Christiansborg Palace

Christiansborg Palace [ kʀesdjansbɔ ː ʔʀ ] (Danish Christiansborg Slot ) is located on the island of Holmen slot in the center of Copenhagen and is home to the tips of the three branches of government of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the only representative building that combines the highest representatives of the executive, legislative and judicial branches under one roof in the world. In addition to the premises of the Parliament the Folketing are the Supreme Court, an official residence of the Prime Minister and Royal reception rooms in the palace. The present building was built in 1906-1937.

History

Absalon's Castle and Copenhagen Castle

Built around 1167 Archbishop Absalon, who is considered the founder of Copenhagen, a castle on the present castle island. The castle came under Waldemar the Great in the possession of the Danish crown. The fort was repeatedly exposed to attacks including the Rügen Apply. The multiple expanded plant was razed in the 14th century after the defeat of King Waldemar IV Atterday in the second war against the Hanseatic League by his opponents. On the foundations of later emerged the Copenhagen Castle ( Københavns slot), a polygonal castle with moat, which was extended to the royal residence.

The first Christiansborg Palace

1736, King Christian VI. the first Christiansborg Palace built as absolutist representational by the German architect Elias David Haeusser. There was a four-leaf rococo palace with a riding track, court theater ( which still exist today ) and Castle Church. The huge construction costs were approximately two-thirds of the annual income of the kingdom. For half a century, a magnificent court life in the castle unfolded.

On February 26, 1794 in the afternoon probably broke through a tiled stove, a fire in the main wing, in which the castle burnt down together with the castle church and the royal music library until the early morning hours of the following day. The stables, was carried out by the firefighters with a fire hose, survived the disaster.

The second Christiansborg Palace

The second Christiansborg Palace was 1806-28 in the style of classicism by the architect Christian Frederik Hansen ( 1756-1845 ) in the years - a friend Schinkel - built. This castle was the setting for the country's transition from absolutism to parliamentarism. In March 1848, a crowd gathered in front of Christiansborg Palace and demanded a democratic constitution. The king gave some of his chambers in the Reichstag, which began its work in January 1850 on the same wing, where is the hall of the Folketing today. The second Christiansborg burned on 3 October 1884, in turn, probably because of an oven fire. Although the building was provided in contrast to the previous building with fire walls, fire hydrants and other devices, but the maze of ventilation ducts and shafts through which the flames spread was the deletion forces hardly familiar. Only 1826 finished classical castle church survived the fire.

The unorganized unloading operations were the incentive to establish the Falck for the Dane Sophus Falck.

The third Christiansborg Palace

The reconstruction of the castle was debated long and controversial. The purpose of a castle were pulled under the changed political circumstances of many in doubt. From an architectural competition eventually went Thorvald Jørgensen (1867-1946) emerged as the winner. His original design has undergone many changes. The visible result of today has never been able to achieve a significant popularity. Neo-baroque forms and unfortunate choice of material to be criticized today.

The main construction lasted from 1907 to 1928, last work was completed only in 1937. 1918 adopted by the Danish Parliament ( Folketing ) based in the Castle in 1919 was followed by the Supreme Court, and in 1928 the royal reception rooms of their determination has been sent.

1992 devastated a renewed serious fire the castle church. You could be reopened after extensive restoration work in 1997.

The building

The three -bladed main building is accessed by three portals. The Queen portal at the north wing leads to the royal reception rooms, while the portal forms the entrance to the Folketing on the southern wing. Although the Royal Portal at Schlossplatz acts like a main entrance, in fact leads only to the underground exhibition of medieval foundations.

The castle tower measures 106 meters and dominates the tower of the Copenhagen Town Hall by half a meter. It was built in frame construction and is one of the oldest reinforced concrete buildings in the country.

The sandstone facades of the Prince - Jørgen - yard come from the classical predecessor of the castle. Otherwise field stones were used for the basement and ground floor, which have been collected from more than 700 Danish parishes. The only rough-hewn stones give the building an almost castle-like character, but offer a fascinating play of colors on closer inspection. The other parts of the facade are clad in granite. Granite is largely insensitive to weather conditions, but is hardly suitable for delicate decors. Most ornaments were created by the sculptor Anders Bundgaard. Above the windows of the ground floor are granite masks important men in Danish history as Absalon, Tycho Brahe, NFS Grundtvig, Blicher Tietgen and Enrico Dalgas. The Fathers of the Danish Constitution are gathered around the entrance to Parliament. About this input carry four atlases apparently the load of the overlying balconies. Your pained faces ensured at the unveiling of scorn and anger. It donations were collected to make them refuse. But they still suffer from, and the vernacular replaced the original title of the group of figures ( " The daily effort " ) by terms such as " horror gate" or " head, ears, teeth and stomach pain ."

The organ of the Castle Church was built in 1829 by the organ builders Marcussen and Reuter. The organ case (6.4 m high, 6.0 m wide, 3.5 m deep) and the prospectus, of the architect CF Hansen designed. The instrument has 38 registers ( 1,959 pipes ) housed on three manuals and pedal, and is on the upper gallery. A register is vacant. The play and Registertrakturen are mechanical. The substation is swellable. The wind turbine is housed in a room behind the organ. 8 it comprises bellows that can be operated mechanically ( Trittbälge ) and electrically.

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Trivia

The castle is colloquially Borgen ( dt, castle ') called. This is also the name passed title of the Danish political TV series Borgen - Dangerous cliques.