{{Short description|Building in Hørsholm Municipality, Denmark}} {{Infobox building | name = Christiansgave | native_name = | image = Christiansgave (Rungsted) 01.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | former_names = | alternate_names = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | location = Vedbæk, Rudersdal Municipality | address = Christiansgave 50, 2960 Rungsted Kyst
| client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location_country = Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|55|52|18.0|N|12|33|04.7|E|type:landmark_region:DK|display=inline,title}} | altitude = | construction_start_date = 1918 | completion_date = | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = Carl Brummer | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | url = | references = }} '''Christiansgave''' is a mansion in Rungsted, Hørsholm Municipalit, situated on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The house was constructed for the businessman Christian Wilhelm Messerschmidt in 1918 to designs by the architect Carl Brummer. The surrounding park was built over with terraced houses by the architect Jean Fehmerling in the mid-1950s.
==History== thumb|left|180px|The foundation stone. Christian Wilhelm Messerschmidt (1871–1948) was the son of the tannery owner Emil Messerschmidt. His two elder brothers, John and Louis Messerschmidt, continued their father's tannery at Gammel Kongevej 25. In 1898, Christian Wilhelm Messerschmidt established a wholesale company trading in tannins, extracts, and leather.<ref name="coneliand">{{cite web|url=http://www.coneliand.dk/Danmarks%20aeldste%20forretninger/DAEF%20300-399/Side_397_Melg_-_Mess.html|title=EMIL MESSERSCHMIDT´s SØNNER|language=Danish|publisher=coneliand.dk|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
In the middle of the 1910s, Messerschmidt bought a piece of land in Rungsted, north of Copenhagen. He subsequently charged the architect Carl Brummer with the design of a country house for the site. The foundation stone was set on 19 May 1917, and the house was completed in the following year. The large property was located on both sides of Rungsted Strandvej. The house was built as a present for his wife, Fanny. It was given the name Christiansgave (Christian's Gift).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiansgave.dk/historien|title=Christiansgaves historie|language=Danish|publisher=Hørsholm Nyheder|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
thumb|left|Christiansgave, interior. The property was later acquired by James Watt Christensen (1862–193). He was a pharmacist in Stege on Møn and heir of Morsø Iron Foundry on Mors. Messerschmidt's uncle Knud Einar Messerschmidt was the technical director and co-owner of Christensen's company N. An. Christensen & Co.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coneliand.dk/Danmarks%20aeldste%20forretninger/Side%20096%20Chri%20-%20Chri.html|title=N. A. Christensen & Co. A/S,|language=Danish|publisher=coneliand.dk|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref> His widow owned Christiansgave until at least 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xn--hrsholmnyheder-qqb.dk/?p=2464|title=Hørsholm set fra luften – Christiansgave 1937|language=Danish|publisher=Hørsholm Nyheder|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
thumb|Christiansgave. In the early 1950s, Christiansgave was acquired by the architect Jean Fehmerling. His vision was to create an enclave with homes for families with more modest incomes in the affluent Rungstedf neighbourhood. The surrounding park was therefore built over with terraced houses. The buildings on the west side of Rungsted Strandvej were demolished. The main building housed Fehmerlin's architectural studio as well as communal facilities for the surrounding houses. In the end, the economic scheme proved unviable. The individual houses were therefore sold as condominiums.
==Architecture== Christiansgave was designed with inspiration from Baroque architecture with a U-shaped floor plan. The seven-bay-long ''Corps de logis'' features a three-bay median risalit, tipped by a triangular pediment. It is flanked by two curved secondary wings. The building has a Mansard roof clad in black-glazed tile.
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px> File:Christiansgave 05.jpg| File:Christiansgave 02.jpg| </gallery>
==Gallery== ===Main building=== <gallery mode=packed heights=200px> File:Christiansgave (Rungsted) 03.jpg| File:IMG Christiansgave (Rungsted) 06.jpg| File: </gallery>Christiansgave (Rungsted) sidefløj.jpg|One of the curved secondary wings.
===Town houses=== <gallery mode=packed heights=200px> File:Christiansgave row houses 04.jpg| File:Christiansgave row houses 03.jpg| File:Christiansgave row houses 02.jpg| </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Christiansgave (Rungsted)}}
{{Hørsholm Municipality}} {{Copenhagen historic houses}}
Category:Houses in Hørsholm Municipality Category:Carl Brummer buildings Category:1910s architecture in Denmark Category:Houses completed in 1918 Category:1918 establishments in Denmark