Ziegler House, Copenhagen
| Ziegler House | |
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(Hofkonditor) Zieglers Gård | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Rococo |
| Location | Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°40′35.91″N 12°34′35.45″E / 55.6766417°N 12.5765139°E |
| Completed | 1732 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Philip de Lange |
The Ziegler House (Danish: (Hofkonditor) Zieglers Gård), located at Nybrogade 12, is a Rococo-style, 18th-century bourgeoisie townhouse overlooking Slotsholmens Kanal and Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The building dates from the reconstruction of the area following the devastating Copenhagen Fire of 1728. It was built in 1732 by Philip de Lange for royal pastry cook Johan Henrik Ziegler . The house was later acquired by the merchant Franz Ruasch. In 1748, he expanded it with a building at the corner of Snaregade and Knabrostræde.[1]
Another wealthy merchant, Frédéric de Coninck, lived in the house from 1770. He was originally from the Netherlands but had settled in Copenhagen in 1763.He moved out in 1783 after purchasing the Moltke Mansion at the corner of Bredgade and Dronningens Tværgade. The priest and poet Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig lived in the building with his second wife Ane Marie Elisa Carlsen from april 1851 to April 1852,.
The building was listed in 1918. It was in 1988-1991 restored by the architects Anders Hegelund and Lars Hegelund.[2]
Architecture
The building is designed in Rococo style and consists of two storeys above a high celler. The six-bay Nybrogade wing is visually divided into two halves by a gable motif to the left. The section to the right is dominated by a large wall dormer with flammish gable, ffeaturing the inscription "F. R." and the year "1748". The three-bay gable section to the left features a smaller wall dormer as well as sandstone decorations between the central window of the first and second storeys. The Nybrogade wuing has no windows facing Knarbrostræde, except for those of the high celler. The Knabrostræde wing of the original house was four bays long. The 1748 extension expanded it by two bays and also added a seven bays long wing on Snaregade.
Today
The Association of Danish Mortgage Banks and JazzDanmark are now based in the building. It also contains a number of private residences.
See also
References
- ^ "Nybrogade 12/Knabrostræde 27". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "København, Nybrogade 12, Zieglers Gård". arkark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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