Møllmanns Landsted
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| Møllmann's Country House | |
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Møllmanns Landsted | |
 Møllmann's Landsted photographed by Frederik Riise | |
 Interactive map of the Møllmann's Country House area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°40′31.69″N 12°32′0.28″E / 55.6754694°N 12.5334111°E |
| Completed | 1752 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Philip de Lange |
Møllmanns Landsted, literally Møllmann's Country House, is a mid 18th-century Rococo-style country house now hidden from the street by a row of younger buildings at Allégade 6 in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was from 1821 to 1887 home to Det Wærnske Institut, a home and educational facility for middle-class girls in difficult circumstances. The old country house and the building fronting the street are both listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places.
Møllmann and Bøttger
Møllmanns Labndsted was built as a country house for textile merchant Magnus Møllmann. It is believed that the architect was Philip de Lange. The house was pulled further back from Allégade than the other houses along the street, on a long narrow lot, and was surrounded by a fine garden.[1]
The next owner, Peter Christian Bøttger, was also a textile merchant. He constructed the house towards the street in 1794. Magnus Møllmann were both associated Copenhagen's German congregation at St. Peter's Church. Møllmann bought a crypt at the church on 7 October 1741. It was on 6 May 1806 acquired by Peter Christian Bøttger.[2]
Det Wærnske Institut
The property was in 1821 acquired by Det Wærnske Institut, a combined orphanage and educational facility for poor girls of the middle class. In her testament of 12 December 1800. Martha Wærn, the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Christiania who had just died, had left 200,000 Danish rigsdaler for the institution.[3] Det Wærnske Institute prepared the girls for lives as capable housewives. Much of the land was sold off by the institution. It relocated to Villa Tharand at Katanievej 2 in 1887.[4]
H. C. Heegaard and the Copenhagen Craftsmen's Association
Møllmanns Landsted was in 1888 sold to master shoemaker H. C. Heegaard. He endowed it to the Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen. The old country house was in the 1930s modernized with new kitchen facilities, central heating and electricity.
The eastern end of the property towards Dr. Priemes Vej was in 1930 used for the construction of H. C. Heegaards og Hustrus Stiftelse, a charitable housing complex.[1]
