Nybrogade 22

Nybroegade 22 is a mid 19th-century property overlooking Slotsholmen Canal and Christiansborg in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building and a house at Magstræde on the other side of the block were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945.

Nybrogade 22
Nybrogade seen from the other side of the canal
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′34.64″N 12°34′33.53″E
Completed1853
ClientCarl Løffler

History
A painting of the previous building at the site

Jørgen Peter Bech (1782-1846), who would later become a wealthy merchant and shipowner, bought a soap manufactory at the site in circa 1800. Bech was the maternal grandfather of the writer Wilhelm Bergsøe. Bergsøe often visited the house on Sundays and in holidays and has written about his grandfather's household in Nybrogade in De forbistrede børn.[1]

The current building at the site was built in 1852-1853 for decorative painter Carl Løffler (1810-1853).[2] He would, however, already die from cholera on 28 July that same year as one of approximately 4,800 victims of the 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak. He is buried in Assistens Cemetery.[3]

Architecture

The building is five storeys tall and seven bays wide. The roof features three dormer windows. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 16 July 1945.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Jens Peter Bech". barfod-barfoed.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. "Jens Peter Bech". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. "Carl Løffler". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  4. "Sag: Nybrogade 22 og Magstræde 9". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 2 September 2019.


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