Assessor Bachmann House
The Assessor Bachmann House is a historic property located at Gammeltorv 18 in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It houses the private equity fund Maj Invest.
History
Early history
The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as No. 7 in Northern Quarter, owned by Hans Knudsen Viborg.Beckman family
In the new cadastre of 1756, it was again listed as No. 7 in Northern Quarter. It belonged to brewer Diderich Bichmann at that time.The property was later acquired by Didrich Barthold Beckman. On 12 October 1749, he was granted citizenship as a brewer in Copenhagen. He was the son of merchant Didrich Barthold Beckman and Anna Maria Konnemann, In 1761-1765, he served as overformynder in Copenhagen. On 9 March 1763, he was elected as one of Copenhagen's 32 Men. In 1776, he became a councilman.. In 1767-1776, he served as one of the directors of Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring.
Beckman's eldest son of the same name served as cashier for Søassurance-Kompagniet. The daughter Anna married to secretary of Generalpostamtet Christian Diderik Lange. The daughter Elisabeth married bank manager Tasmys Kirketerp. The daughter Susanne married customs officer at Øresund Costum House Jacob Henrich Schou. The daughter Dorothea married the businessman Ole Bernt Suhr, who owned the Suhr House on the other side of the street.
The younger of the two sons, Poul Frederik Beckman, was still living with his parents after his brother and sisters had all moved. In 1793, he was appointed as a judge in Hof- og Stadsretten.
At the 1787 census, Beckman's property was home to 22 residents in three households. Beckman resided in the building with his wife Ellen, their son Povel Friderich Beckman, 13-year-old Sopia Amalia Berner, two maids, a brewer, a brewer's assistant, a female cook a coachman and a caretaker. Hendrich Nicolay Schnauer resided in the building with his two sisters and one maid. Hans Pedersen Krog, a cellarman, resided in the building with his wife Johanna Marie Lars Datter, their four children and one maid.
Beckman died on 10 June 1790. His wife died on 29 June 1820. After Beckman's death, his property was passed to Poul Frederik Beckman. He was not long thereafter married to Anna Dorothea Debes, a daughter of Supreme Court attorney Lucas Debes and Christiane Debes, They had three daughters. The eldest daughter Christine Beckman. The daughter Ellen Pauline Beckman married Anton Henrik Dorph. The daughter Carine Lucie Beckman died just 20 years old in 1820.
Beckman's orioerty was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, together with most of the other buildings in the area. The present building on the site was built for him in 1796–1797- The neighbouring building at No. 5. They had the sons Lucas Dall 19+0-1945)-
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The new owner of the property on Gammeltorv was Georg Ditlev Friderich Koes. Back in 1771, he had founded Tal-Lotteriet. In 1774, he had bought Antvorskov and several other estates on Southern Zealand. He had subsequently demolished Antvorskov's chapel and used the bricks for the construction of Falkensteen. The latter property was intended as a dower house for his wife. After her early death in 1792, he had sold all the estates. He had subsequently lived in rented premises at Gunderslevholm.At the 1801 census, Koës's property was home to 40 residents in six households. Georg Ditlev Friderich Georg Koës resided on the ground floor with five of his children, a housekeeper, a husjomfru, two male servants, a maid and a female cook. Anne Dorthe Beckmand resided in the building with her three children, a male servant, a wet murse, a maid and a female cook. Holger Stampe, a kammerjunker, resided in the building with his wife Kirsten Kaas, their two children, two maids, a nanny, a female cook, two male servants and a coachman. Peder Jensen Rold, a barkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Martha Maria Rold and one maid.
Hans Pedersen Krog, another barkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Johanne Marie . Conradt Friderichsen and Christopher Thortsen, two brewery workers, resided in another dwelling with the building's caretaker Hans Christian Jensen.
One of Koës's sons was the later philologist Georg Koës. He died on Zakynthos in 1811. His two twin sisters, Marie and Frederikke, were later married to Holger Aagaard and Peter Oluf Brøndsted.
The medical doctor and later vice mayor of Copenhagen Niels Bang and the naval officer Lorentz Fjelderup Lassen both lived in the building in 1802–03.
Koës's died i n 1804 In the new cadastre of 1806, the property was listed as No. 6 in Northern Quarter. It belonged to one Koss at that time.
Former bishop and professor of theology N. E. Balle lived in the building from 1813 to 1816. In the 19th century, the rear wing housed an akvavit distillery.
Dahl and Ørsted, 1830s1750s
The politician Anders Sandøe Ørsted lived in the building from 1837 to 1850.The property was again home to 33 residents in six households at the 1840 census. Andreas Christian Raolovson, a councilman with title of justitsråd, resided on the ground floor with husjomfru Andrea Christiane Heibroch, one male servant and one maid. Anders Sandøe Ørsted resided on the first floor with his sons Anders and Sophus, the widow Vilhelmine Marie Rogert, husjomfru Elisabeth Kirstine Bohn, a servant and a maid. Vilhelm Burchard Dahl, a Landsraad samt Hof og Stadsrets lawyer, resided on the second floor with his wife Andrea Cevilie Marie Dahl, their three children, one male servant and two maids. Anders Larsen, a barkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife Ane Magrethe Povelsen, their three children and one maid. Jens Larsen. a man with means, resided on the first floor of the rear wing with his wife Ane Kirstine Larsen and a maid. Lars Nannestad, a clerk in Generaltoldkammeret, resided on the second and third floors of the rear wing with his wife Anna Nicoline Nannestad, two students and a maid.
The property was home to 39 residents in five households at the 1850 census. Vilhelm Burchard Dahl, who had now become a widoer, resided on the second floor with a male servant and two maids. Anders Sandøe Ørsted resided on the first floor with hus son, his daughter, the widow Wilhelmine Marie Rogert, a housekeeper, a male servant and a maid. Frederik Ludvig Frantz a'Auchamp, a lawyer, resided on the ground floor with his wife Frederikke d'Auchamps, their two children, one male servant and two maids. Hans Petersen, superintendent of the market on Gammeltorv, resided on the first floor of the rear wing with his wife Cathrine Hans Petersen and their six children. Frederik Emil Petersen, a grocer, resided on the second floor of the rear wing with his wife Ottoline Petersen, their two children and one maid.