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Rosenborg Brøndanstalt
Rosenborg Brøndanstalt was a mineral spa and mineral water factory located in Gothersgade in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rosenborg Brøndanstalt was founded on 23 March 1831 at the initiative of Jonas Collin, medical doctor Ole Bang, and Johan Georg Forchhammer to provide the citizens of Copenhagen with an alternative to visiting spas abroad. First Frederik VI of Denmark, Frederik VI and later Christian VIII of Denmark, Christian VIII contributed to the project by donating a strip of Rosenborg Castle Gardens along Gothersgade. The buildings were built to a design by royal building inspector Jørgen Hansen Koch in 1833. History The idea for Rosenborg Brøndanstalt was conceived by professor Ole Bang. For some time, he had been interested in mineral water's medicinal properties. He raised the issue on the board of Tysernsten Sea Baths which had been established at Rysensten Bastion in 1724, The idea was met with support, both from the other board members and among the shareholders. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenborg Brøndanstalt 1888
Rosenborg may refer to: Places Denmark * Rosenborg Castle, a castle in Copenhagen, Denmark Norway * Rosenborg, Trondheim, an area in the city of Trondheim, Norway * Rosenborg (station) of the Oslo Tramway * Rosenborg (old station) of the Oslo Tramway Sports * Rosenborg BK, an association football club based in the city of Trondheim, Norway * Rosenborg IHK, an ice hockey club based in the city of Trondheim, Norway Other * Rosenborg (cheese), a variety of the Castello cheeses, Castello brand produced by Arla Foods See also * Rosenberg (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørgen Hansen Koch
Jørgen Hansen Koch (4 September 1787 – 30 January 1860) was a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical Denmark, Danish architect. He was chief of the national Danish building administration from 1835 and director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1844 to 1849. Koch and especially his wife Ida Koch were close friends of the writer Hans Christian Andersen, who would typically visit the Koch family on Friday evenings. Early life and education Joch was born on 4 September 1787 in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, the son of Jørgen Hansen Koch (1746–1801), a ship builder, and Anne Cathrine née Folkersen (1758–1809). He initially apprenticed as a carpenter. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1807 to 1816 where he studied under Christian Frederik Hansen, the leading Danish architect of the time. In 1818, together with the sculptor Hermann Ernst Freund, he traveled to Rome where he met Bertel Thorvaldsen and other members of the Danish artists' colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bispebjerg
Bispebjerg, more commonly referred to as Nordvest (English: North-West), is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. Located on the northern border of the municipality, it covers an area of 5.39 km2 and a population of 40,033. More specifically, Bispebjerg refers to a smaller neighbourhood within the district, located on the Bispebjerg Hill from which it takes its name. Geography Bispebjerg covers an area of 5.39 km2 and has a population of 40,033, giving a population density of 7,389 per km2. The district is bounded by Gentofte Municipality to the north, Østerbro and Nørrebro to the east and south-east, Frederiksberg to the south, Vanløse and Brønshøj-Husum to the west and Gladsaxe Municipality to the northwest. History The name Bispebjerg is known from 1681 as Biszebierg. A windmill was built in the area in 1808. Bispebjerg belonged to the civil parish of Brønshøj but in the 1890s, the City of Copenhagen acquired large pieces of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Østerbro
Østerbro () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day Østerport Station. From the beginning, Østerbro has been a wealthy district, and it remains one of the most affluent areas in Copenhagen. Geography Østerbro has an area of and a population of 68,769. It is bordered by Nørrebro to the west, Hellerup to the north and Øresund to the east. Landmarks * Danish Meteorological Institute * Den Frie Udstilling * Gasværket * Frihavn * Fælledparken * Garrison's Cemetery * Parken, the National Stadium * Rigshospitalet * Trianglen (“The Triangle”) * Østerport Station * Kastellet * Nordre Frihavnsgade * '' The Little Mermaid'' In popular culture *In the popular children's novel, '' Number the Stars'', Østerbrogade is a road on which the Annemarie and her friends run down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick VI Of Denmark
Frederick VI ( Danish and ; 28 January 1768 – 3 December 1839) was King of Denmark from 13 March 1808 until his death in 1839 and King of Norway from 13 March 1808 to 7 February 1814. He was the last king of Denmark–Norway. From 1784 until his accession, he served as regent during his father's mental illness and was referred to as the "Crown Prince Regent" (). For his motto he chose ''God and the just cause'' (). Instead of the customary latin, he used Danish, which established a precedent for later Danish kings who used Danish as well. Born in Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Frederick VI was the eldest of two children and the only son of Christian VII and Caroline Mathilde. In 1790, Frederick VI married Marie Sophie. Together, they had eight children, though only two daughters, Princess Caroline and Princess Wilhelmine, survived to adulthood. Additionally, He was the last Danish king to have an official mistress, Frederikke Dannemand, with whom he had five children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Mandrup Tuxen
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah. An Old English variant is Piers. In other languages The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English. * Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus * Albanian: Pjetër, Për * Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros") * Arabic: بطرس (''Boutros''), بيار ("Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) * Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier * Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in the Western dialect, Petros in the Eastern dialect) * Assamese: পিটাৰ * Asturian: Pedru * Azerbaijani: Pyotr * Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Harkaitz (''Means "Rock" in basque''), Arkaitz, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) * Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Suhr
Johannes Theodor(us) Suhr family, Suhr (2 April 1792 – 10 November 1858) was a Danish merchant and industrialist. He owned the Suhr House at Gammeltorv in Copenhagen as well as Sølyst north of the city and was the founder of the foundation Den Suhrske Stiftelse. Early life Suhr was born into a wealthy family of merchants in Copenhagen in 1792. His father was Ole Berendt Suhr, owner of J. P. Suhr & Søn, which had been founded by Johan Peter Suhr (1712–1785). The company traded in a wide range of products, including coal, salt, linum and hemp. It survived the difficult years during the war with England in the 1800s. Theodor Stuhr finished school and had plans to study theology. Career When their father died in 1815, he and his elder brother Didrik Suhr joined the management of the company which was formally owned by their mother until her death in 1842. The company went through a difficult period with the settlement of its activities in Norway followed by an agricultural cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
