It is believed that he was also charged with the interior decorations of Odense Palace. In 1831, he had bought Vakkehuset in Frederiksberg. Peter Mathisen, a barkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife Karen Sophie Traneberg, their two children (aged five and six) and one maid.^[14] Ane Margrethe Jæger, wife of baker A.M.Jæger, resided on the first floor of the side wing. Her husband was not living in the building when the census took place. He was temporarily managing his mother's ironmonger's shop on Nørregade.^[15] Charlaatte Amalie Frish, a washerwoman (widow), resided on the second floor of the side wing with her two children (aged four and seven) as well as the widowLovise Svensen (needlework) and the joiner Jens Christian Petersen.^[16]

At the time of the 1840 census, No. 29 was home to 26 residents in six households. Clemen Clemensen, a foreman, resided on the ground floor with his wife Kistine Bruun, their 27-year-old daughter and one maid.^[17] Joseph Sørensen From, a sailing master (1794–1873), resided on the first floor with his wife Christine From (née Brodersen), their two children (aged three and 13) and one maid. ^[18] Charlotte Eleonora Ulrica von Posselt (née Hviid), widow of colonel Christian Friederich von Posselt, operated a boarding home on the second floor. She lived there with her 16-year-old daughter and Elise Posselt and the law student Niels Georg Christian Morville 1817–1903; co-founder of Hedeselskabet).^[19] Johan Frederik Belt, a sailor, resided in the basement with his wife Fredericke Jensen, his four step children (aged one to nine), one maid and one lodger (sailor).^[20] Lars Petersen Eibye, a workman, resided on the first floor of the side wing with his wife Anne Marie, their six-year-old daughter and one lodger.^[21] Poul Rokardi, a coppersmith, resided on the second floor of the side wing with his wife Sophie Eberhardt.^[22]

At the 1845 census, No. 29 was home to 15 residents. Joseph Sørensen From resided on the second floor with his wife, their two children (aged eight and 18), one male servant and one maid. ^[23] Ulrikke Margrethe Kruuse, a widow string merchant, resided in the building with her 21-year-old daughter, a lodger and a maid.^[24] Ernst Carl Marcussen, a workman, resided in the building with his wife Mariane Marcussen, their three children (aged seven to 13) and two lodgers.^[25] A music teacher, a joiner and a zikygrapher resided in the basement.^[26] Niels Christian Zimmermann, a shoemaker, resided on the first floor of the side wing with his wife Caroline Cathrine Zimmermann.^[27]

At the 1850 census, No. 29 was home to four households. Joseph and Chartine Sørensen From lived on the first floor with their two sons, a maid and the lodgers Waldemar Holck (1717–1900; naval lieutenant) and Oluf Carl Sigismund Schmidt (1725–1919),^[28] Hans Jensen Klidt, another ship captain, who was at sea when the census took place, resided on the seconde floor with his wife Jacobine Wilhelmine Klidt and the merchant Peter Christian Petersen.^[29] Christoffer Petersen, a workman, resided on the first floor of the side wing with his wife Ane Sophie Johannsen and his three children (aged three to seven).^[30] Frederik Christiansen, another workman, resided on the second floor of the rear wing with his wife Maren Erichsen, and their 10-year-old daughter.^[31]

Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm was again among the residents in around 1857.^[32]

The property was listed as Nyhavn 57 when house numbering was introduced in 1859 as a supplement to the old cadastral numbers by quarter.^[1]

At the 1860 census, Nyhavn 57 was only home to 11 residents in three households. Jens Jensen Harboe, a travelling salesman, resided in the building with the ship captain Johan Jørgen Bøjsen Harboe.^[33] Hans Jensen Klidt, a ship captain, resided in the building with his wife Jacobine Wilhelmine Emiie Klidt.^[34] Andreas August Weitemann, a 62-year-old man (profession unknown), resided in the building with his wife Ane Weitemann, their two daughters (aged 12 and 17) and three lodgers. ^[35]

In 1862, Mads Christian Holm moved to the building. His shipping company was for the next ten years operated from the premises. In early 1871, around the same time that D/S Norden was founded, he moved to a first-floor apartment at Havnegade 27. D/S Norden was headquartered at Havnegade 25. It was not until after Holm's death that the company moved to Amaliegade 49.^[36]

At the 1880 census, Nyhavn 57 was home to 19 residents.

Peter Diderichsen, a barkeeper resided on the ground floor and in the basement with his wife Anna Margrethe Diderichsen, two maids and nine lodgers (two workmen and seven sailors).^[37] Ole Alexis Topp resided on the second floor with his wife Thora Caroline JacobineTopp and their three children (aged 10 to 13). ^[38] Anna Marie Johansen, a cigar worker, resided in the garret.^[39]

Nyhavn 57 is constructed with three storeys over a walk-out basement. The building is just three bays wide.^[40]

The building is divided into condominiums. The property is jointly owned by the owners via E/F Nyhavn 57.^[1]

Nyhavn

Uneven numbers:	No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 No. 9 No. 11 No. 13 No. 15 No. 17 No. 19 No. 21 No. 23 No. 25 No. 27 No. 29 No. 31 No. 33 No. 35 No. 37 No. 39 No. 41 No. 43 No. 45 No. 47 No. 49 No. 51 No. 53 No. 55 No. 57 No. 59 (Alchemist's House) No. 61 No. 63 No. 65 (Magnfeldt House) No. 67 No. 69 No. 71 (71 Nyhavn Hotel)
Even numbers	No. 2 (Kunsthal Charlottenborg) No. 6 No. 8 No. 10 No. 12 No. 14 No. 18 No. 20 No. 22

Side streets

Store Strandstræde	No. 3 No. 7 Nu 18 (Waagepetersen House) No. 19–21 No. 20
Lille Strandstræde:	No. 3 No. 4 No. 7 No. 10 No. 12 13–15 No. 14 (Brigadér Halling House) No. 16 No. 18 No. 20 No. 22 No. 26
Toldbodgade	No. 1 No. 5 No. 7 No. 9 No. 12
Kvæsthusgade	No. 1 No. 3 (Zinn House) No. 5

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