Fiolstræde 7

Fiolstræde 7 is a Neoclassical mixed-use building situated next to Hotel Sankt Petri on the west side of the pedestrianized shopping street Fiolstræde in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1951. Notable former residents include theologian Christian Thorning Engelstoft (1805–1889), educator Conrad Krebs and artist Edvard Lehmann (1815–1892). History Sitr historym 1689–1819 The site was formerly part of two smaller properties. The northern of these properties was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 212 in Klædebo Quarter, owned by distiller Jacob Jørgensen. The southern property was listed as No. 213 in Kldebo Quarter, owned by butcher Ole Olsen. The two buildings were both destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. Two new townhouses were subsequently constructed on the sites for the owners. The northern property (old No. 212) was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 216 in Klædebo Quarter, owned by distiller Jacob Jørgensen. The southern property (old No. 213) was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 217 in Klædebo Quarter, owned by Hans Christian Eegholm. No. 216 was home to 33 residents in nine households at the 1787 census. Jens Grønbeck, a distiller, resided in the building with his wife Rebecka grønbeck, two workmen and two maids. Frid. Balke, a sugar refinery worker, resided in the building with his wife Maren Hansdatter. Christ. Stær, a searcher at the Customs Office, resided in the building with his wife Maren Luulser and an 18-year-old daughter. Anne Andersdatter, a 3-year-old laundry woman, resided in the building on her own. Ole Dahlqvist, a master klein smith, resided in the building with his wife Anne Marie, his niece Kierstine, an apprentice and a maid. Johan Jacob Koseet, a master shoemaker, resided in the building with his wife Anne Margreta. Christian Andersen Lund, another master shoemaker (frimester), resided in the building with his wife Mallene Lund, their two daughters (aged 11 and 15) and three lodgers. Henrich Christ. Rømert, a Norwegian applicant (solisitant), resided in the building with his wife Maren Elisabet. Peder and Elisabet Wass, two hairdressers, resided in the building with his three lodgers. No. 217 belonged to distiller Henrich Sørensen. His property was home to 32 residents in five households. The owner resided in the building with his wife Bodel Kierstine, their 10-year-old son, his mother-in-law Anne Lisbet, a caretaker, a maid and three lodgers. Søren Andersen, a master butcher, resided in the building with his wife Inger Petersen, their two-year-old son, two butchers (employees), two butcher's apprentices and two maids. Christian Eberhard Woss, archivist at Geheimearkivet and the German Chancellery (justitsråd), resided in the building with a housekeeper and a maid. Jon Svensen, a workman, resided in the building with his wife Karen Jochumsdatter and their one-year-old daughter. Jørgen Albrecht Enghoff, a master joiner, resided in the building with his wife Sophia Amalia, their one-year-old daughter, a joiner (employee), two joiner's apprentices and a maid. The southern property (old No. 217) was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 206 in Klædebo Quarter, owned by distiller Mads Marcussen. The northern property (old No. 216) was listed as No. 207 in Klædebo Quarter, owned by Carsten S. Ingemann. Henrik Marcussen and the new building The two buildings were both destroyed during the Battle of Copenhagen. The number of properties along Fiolstræde was reduced in conjunction with the rebuilding of the street. In 1819, No. 206 was merged with the shothern portion of No. 207 as No. 206 & 207 A. The present building on the site was constructed for distiller Henrik Mariusen (1678–1751) in 1819. The other half of No. 207 was merged with No 208 as No. 208 & 207B (now Fiolstræde 9). The present building on that site was constructed by master carpenter F. C. Balsløv in 1819. The theologian Christian Thorning Engelstoft (1805–1889) resided in one of the apartments from 1834 to 1937. In 1836, he had become a Doctor of Theology. From 1852 until his death, he would serve as Bishop of Funen. Om 27 October 1838, Marcussen's daughter Mathilde (1819–1841) married Conrad Krebs in the Church of Our Lady. The young couple moved into one of the apartments in her father's building. Henrik Marcus Marcussen's property was home to 37 residents in six households at the time of the 1840 census. Henrik Marcus Marcussen resided on the ground floor with his wife Eleonore Mariusen (née Henckell, 1786–1862), their sons Frederik and Christian (aged 24 and 19), his wife's relative Ida Henckell, seven male servants and two maids. Catharine Charlotte Schow (née Ehrhart), a widow, resided on the first floor with her daughter Pauline Charlotte Schov. Frederik Wilhelm Meyer, a caretaker at the University of Copenhagen, resided on the first floor with his wife Laura Sophie Spliid, their infant daughter and one maid. Jørgen Frans Hammershainde, a regiment quarter master in the North Jutland Regiment with rank of captain, resided on the second floor with a housekeeper and a maid. Conrad and Mathilde Krebs resided in one of the second-floor apartments with his wife Mathilde Sophie (née Marcussen), their one-year-old son, his sister Ane Albertine Krebs and two lodgers (theology students). Jørgen Christoffer Klenau, a captain in the 1st Jutland Infantry Regiment, resided on the third floor with his wife Jensine Klenau (née Kehlet), their two children (aged four and 12) and two lodgers. Mathilde Krebs (née Marcussen) died on 11 September 1851. On 8 September 1743, Conrad Krebs married to her cousin Helene Augusta Elisabeth Castberg. The wedding took place in Lemvig. The property was home to 32 residents at the 1845 census. Hendrik and Eleonora Marcussen resided on the ground floor with their son Christian Marcussen (law student), Eleonora's nieces Ida and Augusta Henckell, the Norwegian lodger Gunnerius Kowerud, six male employees and two maids. Hermandine and Julie Læsøe, two sisters with means (daughter of wholesale merchant and customs inspector Niels Læsøe and Julie Læssøe), resided in one of the first-floor apartments with 20-year-old Elisa Pingel (daughter of herredsfoged of Vester Herred Jacob Claudius Pingel, 1784–1835) and 15-year-old Camilla Zipelius (daughter of a tailor). Charlotte Schor, widow of pastor Poul Mathias Schor (1771–1835), resided in the other first-floor apartment with her daughter Pouline Charlotte Schor. Christine Hansen, widow of grocer (urtekræmmer) and colonel H. J. Hansen, resided in one of the second-floor apartments with the widow Marie Bramsen (née Beutner, 1776–1863), widow of auditor in the Den Slesvig-Holsten-Lauenburgske Brandforsikring justitsråd Ludvig Ernest Bramsen. Clara Wolff, widow of secretary in the German Chancellery J. J. Wolff, resided in the other second-floor apartment with her daughter Ragnhild Gyrith Wolff. Laura Meyer, who had now become a widow (cf. the 1850 census), resided in one of the third-floor apartments with her daughter Charlotte Meyer, one maid and two lodgers. One of the lodgers was the law student August Carl Christian Købke, a brother of the ship captain and Denmark's first consul in Bangkok Frederik Købke and brother-in-law of the painter Constantin Hansen. Jørgen Franz Hammen Caineb, a captain and quartermaster, resided in the other third-floor apartment with a housekeeper and a maid. The painter, illustrator and printmaker Edvard Lehmann (1815–1892) was a resident of the building in around 1846. 1860 census The property was home to 44 residents in eight households at the 1860 census. Ernst August Kolling, a distiller, resided on the ground floor with his wife Nielsine Jørgensen, 23-year-old Maria Jacobsen (husjomfru), two maids and four male employees. Gustav Adolph Øhlenschlager, an assistant lawyer, resided on the first floor to the left with his wife Anna Maria Lovise Øhlenschlager (née Berg), their three children (aged five to 10) and one maid. Carl Abraham Strange, a porcelain merchant, resided on the first floor to the right with his wife Adolphine Frederikke Wilhelmine (née Boestrup), their seven-year-old daughter, one maid and two lodgers. Jørgen Frantz Hammerschmidt, a retired captain, resided on the second floor to the left with a housekeeper. Ane Kirstine Schiøth (née Møller), resided on the second floor to the right with her daughter Ida Augusta Schiøth, her mother Sophie Møller (widow) and brother Sarine Dorthea Møller (unmarried). Laura Sophie Meyer, widow of a brick-layer, resided on the third floor to the right with her 20-year-old daughter, a maid and a lodger. Frederik Christian Sophus Meier, a master building painter, resided on the third floor to the right with his wife Jacobine Henriette Susanne Meier, their four children (aged six to 14), one maid, two painter's apprentices, and one lodger (grain merchant). Niels Rasmussen, a courier, resided in the garret with his wife Lovise Maria Rasmussen and one lodger (courier). Architecture Fioæstrøde is constructed with four storeys over a walk-out basement. The building is ten bays wide. The plastered ground floor and exposed part of the basement is finished with shadow joints and grey-painted, whereas the upper floors are left with undressed brick with extruded joints. A gateway is located in bay furthest to the right. Access to the main staircase of the building is via a door in the south wall of the gateway. The roof is clad in red tiles. It features five dormer windows towards the street. The roof ridge is pierced by two chimneys. Today As of 2008, Fiolstræde 7 belonged to Bolette Frydendal Jeppesen. The building contains a shop on the ground floor and two apartments on each of the upper floors. References External links Henrik Marcus Marcussen at geni.com