Baron Boltens Gård
Baron Boltens Gård is a historic house at 8 Gothersgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as a passageway that connects Gothersgade to Store Kongensgade. In recent years the name has also referred to an entertainment cluster located at the same address.
History
18th century
The property was by 1689 as No. 65 in St. Ann's West Quarter (Sankt Annæ Vester Kvarter) owned by sailmaker Jens Ravn, In the new cadastre of 1756, it was listed as No. 3. It was by then owned by houllier Thomas Mathiesen.[1]
The property was originally called Weltkuglen and was in the mid-18th century a focal point for international trade and a popular meeting place for prominent citizens and international merchants.[2]
In 1767 the property was acquired by an affluent wine bottler and merchant, Henrik Bolten, who replaced it with the current building in 1771. In 1783 he was ennobled with the title of Baron von Bolten but in 1786 he went bankrupt and had to spend the last four years of his life as a tenant in the attic.
At the time of the 1787 census, No. 3 was home to two households. Bolten resided in the building with his 15-year-old son Johan Henrich Bolten, the 29-year-old hofmester Jørgen Kærulf, one male servant, one maid, one female cook and one caretaker.[3] Christian Ludvig Schütz (1736-1812), a konferensråd, resided in the building with his wife Anna Johanna Schütz, the 21-year-old Christiane Hinkeldei, a housekeeper, a male servant, a maid, a female cook, a caretaker, a coachman, the 48-year-old Inger Catharine Canter. Canter's daughter Anne Johanne Styffgen, the 36-year-old Johanne Sophie Elisabeth Bentzen, and one more maid.[4]
19th century
The property was later acquired by wine merchant Haagen Hagen (Hagensen). At the time of the 1801 census, he resided in the building with Caroline /née Høyer), their sevn children (aged one to 13), three maids, five employees in Hagen's wine business (two of them apprentices), Hagen's brother Frantz Peder Hagen,[5]
In the new cadastre of 1806, the property was listed as No. 26. It was by then owned by wine merchant Hagen Hagen.
20th century
The building was listed in 1918 together with its half-timbered rear wing from 1755.
In the 1980s it was refurbished and became a popular venue for Copenhagen's jetset. In 1991 the gallerists Patricia and Jacob Asbæk opened a gallery at the address. In 1997 the nightclub NASA opened on the top floor of the building and for a decade it remained one of Copenhagen's leading venues for the jetset. It filed for bankruptcy and closed temporarily in 2010,[6] but started up shortly after in the same name.
References
- ^ "Pietro Mingotti" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Baron Boltens Gård". cofman.com. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1787 - Hr.Henrich Bolten". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1787 - Hr.Christian Ludvig Schütz". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1787 - Haagen Hagen (Hagensen)". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Jetset-farvel: Derfor gik Nasa midlertidigt ned". Politiken. Archived from the original on 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2011-02-15.