Bodenhoffs Plads


Bodenhodds Plads is an area located in the north-eastern part of Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark. The site is separated from Grønlandske Handels Plads to the west by Christianshavns Kanal and by Trangraven from Holmen to the north. It is connected to both areas by the three-way footbridge Trangravsbroen.

History

The area was reclaimed by Andreas Bodenhoff from 1766 onwards and became known as Bodenhoffs Plads after him. The area was originally separated from the rest of Christianshavn by a canal, just like Bjørnsholm, on the other side of Christianshavn Canal, which had been reclaimed some ten years prior by Andreas Bjørn. The site was initially used for storage of timber. In 1771, he also established a shipyard at the site. Bodenhoff died in 1794.
The site was in about 1830 acquired by Joseph Hambro and was from then on known as Hambros Plads. He established a rice mill and a pig farm at the site. The rice huller was from 1930 powered by Denmark's firs tsteam engine. The chaft from the rice huller was used as feed for the pigs. He then expanded the complex with Denmark's first canned food factory which made it possible to sell the meat to the many ships in the area. He also established a bakery which sold bread to the ships.
Hambro's partner, Andreas Nicolai Hansen, played a leading role in the operations of the site. He established his own firm under the name A. n. Hansen & Co. in 1836. Joseph Hambro's son, Carl Joachim Hambro, moved to London where he founded Hambros Bank. In circa 1940, Joseph Hambro sold his share of Hambros Plads to Hansen. Hansen's two eldest sons, Alfred and Harald Hansen, were made partners in the firm in 1850s.

Buildings

No. 8 and 10 date from 1901 and were designed by Erik Schiødte and Rogert Møller. No. 12 is from 1904 and was designed by N.P. Larsen & G.Larsen.
The northern part of the area was cleared by Dansk Totalenterprise in the early 1970s, except for a large warehouse from Islandske Handel. The Islands Plads development was built in 1975-78 for Lejerbo to design by BodThorvald Dreyer. The old warehouse contains 40 apartments.