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Heering House
The Heering House (Danish: Heerings Gård) is a Neoclassical house overlooking Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name from Peter Frederik Suhm Heering (1792-1875) who owned it from 1838 until his death in 1875 and it continued to serve as headquarters for his company, Peter Heering, until 1977. The building is now home to the Nordea Foundation and a museum dedicated to banks and saving banks, as well as six residences available to foreign researchers and specialists.
The property was listed as No. 60 in Christianshavn Quarter in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689. It was at that time owned by Kirsten Nielsen, widow of brewer Espen Nielsen.
The property was acquired by brewer and timber merchant Peter Casse (1697-1782). He was originally from Flensbiurg. Gasse was also active in the slave trade. He was responsible for sending around 20 ships to the West Indies with slaves. He was elected as councilman. In 1749, he was one of the members of the Herman congregation who applied for royal permission to build Frederick's German Church. He was also elected as one of the "directors" of the construction process. In 1753 he constructed a new brewery building on the rear of his property. The property was listed as No. 163 in the new cadastre of 1756. Casse was also the owner of a warehouse at Bådsmandsstræde 4. He kept the property until his death. He is buried in the crypt of Christian's Church (Chapel 2).
In 1785 it was acquired by Hans Peder Kofoed (1743– 1812), a sea captain from Bornholm. He constructed a large new building fronting the street, probably to designs by the architect Georg Erdman Rosenberg.
Kofoed lived in the building with his wife, Marie Kofoed (1760–1838), and an adopted son from Saint Croix.
When Marie Kofoed became a widow in 1812, she involved herself in philanthropic work in the local community, supporting unmarried women and widows of seamen financially, and continued to live in the house until her own death in 1838.
The house was then purchased by Peter Frederik Suhm Heering who needed more space for his expanding business enterprises. He had begun a production of Cherry Heering liqueur in 1818 which had gained world-wide success. In 1833 he had also made a move into shipping, acquiring a schooner built in Svaneke on Bornholm. By 1858, his company, Heering Line, operated a fleet of ten merchant ships which sailed to South America and the Mediterranean Sea.
After Peter Heering's death in 1875, the property remained in the Heering family for another four generations.
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Heering House
The Heering House (Danish: Heerings Gård) is a Neoclassical house overlooking Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name from Peter Frederik Suhm Heering (1792-1875) who owned it from 1838 until his death in 1875 and it continued to serve as headquarters for his company, Peter Heering, until 1977. The building is now home to the Nordea Foundation and a museum dedicated to banks and saving banks, as well as six residences available to foreign researchers and specialists.
The property was listed as No. 60 in Christianshavn Quarter in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689. It was at that time owned by Kirsten Nielsen, widow of brewer Espen Nielsen.
The property was acquired by brewer and timber merchant Peter Casse (1697-1782). He was originally from Flensbiurg. Gasse was also active in the slave trade. He was responsible for sending around 20 ships to the West Indies with slaves. He was elected as councilman. In 1749, he was one of the members of the Herman congregation who applied for royal permission to build Frederick's German Church. He was also elected as one of the "directors" of the construction process. In 1753 he constructed a new brewery building on the rear of his property. The property was listed as No. 163 in the new cadastre of 1756. Casse was also the owner of a warehouse at Bådsmandsstræde 4. He kept the property until his death. He is buried in the crypt of Christian's Church (Chapel 2).
In 1785 it was acquired by Hans Peder Kofoed (1743– 1812), a sea captain from Bornholm. He constructed a large new building fronting the street, probably to designs by the architect Georg Erdman Rosenberg.
Kofoed lived in the building with his wife, Marie Kofoed (1760–1838), and an adopted son from Saint Croix.
When Marie Kofoed became a widow in 1812, she involved herself in philanthropic work in the local community, supporting unmarried women and widows of seamen financially, and continued to live in the house until her own death in 1838.
The house was then purchased by Peter Frederik Suhm Heering who needed more space for his expanding business enterprises. He had begun a production of Cherry Heering liqueur in 1818 which had gained world-wide success. In 1833 he had also made a move into shipping, acquiring a schooner built in Svaneke on Bornholm. By 1858, his company, Heering Line, operated a fleet of ten merchant ships which sailed to South America and the Mediterranean Sea.
After Peter Heering's death in 1875, the property remained in the Heering family for another four generations.