Bremerholm
Bremerholm was a small island - a Holm - on the sailing route between the Danish capital Copenhagen and Amager . In the 16th century the shipyard of the Royal Navy was established there , which was named Holmen for short after the island . The most famous building today is the Holmens Kirke , a former anchor forge . A new naval shipyard was built towards the end of the 17th century. Their area, Nyholm , the new spar, was artificially created in the harbor. With the move of the shipbuilding company Gammelholm , Bremerholm became the old Holm. It was not until 1859 that the last naval operation left Gammelholm, which was converted into a residential area. Bremerholm was retained as the name of a street.
history
The spar was probably named after merchants or shipbuilders from Bremen . The island was firmly connected to Copenhagen by landfill until 1500. The shipyard was built around 1510. King Christian III expanded the facilities. The anchor forge was built in 1562, the Reeperbahn was laid out eleven years later , and parts of it have been preserved behind Charlottenborg Palace . After Christian IV had a large workshop building built in 1617, which among other things housed a smithy with 18 meals , the old anchor forge was converted into the church of Bremerholm. On September 5, 1619, the church was given to the Lutheran Church . Navy members were married or buried there, such as Admiral Niels Juel .
The shipbuilding business on the Holm was managed by Holmadmirals or Overekvipage semesters . Most of the time chain convicts worked at the shipyard . Around 1690, under the admirals Henrik Span and Christopher Ernst von Stöcken, the construction of the ships of the line and frigates began to move to Nyholm. Workshops and magazines remained on Gammelholm until 1859. The first Danish steam engine was put into operation there in 1790 . In addition, Gammelholm remained a base and office buildings and apartments for naval officers were built. The two shipyard islands were Denmark's largest workplace for a long time.
The shipyard site was redesigned in the 1860s and 1870s according to plans by the architect Ferdinand Meldahl as a residential area near the city center. In 1932, Bremerholm became the name of a controversial road breakthrough.
The future Queen Margrethe II married Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (Prince Henrik) on June 10, 1967 in Holmens Kirke .
literature
- Torben Ejlersen: Bremerholm. In: The Danske store. Gyldendal 2017 (Danish, denstoredanske.lex.dk )
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Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 41.9 ″ N , 12 ° 35 ′ 20 ″ E