Jennow House
The Jennow House is a historic property located at Strandgade 12 in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its current name after Andreas Jennow, a businessman who owned it from 1949 to 1978. His company Andreas Jennow A/S was based in the building until 1988.
History
17th century
The property was part of a large lot at present-day No. 8–14, which had still not been developed in 1635. It is believed that brewer Jacob Byssing constructed a building at the site prior to his acquisition of the entire corner lot at No. 12–14 between 1689 and 1692. The property was listed as No. 15 in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689. It was at that time owned by brewer Anders Svendsen. The site now known as Strandgade 12 was sold off in 1702.18th century
The property was acquired by Lars Madsen in 1754. He was licensed as a skipper in 1745 and later settled in Copenhagen as a ship-owner and merchant. He completed a total of 77 voyages to the Danish West Indies from 1763 to 1781. He was married to Anne Cathrine Bertelsdatter. She died in 1755, after having given birth to their son Bertel and their daughters Anne Marie and Ingeborg. Lars Nadseb was shortly thereafter married to a widow, Mette Munck. The couple lived at her property at Torvegade 24 and the house on Strandgade was therefore sold in 1756. Bertel Madsen followed in his father's footsteps. He later purchased the property at Strandgade 4.The property was home to 20 residents in three households at the time of the 1787 census. Urban Floer, a ship captain, resided in the building with his wife Lovise Floer, their three children and one maid. Carsten Carstensen, a bookkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Scharlotte Carstensen, their two-year-old son and one maid. Christopher Kindler, a birk judge, resided in the building with his wife Maria Sophie Kindler, their three children, two maids and three brewers.
In 1787, Kindler also purchased Ringgården in Tårnby. His economy was rather poor and he sold it again in 1793.
Rohde family
The present building on the site was constructed in 1792 for brewer Mathias Rohde.The property was home to three households at the 1801 census. Mathias Rohde resided in the building with his wife Christence Cathrine Rohde, his wife's 20-year-old daughter Karine Kolstre, two brewery workers, a soldier and two maids. Mogens Jensen Nørager, an equipment master, resided in the building with his wife Ane Hedevig Nørager, their three children, two foster children, three lodgers, a housekeeper and a maid. Sophie Charlotte Leth, widow of ship captain Captain Mogens Rabe Rabeholm and consul Jens Ancker Adrian Leth, resided in the building with her five children, her niece Birgitte Cecilie Larsen, one maid and the merchant Hans Georg Christensen.
The property was listed as No. 52 in the new cadastre of 1806. It was at that time owned by caotain and brewer Christian Aars.
Magnus(sen) family
The property was home to 29 residents in three households at the 1840 census., a timber merchant, resided on the ground floor with his wife Ida Sophie Switzer, their three children, a clerk, a male servant and three maids. Nicolai Jonathan Meinert, another merchant, resided on the first floor with his wife Mette Christine, their 10 children and three maids. One of the children was the later astronomer Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert and another one was the ophilantropist Mathilde Meinert. Jacob Frederik Magnus, a third merchant, resided on the second floor with his wife Charlotte Amalie Magnus født Soldenfeldt, their two-year-old daughter and one maid.Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Schleppegrell lived in the building from 1844 to 1847. Minister of Internal Affairs Peter Georg Bang lived in the building in 1849.
The property was home to 36 residents in four households at the 1850 census. Jacob Frederik Magnusen, a merchant, resided on the ground floor with his wife Charlotte Amalie Magnusen, their two children and two maids. Johannes Lauritz Hyllerup Geltzer, a major in the Royal Artillery Brigade, resided on the first floor with his wife Louise Henriette Magarethe Geltser, their five children, a niece, his parents-in-law and two maids. Andreas Vilhelm Andersen, another merchant, resided on the second floor with his wife Sophie Frederikkke Andersen, their four children, one male servant and two maids. Christine Hansen, a concierge, resided in the side wing with her five children and three caretakers.
The property was only home to two households at the 1860 census. Jacob Frederik Magnusen resided on the ground floor with his wife Charlotte Amalie Magnusen, a 19-year-old daughter, two maids and the lodger Carl Theobald Worsøe. Carl Frederik Anton Warhs, a pensioner with title of konferensråd, resided on the second floor with his wife Louise Christiane Warhs, a maid and the Flora Thomsen.actress