Rosengården 7
Rosengården 7 is a mid 19th-century property situated in the street Rosengården, between Kyltorvet and the shopping street Strøget, in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed in 1844 for Johan Christian Culmsee, a master saddler and later owner of Havreholm Paper Mill at Helsingør. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 193+. The neighboring building at Rosengården 5 was also constructed for Culmsee.
History
18th century
The site was formerly made up of two smaller properties. The eastern of these properties was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 116 in Klædebo Quarter, owned by beer seller Anders Madsen.The old No. 117 was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 116, owned by Jacob Borgvardt. The old No. 116 was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 117 and was also owned by Jacob Borgwardt. The two properties were formally as No. 116 & 117.
Culmsee and the new building
The properties No. 116/117 and No. 115 were both acquired by master saddler Johan Christian Culmsee in the first half of the 1840s. The present buildings on the site were both constructed for him in 184445. At the time of the 1845 census, on 1 February, No. 116/117 was registered with 88 residents, indicating that at least part of the building complex had been completed at that time. Most of the tenants were workmen or craftsmenm, small-scale traders or widows employed with needlework.Culmsee resided in the neighboring building No. 115. His sons Harald and Charles were thus born i the building in 1844 and 1846.
In 1854, Culmsee purchased Havreholm Paper Mill. The enterprise was managed by his brother Frederik Leopold Cilmsee.
At the time of the 1860 census, No. 116/117 was home to 73 residents in the front wing, 47 residents in the side wing to the right and 54 residents in the side wing to the left.
Johan Christian Culmsee was himself a resident of the building at the time of his death on 7 August 1768.