Nybrogade 6/Snaregade 3 is an 18th-century building complex overlooking ther Slotsholmens Kanal in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of a five storeys tall and six bays wide building in Nybrogade (1762–1784, heightened 1797–1827) and a half-timbered rear wing in Snaregade ('1733) on the other side of the block as well as a seven-bays-long half-timbered side wing that connect them to each other along one side of a central courtyard. The three buildings were jointly listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include the bookseller Salomon Soldin (1774–1837), composers Andreas Peter Berggreen (1801–1880) and Volkmar Busch and Wollert Konow. The building is today used as extra offices for the Ministry of Culture, headquartered in Assistenshuset at Nybrogade 2.
History
18th century
The properties now known as Nybrogade 6 and Nybrogade 4 were formerly part of the same property. This property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 4 in Snaren's Quarter, owned by Morits Mandixen. The property was later divided into two separate properties. The western of these properties (now Nybrogade 6) was again listed as No. 4 in the new cadastre of 1756 and belonged to Hans Munch at that time.
The other property (No. 3, now Nybrogade 4) did not continue all the way through the block to Snaregade, leaving No. 3 as an L-shaped property (cf. the map detail from Christian Gedde's 1757 map of Snaren's Quarter). The Snaregade portion of the property was from 1833 the site of a 15-bays-long half-timbered building (shortened with six bays in 1845, cf. below). The building in Nybrogade was constructed with two storeys some time between 1762 and 1784.
The property belonged to master butcher Christen Nielsen Smidt at the time of the 1787 census. He lived there with his wife Helene Lind, their 15-year-old daughter, a 22-year-old son from his first marriage, seven butchers, five butcher's apprentices, a caretaker and three maids.
Christian Reinhardt Chartier
The property was later acquired by Calico printer Christian Reinhardt Chartier (alternative spellings of his last name include Chartil and Schartie). He heighetened the two-storey building in Nybrogade in 1797. His property was home to eight households at the 1801 census. Christian Reinhardt Chartier resided in the building with his wife Johanne Cathrine Rasmussen, his mother Engel Christine Chartier, his 16-year-old niece Engel Christine Lovise Chartier and one maid. Jochum Svitzer, a cooper (bødkersvend), resided in the building with his wife Margrethe Berthelsen, their five children (aged two to 13) and one maid. Karen Søsted, a widow porcelain merchant, resided in the building with her daughter Cecilia Margrethe Heegaard, one maid and two lodgers. Samson Salomon, a singer, resided in the building with his wife Ester Uri Cohn, four foster children (aged nine to 20) and two lodgers. Juliane Knag, a widow, resided in the building with her three children (aged two to 10) and one maid. Jacob Nielsen, a skipper, resided in the building with his wife Boel Andersenand their 10-year-old daughter Maren Kirstine Nielsen. Ane Schiøt, a widow waitress, resided in the building with her daughter Margrethe Schiøt. Johan Friderich Schreiber, a master shoemaker, resided in the building with his wife Dorthe Elydia, one shoemaker (employee) and one shoemaker's apprentice.
The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 3 in Snaren's Quarter. It was owned by textile printer Chartier at that time.
18101850s
The bookseller Salomon Soldin (1774–1837) resided in the building from 1813 to 1916. He later purchased the property at Fortunstræde 1. The composer Andreas Peter Berggreen (1801–1880) resided in the building in 1836. The building in Nybrogade was heightened with one storey in 1827.
The building was again heightened in 1827. Some sources state that it was heightened with two storeys in 1797 and that the last storey was added in 1827. Other sources state that it was heightened with one storey in 1797, 1827 and 1845. The census records from 1840 mentions a fourth floor but no ground floor, leaving it open to interpretation weather it was then a four-storey building or a five-storey building with an uninhabited ground floor. An illustration of the adjacent building (Oæretræet, Nybrogade 4) from 1840 (see below) does, however, clearly show part of the building with five storeys.