{{Short description|Building in Copenhagen, Denmark}} {{Infobox building | name = Nytorv 19 | native_name = | image = Nytorv 19 (Copenhagen) 01.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | former_names = | alternate_names = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = | architectural_style = Neoclassical | cost = | location = Copenhagen | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location_country = Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|55|40|37.45|N|12|34|24.24|E|type:landmark_region:DK|display=inline,title}} | altitude = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1797 | renovation_date = | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | url = | references = }} '''Nytorv 19''' is a Neoclassical building situated on the south side of Nytorv, between the Krak House (No. 18) and the Nytorv extension of Copenhagen Jailhouse (No. 21), in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was constructed in 1797 as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. The building was from 1877 owned by bookseller and publisher {{ill|Otto B. Wroblewski|da}}. A bookshop carrying his name occupied the ground floor of the building until 2005. Other notable former residents include the diplomat {{ill|Frederik Adler Pløyen|da}}, actor {{ill|Ferdinand Lindgreen|da}}, naval officer {{ill|Lorentz Fjelderup Lassen|da}} and flower painter Johan Laurentz Jensen.
==History== ===18th century=== [[File:Cjrostoan Gedde - Vester Kvarter No. 134 - No. 137.jpg|thumb|left|No. 1376 seen in a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Copenhagen's West Quarter, 1757]]
The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 112 in the city's West Quarter. It was owned by one Christian Viborg's widow at that time. It was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 136 and belonged to merchant Martinus Schultz at that time.<ref name="KJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/index.php/e-boger/22-bog/matrikel/175-vester|title=Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008: Vester Kvarter|language=Danish|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
The property was home to 69 residents in 10 households at the time of the 1787 census. Henrick Christoffer Mocke, a beer seller, resided in the building with his wife Maria Cherstin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668440|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Henrick Christoffer Mocke|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Per Jensen, a blacksmith at Nyholm Naval Dockyards, resided in the building with his wife Anne Magrette and their three sons (aged five to 17). The two eldest sons worked as carpenters at Nyholm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668442|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Per Jensen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Søren Pedersen, another blacksmith at Nyholm Dockyards, resided in the building with his wife Karen Niels Datter, their two children (aged nine and 14) and one lodger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668448|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Karen Niels Datter|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Charl Henrick Betzel, a soldier in the Norwegian Life Regiment, resided in the building with his wife Anne Maria Arnsen, their four children (aged one to seven), a lodger and the lodger's seven-year-old son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668452|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Charl Henrick Betzel|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Johan Maansen, a boatman in royal service, resided in the building with his wife Anne Marie Lars Datter and their four children (aged seven to 14).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668460|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Abraham Johansen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Johanne Maria, a widow street vendor, resided in the building with three of her children (aged 11 to 25).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668466|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Johanne Maria|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Christian Frederick Løvenberg, a smith, resided in the building with his wife Johanne and their three children (aged two to seven).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668472|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Anne Marie|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Johan Christian Rom, another smith, resided in the building with his wife Ellen Maria Anckkersen and their two children (aged four and six).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668475|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Johan Christian Rom|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Chrestofer Stom, a junior officer in the Zealand Regiment, resided in the building with his wife Inger and their two sons (aged one and nine).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668479|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Chrestofer Stom|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Christop Sterm, a corporal in the Zealand Regiment, resided in the building with his wife Inge, their two children (aged in and eight) and no less than 20 royal guards from the same regiment (listed as lodgers).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid668503|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Conrat Hadegen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>
===Hans Jessen and the new building=== The property was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, together with most of the other buildings in the area. The present building on the site was constructed from merchant Hans Jessen in 1797.<ref name="KJ"/><ref name="indenforvoldene">{{cite web|url=https://www.indenforvoldene.dk/nytorv-19|title=Nytorv 19|language=Danish|website=Kulturstyrelsen|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
Kessen is registered as a "manufacturer of starch" at the 1801 census. His property was home to a total of 25 residents in six households at that time. Jessen resided in the building with his wife Mette (née Pilegaard), their son Jes Andres Jessenm (student), his wife's relative Andreas Pilgaard, student Carl Adolph Dahl and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985178|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Hans Jessen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> {{ill|Frederik Adler Pløyen|da}}, a secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs, resided in another apartment with his wife Johanne Bachman, their two-year-old daughter Elise Henriette Pløyem, his sister-in-law Elise Henriette Pløyem, Johanne Bachman and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985186|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Friderich Adeler Pløyem|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Balthazar Pausen Schiøtt, another secretary, resided in the building with his wife Margrethe Nissen, their two children (aged 15 and 17) and two maids.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985191|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Balthazar Pausen Schiøtt|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Jens Jensen, a beer seller (''øltapper''), resided in the basement with his wife Maren Tvede, their three children (aged four to 14) and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985197|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Jens Jensen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>
The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 116. It was still owned by merchant Hans Jessen at that time.<ref name="KJ"/>
The actor {{ill|Ferdinand Lindgreen|da}} (1770-1842) resided in one of the apartments from 1816 to 1817.<ref name="indenforvoldene"/> Counter admiral {{ill|Lorentz Fjelderup Lassen|da}} (1756-1837) resided in one of the apartments from 1819 to 180.<ref name="indenforvoldene"/> The flower painter Johan Laurentz Jensen resided in one of the apartments from 1826 to 1832.<ref name="indenforvoldene"/>
===1840 census=== thumb|The building seen in a painting from 1839
The property was home to just 13 residents in four households at the time of the 1840 census, partly because no residents were recorded on the second floor (possibly due to the apartment being temporarily empty, other use or simply missing census records). Vulff Salomon, a Jewish merchant, resided on the first floor with his wife Sara Oppenheim, their 22-year-old daughter Therese Salomon, his son Julius Fredrich Sloman (a travelling salesman) and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4769134|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Vulff Salomon|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Christopher Fich, an auctioner's assistant, resided on the third floor with his wife Bolette Sunkenberg and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4769139|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Christopher Fich|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Johan Ludvig Bauer, a floor clerk (''handelsbetjent''), resided on the ground floor with his wife Petrine Høst and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4768242|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Johan Ludvig Bauer|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Adam Petersen, a grocer (''høker''), resided in the basement with his wife Dorthe Nielsen and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4769142|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Adam Petersen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>
===1850 census=== The property was home to 18 residents in five households at the 1850 census. Sally Slomann, a clerk (''handelsfuldmægtig''), resided on the first floor with his wife Rosalia (née Heilbuth), their one-year-old daughter Elisabeth Marie Therese Slomann and two maids.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194049|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Sally Slomann|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Edle Sophia Cederfeldt de Simonsen (née Møllerm 1797–1869), widow of commander-captain Andreas Christian Cederfeldt de Simonsen (1779-1839), resided on the second floor with two unmarried daughters (aged 22 and 27) and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194054|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Edle Sophia født Møller|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Julius Diderich S--Nau, a porcelain merchant, resided alone on the third floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194058|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Julius Diderich S--Nau|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Johan Ludvig Bauer, a clerk (''handelsbetjent''), resided on the ground floor with his wife Cetrine Petronela Bauer and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194059|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Johan Ludvig Bauer|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Niels Mortensen, a grocer (''høker'') lived with Berthe Marie Mortensen (née Freriksen), their two children and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194062|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Niels Mortensen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>
===Otto B. Wroblewski=== thumb|Otto B. Wroblewski's at Nytorv 10
The publisher and former bookseller {{ill|Otto B. Wroblewski|da}} purchased the building in 1877.<ref name="boghandlereidanmark">{{cite web|url=http://www.boghandlereidanmark.dk/index.php?id=967&beskrivelsesnummer=334&p_mode=beskrivelse&cHash=ff32dd445f67005b664b8e0e3af88b1b|title=Otto B. Wroblewski|language=Danish|website=boghandlereidanmark.dk|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref> He had started his career as a bookseller in Rskilde in 1855. In 1848, he opened a combined bookshop, stationery and publisher at Købmagergade 18. On 1 January 1862, he closed the bookshop to focus on his activities as a publisher as well as the sale of stamped paper. On 1 April 1863, he moved the firm to new premises at Nytorv 11. In 1872, he moved again, now to Nytorv 27, on the other side of the square (corner of Strøget). Wroblewski opened an elegant shop in his new building at Nytorv 19. From 14 October 1882, he also operated a bookshop in the building.<ref name="boghandlereidanmark"/> thumb|left|Otto B. Wroblewski
Wroblewski's son, Otto Wroblewski Jr. (1860-1921), was made a partner in 1886. He became the sole owner of the firm upon his father's death in 1907. His own son, Paul Wroblewski (1892-1979), was made a partner in 1919. Paul Wroblewski became the sole owner of the company upon his father's death in 1921. His son, Ivan Otto Wroblewski (1928-), was made a partner in 1074.<ref name="boghandlereidanmark"/>
On 1 January 1995, Ivan Otto Wroblewski sold the firm (and property) to Forlaget Thomson, a subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation. The new owner adapted the building for use as office space. On 31 October 1996, Ivan Wroblewski was replaced by Peter Brandt as daily leader of the bookshop. The bookshop closed on 30 June 2001.<ref name="boghandlereidanmark"/>
==Architecture== thumb|Detail of the facade
Nytorv 19 is constructed in brick with four storeys over a walk-out basement. The five-bays-wide facade is plastered and painted in a bluish-grey colour. It is finished with a white-painted band above the exposed part of the basement, a white-painted cornice band above the ground floor and a modillion cornice below the roof. A frieze with festoon ornamentation is seen above the three central windows of the first floor. It is flanked by two short blank friezes above the lateral windows. A frieze is also seen above the three central windows of the second floor but it is without festoon ornamentation and not flanked by friezes above the lateral windows. The three central windows of the first and second floor are also accented with white-painted framing, marginally more so on the first floor where the sills are supported by corbels. The main entrance is located in the bay furthest to the left (east). The door is topped by a hood mould supported by corbels. The entrance to the ground floor is located in the bay furthest to the right (west). A basement entrance is located in the second bay from the left. The pitched black-glazed tile roof features three dormer windows towards the square. The roof ridge is pierced by a central chimney. A three-bays-long side wing extends from the rear side of the building along the boundary to No. 21 (Copenhagen Jailhouse). A secondary staircase appendix projects from the side wing. It is integrated with the front wing via a canted corner bay. The yard side of the building complex is plastered and painted yellow.<ref name="Kulturstyrelsen">{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=3100392|title=Sag: Nytorv 19|language=Danish|website=Kulturstyrelsen|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
==Today== The building is now owned by Frederik Brøndum.<ref name="KJ"/> A restaurant occupies the ground floor and basement of the building. The three upper floors are used as office space.<ref name="Kulturstyrelsen"/>
== References == {{reflist}} {{Commons category|Nytorv 19 (Copenhagen)}}
Category:Listed residential buildings in Copenhagen Category:Neoclassical architecture in Copenhagen Category:Residential buildings completed in 1797