Nyhavn 15 is a historic townhouse overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. The building is listed on the Danish Registry of Protected Buildings and Places. A warehouse in the courtyard has been converted into a hostel.
History
In, Nyhavn 63 was built for timber merchant Jens Larsen. From 1845 to 1846, the church historian P. F. A. Hammerich lived in the building while working at Trinitatis Church. In 1870, August Bournonville lived on the second floor. From 1886 to 1891, the writer and zoologist Vilhelm Bergsøe lived on the second floor. His son Paul Bergsøe's memoirs Tre små vinduer describe his childhood home in Nyhavn. In the 1880s and 1890s, royal actor Poul Reumert grew up in the building as the son of actor Elith Reumert and dancer Athalia Reumert. In 1910, the trading company Ørum ¤ Wulf was based in the building. The company was founded on 13 September 1795 by N. N. Ørumin in partnership with a young merchant, Jens Andreas, but it is unclear when it moved to Nyhavn. The company would close in 1912. In the late 1930s, the "ingeneer" Jørgen Koch lived in the building. In 1950, Henriques & Zøylner's Eftf, another trading company, was based in the building. It had been founded by Gustav Aron Henriques and C. Zøylner on 1 September 1900, but it is also not known when that company moved to Nyhavn 63. From 1950 to 1988, The Maritime Library was based in the building. It had been founded by the shipping company J. Lauritzen in 1939. The company is now located in Rødovre. As of 2018, a hostel is located in the rear wing and the side wing houses a restaurant.
Architecture
The building consists of three stories over a high cellar The dormers in the roof were not added until 1942. The facade stands in undressed brick and features three stone reliefs between the first and second floor that commemorates the trade of the property's first owner. The one in the middle features a barge with timber. It is flanked by Neptune with his trifork and Mercury with his winged hat, the gods of the sea and trade. A gateway in the left side of the building opens to a courtyard surrounded by buildings. To the right is a five bay side wing in three storeys. It was built in two storeys between 1748 and 1756 and heightened with one story before 1801. The three floor high and four bays wide rear wing was also built between 1748 and 1756. There is also a three-story, half-timbered warehouse from before 1756. The entire complex was listed on the Fanish Registry of Protected Buildings and Places in 1918.
