Tårnborgvej
Tårnborgvej is a dead end street extending from the northside of Gammel Kongevej, one block East of H. C. Ørsteds Vej, in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark.
History[edit]
The street takes its name after Villa Tårnborg, a house located at the corner of Gammel Kongevej and H. C. Ørstedsvej, which was designed by Johan Daniel Herholdt for his sister and brother-in-law A. C.B. Bibow in 1856-47. The house was demolished in 1859.[1]
Buildings[edit]
A number of old villas from the late 19th century have survived. No. 12 is from 1867-[2] The two houses at No. 4 (1893) and No. 6-8 were both designed by Vilhelm Friedrichsen.[3] No. 6 (1870) is now home to Kaptajn Johnsens Skole's after school programmes.[4]
Frederiksberg Borgerforenings Stiftelse (No. 14-16), a five-storey red brick building læcated behind a low fence at the end of the street, was built by Frederiksberg Borgerforening in 1902 as a retirement home for members of the association. It contained 20 dwellings.[5] The architect was Ludvig Andersen who has also designed Pilegaarden and Skt. Joseph Hospital in Copenhagen. Frederiksberg Borgerforening had been founded back in 1888.[6]
Notable people[edit]
- Caspar Paludan Møller (1805-1882), historian, lived at No. 10 1874-82.[7]
- Israel Levin (1810-1883), philologist and former secretary of Søren Kierkegaard, lived at No. 7 in 1878 – 1879.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Tårnborggade" (in Danish). hovedstadshistorie.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Ejendommen bag et af kvarterets store træer, vistnok et cyprestræ, i 2004" (in Danish). kbhbilleder.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Ejendommen i italiensk stil i 2004" (in Danish). kbhbilleder.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Kaptajn Johnsens Skoles skolefritidsordning, Piraten" (in Danish). kbhbilleder.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Kongeriget Danmark" (in Danish). j. P, Trap. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Frederiksberg Borgerforenings Stiftelse" (in Danish). kbhbilleder.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Caspar Paludan Møller" (in Danish). kbhbilleder.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Bopælsregister: L" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
External links[edit]
- Architectural renderings of Taarnborg in the Danish National Art Library
- Jørgen Albert Bech/Taarbborggaard