Prince William Mansion, Copenhagen

Prince William Mansion
Prins Wilhelms Palæ

The mansion seen from Sankt Annæ Plads
General information
Architectural style Rococo
Location Frederiksstaden, Copenhagen
Country Denmark
Coordinates 55°40′54.76″N 12°35′27.24″E / 55.6818778°N 12.5909000°E / 55.6818778; 12.5909000Coordinates: 55°40′54.76″N 12°35′27.24″E / 55.6818778°N 12.5909000°E / 55.6818778; 12.5909000
Construction started 1749
Completed 1751
Client Wilhelm August von der Osten
Owner Jeudan

The Prince Wilhelm Mansion (Danish: Prins Wilhelms Palæ) is a historic property on the corner of Sankt Annæ Plads and Amaliegade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is owned by the property investment company Jeudan which is headquartered in the building.

History

The mansion was built from 1749 to 1752 by Wilhelm August von der Osten within the former grounds of Sophie Amalienborg which were now up for redevelopment into the new Frederiksstaden district.[1]

The house was later purchased by Charles August Selby, an English-born merchant involved in trade on the Danish West Indies. In 1804, he sold it to the Imperial Roman Vice consul Romeis.[2] Then in 1826 it was acquired by King Frederick VI who put it at the disposal of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel. He lived there until his death in 1867.

After that, the building came to new use. The Nobel Prize-winning medical doctor Niels Finsen for a while lived in the building as a young student and is now commemorated with a plaque on the building's facade.[1] In 1878, it was acquired by a restaurateur, Lars Larsen, who ran it asm event venue under the name Larsens Lokaler. He later changed the name back to Prins Wilhelms Palæ which have rise to the popular name Prins Larsens Palæ.[1] The Medical Society for Women (Danish: Kvindelig Læseforening) was founded in the building's great hall on 28 November 1907.

In the 1920s, the building came to serve as headquarters for the oil company Det Danske Petroleums Aktieselskab (later Danish Esso) and later Statoil's activities in Denmark. [3]

Today

The building is now owned by the property company Jeudan.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sankt Annæ Plads 13" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  2. ↑ "Kjøbenhavn - kap. IV" (in Danish). Carl Thiele. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  3. ↑ "Ejendommen Sankt Annæ Plads 13 Amaliegade 1" (in Danish). Ole Hagen Arkitekter. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.