Klostergården, Copenhagen

Facade detail of Amagertorv 29th

Klostergården, also known as Det Petersenske Jomfrukloster, is a listed Neoclassical property on Amagertorv (No. 29) in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The rear side of the building faces Læderstræde. A passageway, Klostergangen, passes through the building.

History

Det Petersenske Jomfrukloster, Lutheran house of secular canonesses for the use of unmarried noblewomen, was founded in 1758 in accordance with a will dated 30 december 1755 by silk and textile merchant Albr. Petersen and his brother Sebastian Petersen. Its original name was "de Brødrene Petersens Jomfru-Sæde eller "Kloster" and it existed until 1769. The building was designed by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff. It was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but rebuilt 1797-98 by Joseph Guione.[1] It was expanded with an extra floor in 1880.[2]

The property was purchased by the Klostergården property company in 1918. They commissioned Bent Helveg-Møller to undertake a renovation which received an award from the city in 1923.[3]

Architecture

The passageway

Klostergården is part of a large block which is bounded by Højbro Plads to the east and Hyskenstræde to the west. The façade on Amagertorv is 10 bays long and has a four-bay central projection. A frieze with lettering between the first and second floor reads Monumentum Pietatis Petersenianae ("Memorial to the piousness of Petersen"). A gate to the right of the main entrance opens to a passageway, Klostergangen, which continues through three small courtyards before reaching Læderstræde on the other side of the block. It dates from Helveg-Møller's renovation in 1918.[4]

Today

The building was purchased for DKK 200 million by Jorcks Ejendomsselskab in 2014. It contains an & Other Stories store (since 2013) on Amagertorv and a café called Café Zirup on Læderstræde.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Amagertorv 29". Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sag: Det Petersenske Jomfrukloster". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Amagertorv 29-29a/Læderstræde 32a-b-34". DanskeFilm (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eric Kress i Den danske Filmdatabase". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jomfrukloster på Strøget købt for 200 millioner". DanskeFilm (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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Coordinates: 55°40′42″N 12°34′37″E / 55.6783°N 12.5770°E / 55.6783; 12.5770

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