Hotel Phoenix Copenhagen is a hotel located at the corner of Bredgade (No. 37) and Dronningens Tværgade (No. 1-3) in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is owned and operated by Arp-Hansen Hotel Group.
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History
Gyldensten's mansion
The still undeveloped site at the corner of Bredgade and Dronningens Tværgade was in the middle of the 17th century owned by the pharmacist Esaias Fleischer. He was the owner of Løveapotek as well as several properties in the city. In 1670, a few years after his death, it was sold to Hans Arenfeld, a nobleman who also owner of Knivholt Manor at Frederikshavn.
Hotel Stadt Hamburg
The site was later acquired by count Jean Henri Huguetan Gyldensteen. He constructed a new building on the land in 1740. Gyldensten passed the property on to his illegitimate son Jean Henri Desmercières in 1749. At the turn of the 19th century it was owned by grocer Peder Erichsen. At this point it was the only privately owned building in Copenhagen whose facade featured a clock.
In 1937, the property was acquired by restaurateur W. Murdoch. He converted it into a hotel under the name »Stadt Hamburg«.
Hotel Phoenix opens
In 1847 it was acquired by an aktieselskab. The old building was demolished and Hotel Phønix« opened in a new building in 1848. The hotel was frequently used for housing guests of the nobility as well as the royal family.
The hotel was privately owned from 1883 to 1919. In 1891, Carl Neiiendam bought the hotel from the grocer Christopher Emil Sødring. Je was appointed to Royal Court Hotelier after the hotel had been used for housing some of the guests for King Christian IX and Queen Louise's fold wedding in 1892. Carl Neiiendam sold the hotel in 1917.
Closure and reopening
Hotel Phoenix was confiscated by the occupying German forces during World War. The building was used as local headquarters of the German Navy.
In October 1945, a few months after the liberation, Hotel Phoenix was acquired by the Danish Communist Party. Ole Buhl and Harald Petersen were commissioned to adapted the building for its new use as party headquarters in 1946. The party's newspaper Land og Folk and several other associated organisations and companies were also based in the building.
Arp-Hansen acquired the building in 1990. The architect Robert Grünbreger refurbished the hotel in 1990-1991.
Maps Hotel Phoenix Copenhagen
Today
Hotel Phoenix Copenhagen has 213 rooms and suites. Facilities include Brasserie Murdoch's Books & Ale, meeting and conference rooms and fitness centre.
Cultural references
In Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, Professor Lidenbroch and Axcel stay at Hotel Phenix when they pass through Copenhagen on their way to Iceland.
Further reading
- Bokkenheuser,Knud: Hotel Phoenix og dets Historie igennem 80 Aa. Gyldendals Trykkeri, Copenhagen, 1926 (45 pages, illustrated)
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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