Centralpostbygningen
The Centralpostbygning in Copenhagen is the administrative headquarters of Post Danmark .
history
The building was inaugurated on September 22, 1912 and is located on the corner of Tietgensgade and Bernstorffsgade. The previous headquarters on Købmagergade had become too small for the day-to-day business. The close proximity of the new Centralpostbygning to Copenhagen Central Station was due to the fact that when it was built, the train had become the main means of transport for the post office and the post office had become Danske Statsbaner 's largest customer . However, the remoteness and dimensions of the new seat led to critical press reviews. Heinrich Wenck was the architect of both the main train station, which was built in the same period, and the post office. Wenck designed the latter with a view to increasing business volume. The former post office counter is now out of service.
architecture
The front part of the building is designed as a four-wing complex, the front building of which is located on Tietgensgade with the exposed side. The right wing has been extended and opens into a T-shaped part of the building. One half of this Ts and the rear building of the four-wing complex encompass a courtyard that is closed by a one-story wing on Bernstorffsgade.
With the exception of the wing just mentioned, the building has three floors and an underground floor, from which a tunnel once led to the main station. The facade on Tietgensgade is 48 meters long, the three- and one-story side wing on Bernstorffsgade a total of 115 meters.
The Centralpostbygning is in a neo-baroque palace style. Red brick walls follow a granite base. The mansard roof consists of black glazed tiles with copper-covered mansards. The centrally placed tower of the front building is also covered with copper. In addition to the inner courtyards, the front side on Tietgensgade is a reference to French aristocratic palaces from the 17th century. It has a central risalite with a width of three window axes, the four pilasters of which are made of sandstone. In addition, the gable ornaments, the main cornice and the door and window frames are made of sandstone. In the risal part there are three portals, each with a lantern. There is another portal on the outermost window axes.
At the time of its inauguration, the building had an interior that could be assessed as luxurious: teak and mahogany decorations, central heating and electricity in all rooms, as well as flush toilets. The construction time was three years and the costs amounted to 2.5 million crowns (equivalent to over 140 million crowns in 2012).
Kulturarvsstyrelsen did not rate the Centralpostbygning as a monument in 2002 due to numerous interior renovations, but the building was given an entry by the authority on the website 1001 fortællinger om Danmark , which was initiated in 2010 and records Danish cultural heritage.
Postage stamps
On the occasion of the inauguration of the building in 1912, the Danish Post issued its “first real special postage stamp” (“første egentlige særfrimærke”) with the building as a motif. An eight-crown postage stamp was published for the centenary, but it also shows the building from a different perspective.
Web links
- Photograph of the construction site from 1910. (Photographer: Gustav A. Andersen)
- Entry on 1001fortaellinger with further pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kulturarvsstyrelsen (ed.): Post- og Telekommunikationens huse 1880-1930 (PDF; 1.5 MB), Copenhagen 2002, p. 23, accessed on September 18, 2012 (Danish)
- ↑ a b c N. N .: Postens Hovedkvarter , in: Med rundt , No. 2, 37/2012, pp. 2–3, p. 2.
- ↑ Hovedpostkontoret Tietgensgade , in 1001 fortællinger om Danmark , accessed on September 18, 2012 (Danish)
- ↑ NN: Postens Hovedkvarter , in: Med rundt , No. 2, 37/2012, pp. 2–3, p. 3.
Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 16.1 ″ N , 12 ° 34 ′ 3.3 ″ E