Klostergården, Copenhagen

Klostergården, also known as Det Petersenske Jomfrukloster, is a listed Neoclassical property on Amagertorv (No. 29) in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The rear side of the building faces Læderstræde. A passageway, Klostergangen, passes through the building.

Klostergården
General information
LocationAmagertorv 29, Copenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′42″N 12°34′37″E
Completed1769

History
Rendering by Garsdorff
Brødrene Petersens Jomfrukloster, 1755

Det Petersenske Jomfrukloster, a Lutheran house of secular canonesses for the use of unmarried noblewomen, was founded in 1758 in accordance with a will dated 30 December 1755 by silk and textile merchant Albr. Petersen and his brother Sebastian Petersen. Its original name was "de Brødrene Petersens Jomfru-Sæde eller "Kloster". The building was designed by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff in 1766 and it was completed in 1870.

The building was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but rebuilt 1797–98 by Joseph Guione.[1] It was expanded with an extra floor in 1880.[2]

The property was purchased by the Klostergården property company in 1918. They commissioned Bent Helveg-Møller to undertake a renovation which received an award from the city in 1923.[3]

Architecture
The passageway

Klostergården is part of a large block which is bounded by Højbro Plads to the east and Hyskenstræde to the west. The façade on Amagertorv is 10 bays long and has a four-bay central projection. A frieze with lettering between the first and second floor reads Monumentum Pietatis Petersenianae ("Memorial to the piousness of Petersen"). A gate to the right of the main entrance opens to a passageway, Klostergangen, which continues through three small courtyards before reaching Læderstræde on the other side of the block. It dates from Helveg-Møller's renovation in 1918.[4]

Today
Facade detail of Amagertorv 29th

The building was purchased for DKK 200 million by Jorcks Ejendomsselskab in 2014. It contains an & Other Stories store (since 2013) on Amagertorv and a café called Café Zirup on Læderstræde.[5]

References
  1. "Amagertorv 29". Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. "Sag: Det Petersenske Jomfrukloster". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "Amagertorv 29-29a/Læderstræde 32a-b-34". DanskeFilm (in Danish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. "Eric Kress i Den danske Filmdatabase". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  5. "Jomfrukloster på Strøget købt for 200 millioner". DanskeFilm (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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