Store Kongensgade 79
Store Kongensgade 79 is a property on Store Kongensgade, opposite Frederik's Church, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1964.
History
17th and 18th centuries
The site is located in the area known as New Copenhagen, which was not incorporated into the fortified city until the 1670s. The site was initially part of a property listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as No. 157 in St. Ann's West Quarter. The same property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 65 in 1756 and owned by one etatsråd Scheel's widow.The writer, politician and publisher Edvard Brandes resided on the third floor from 1793 to 1896. The politician Tyge Rothe was a resident on the third floor from 1900 to 1904.
The Grocers Guild's sugar refinery
The property was later merged with the adjacent No. 64 by Urtekræmmerlauget and used for the construction of a sugar refinery. The property was listed as No. 64 in the new cadastre of 1806.No. 64B was home to four households at the 1834 census. Hermann Bech, a high-ranking government official in the General Toldkammeret of Kommercekollegiet, resided on the ground floor with his wife Marie Amalia Bech, one male servant and two maids. Edvard Ryan, a businessman, huskomfru Marie Meyer, a male servant, a maid and the lodger Emil von Holstein and their four children.
Hedemann and the new building
In the early 1883s, the property was acquired by sugar manufacturer Christoph Hedemann. Hedemann was the son of Christopher Hedemann and Antje Prigg. On 9 November 1814 in Copenhagen, he had married to Clara Sophie Gosch.In 1832, he constructed the building at No. 64A. In 1832 it was followed by the building at No. 64B. Hedemann was married to Clara Sophie Hedemann. At the 1834 census, Hedemann and his wife lived on the two lodger floors of No. 64A. They lived there with their foster son, Carl August Hedemann-Gade, who was the son of one pastor Gade.
In 1844, No. 64 was formally divided into No. 64A and No. 64B while two strips of land at the bottom of the property were transferred to No. 140 and No. 146 on the other side of the block as No. 64C and No. 64D.
Christoph Hedemann and his wife Clara Sophie resided in the two lower floor apartments. At the time of the 1840 census, they lived there with the wife's nephew and niece and 13 employees and servants. Josias Feddersen, the king's cabinet secretary, resided on the third floor with his wife Vibecke Birgitte Feddersen née Krey, their eight children, 23-year-old Charlotte Christine Henriette Carstens and two maids. August Frederik Howitz, another high-ranking civil servant, resided on the third floor with his wife Mariane, his niece Severine Louise Johanne Caroline Howitz and one maid.
By 1845, Clara Sophie Hedemann, who had now become a widow, resided on the ground floor with her 21-year-old foster daughter Laura Clara Sophie Gade and two maids. Bernhard Rathgen, a civil servant in the Schleswig Holstein Lauenburg Cancellie, resided on the first floor with his wife Cornelia Rathgen née Niebuhr, their two children, a male servant and two maids. Andreas Heinrich Feddersen, 2nd Customs Inspector in Copenhagen, resided on the second floor with his wife Ane Magrethe Caspersen, their four children, a housekeeper and two maids. August Friedrich Howitz, another high-ranking customs official, resided on the third floor with his wife Mariane Howitz, their lodger Christian Gottfred Wilhelm, a male servant and a maid. Mads Hansen, the building's concierge, resided in the basement with his wife Karen Hansen and their five children.
At the 1860 census, No. 64B was home to five households. Clara Sophie Hedemann, Hedemann's widow, resided in the building with her foster daughter Laura Clara Sophie Gade and two maids. Christian Michael Rottbøll, a Supreme Court justice, resided in the building with his wife Jensine Niels. Sehested Berregaard, three unmarried daughters with title of justitsråd, resided in the building with his wife Marie Jeanette Christine Uedsen, two maids and a coachman. Eduard August Dahlerup, a professor of medicine at the University of Copenhagen and former royal physician, resided in the building with his wife Elisabeth Dahlerup, their seven children and three maids. Anders Sørensen, a grocer, resided in the basement with his wife Cicilie Dorthea Sørensen, their three children and a maid.
20th century
The wine company Waagepetersen's Efterfølgere was based in the building from at least 1910 to 1950.The first to fourth floor was operated as a boarding home by 1942. In 1964, it was converted into a hotel. In 1984, it was converted into offices and meeting rooms.