Nyhavn 33
Nyhavn 33 is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. A wall stone with a compass rose, a Dannebrog and two sand glasses bear testament to the fact that the building once belonged to a manufacturer of ship sails, flags and compasses.
History
17th and 18th centuries
The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as No. 12 in St. Ann's East Quarter, owned by skipper Jørgen Olsen. The present building on the site was constructed for him some time around 1684. The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 17 in St. Ann's East Quarter. It belonged to skibsmåler Rasmus Hansen at that time.Rasmus Christensen Kock
The property was later acquired by Rasmus Christensen Kock. In 1764, he acquired citizenship as a manufacturer of ship sails, flags and compasses. He heightened the building with one floor in 1767. At the time of the 1787 census, he lived in the building with his wife Birthe Maria Wogstrup, a 26-year-old son and a 20-year-old daughter from the wife's first marriage, the daughter's three children and his own two sisters. The sailor Lars Madsen Hviid, two maids and seven apprentices were also part of the large household.At the time of the 1801 census, Kock and his wife resided in the building with Kock's 44-year-old sister Johanne Marie Kock, the 45-year-old widow Anne Magdalene Lystrup, the widow's 25-year-old son Rasmus Lystrup and six employees in Koch's business.
The property was again listed as No. 17 in the new cadastre of 1806. It was at that time still owned by Rasmus Christensen Koch.
1830s and 1840s
At the time of the 1834 census, No. 17 was home to four households. Christian Lystrup, a manufacturer of sails, flags and compasses, resided on the second floor with his wife Berthe Marie Holst, his cousin Birgitte Marie Haagensen, the wife's sister Anne Marie Holst, the theologian/teacher Rasmus Lystrup, two apprentices and a maid. Morten Andersen, a ship captain and former portrait painter, resided on the ground floor with Marie Cathrine Andersen, their six children and two maids. Hanne Oder, a 69-year-old widow, resided on the first floor with the daughter Anne Marie Oder, a chamber maid and a maid. Clemens Clemensen Hammeløv, chief of the "fathomers" and loaders", resided in the basement with his wife Clemens Clemensen Hammeløv and two children.The military officer C. I. von Flensborg lived in the building in 1838-1839. He served as Chief of Staff of the Royal Danish Army in 1849-1850 and served as Minister of Defence in 1851-1852. The fourth floor was added in 1850.
At the time of the 1840 census, No. 17 was home to 22 residents. Morten Andersen had now moved to the first-floor apartment. Jens Hostrup Schultz, a 30-year-old former farmer, was the new tenant on the ground floor. He lived there with his wife Vincentrine From, their two-year-old son and one maid. The tavern in the basement had now been taken over by a sailor, Niels Mortensen, who lived there with his wife and five-year-old son, a maid and three lodgers.
Claus Lauritz Andersen was born in the basement in 1849. He would later make a fortune as a manufacturer of cigarettes in Shanghai. He made a $ 50,000 donation to the modern extension of the National Museum of Denmark and created a charitable foundation.