Steinfass House

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'''Steinfass House''' ({{langx|da|Steinfass Gård}}) is a listed house overlooking [[Christianshavns Kanal|Christianshavn Canal]] in the [[Christianshavn]] neighbourhood of [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. It is now part of the [[Sofiegården]] hall of residence.

==History== ===17th and 18th centuries=== [[File:Christian Gedde - Christianshavns Kvarter No 311.jpg|thumb|left|No. 311 seen in a detail from [[Gedde's maps of Copenhagen|Christian Gedde's map]] of Christianshavn Quarter, 1757]]

A larger property at the site was listed as No. 102 in Christianshavn Quarter in Copenhagen's first [[cadastre]] of 1789. It was at that time owned by judge Iver Caspersen. It was later divided into a number of smaller properties. The property now known as Overgaden Oven Vandet 32 was listed as No. 311 in the new cadastre of 1756. It was at that time owned by Lars Pedersen Tøyberg.<ref name="KJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/index.php/e-boger/22-bog/matrikel/163-christianshavn|title=Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008 - Christianshavns Kvarter|language=Danish|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>

The current house was built for Jacob Steinfass in 1770–71 to a design by an unknown architect.<ref name=chrarkiv>{{cite web|url=http://www.chrarkiv.dk/filer/overgaden_oven_vandet_32_a-b.pdf|title=Overgaden Oven Vandet 32A-B|language=Danish|publisher=chrarkiv.dk|accessdate=2012-08-28}}</ref>

===19th century=== [[File:Steinfass Gård by Kristian Hude.jpg|thumb|The Steinfass House, photographed by Kristian Hude]]

The property was listed as No. 186 in the new cadastre of 1806. It was at that time owned by haulier Jens Olsen.

The painter [[P. C. Skovgaard]] lived in the building from 1842 to 1843.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indenforvoldene.dk/overgaden%20oven%20vandet%2032a-c%20-%20sofiegade%203-7%20-%20dronningensgade%2043-49.html|title=Overgaden Oven Vandet 32a-32c / Sofiegade 3-7 / Dronningensgade 43-49|language=Danish|publisher=indenforvoldene.dk|accessdate=2012-08-28}}</ref> The building was listed in 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=3102424|title=Sag: Steinfass' Gård|publisher=Kulturstyrelsen|accessdate=2012-08-28}}</ref>

==Architecture== Steinfass House is built in the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] style. It was built as an adaption and extension of an existing building and incorporates elements from its predecessor.<ref name=chrarkiv/>

==Today== In the early 1970s, the house was converted into a dorm, [[Sofiegården]], and expanded with modern wings along [[Sofiegade]] and Dronningensgade. The original contains five rooms and two three-room flats in two upper floors, and various shared facilities on the ground floor, including a day-care centre. The basement houses the bar Sofiekælderen which is popular for live music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sofiegaarden.dk/|title=Kollegiet Sofiegården|publisher=Sofiegården|accessdate=2012-08-29}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Steinfass Gård}}

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