Amalienborg
The Amalienborg Palace (Danish: Amalienborg Slot [ ama ː ʔliənbɔ ː ʔʀ ] ) is the Copenhagen city residence of the Danish Queen Margrethe II The castle is still owned by the Danish royal family, the presence of the queen is symbolized by their standard. Is the Royal Family present, takes place every day at 12.00 clock instead of the Changing of the Garden outside the castle.
The castle ensemble is formed by four individual palace around an octagonal square. The houses were originally built as the centerpiece of the new district for various Danish noble families and arrived with time in the possession of the royal family. The Palais Levetzau houses a museum and the Palais Moltke can be visited on guided tours.
- 2.1 Description
- 2.2 of buildings 2.2.1 Schack
- 2.2.2 Palais Moltke
- 2.2.3 Palais Brockdorff
- 2.2.4 Palais Levetzau
History of the castle
The first Amalienborg
There was originally one of Frederick III at the site of the present residence. 1669-1673 for Sophie Amalie of Brunswick- Lüneburg built a pleasure palace. The king died in 1670 and witnessed the completion of construction not more, Sophie Amalie, after their second name, the castle was named, lived there until her death in 1685.
On April 19, 1689 came to a serious fire in an adjacent theater building, which expanded on the Amalienborg Palace, the castle destroyed and 171 people lost their lives. Among the dead was among others the composer and organist Johann Lorentz. The site, which was located within the Copenhagen city walls, then lay fallow for several years relative. Beginning of the 18th century, a small pavilion in the middle of a French garden was here then under Frederick IV created.
Construction of the four city palace
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the House of Oldenburg took Frederik V 's plan to expand the still medieval-themed Copenhagen and make a new, baroque district on the French model. Focus of this Frederiksstaden on the site of the former Amalienborg should be an octagonal, surrounded by mansions place with a line of sight to a central church, as the head of the project the court architect Nicolai Eigtved 1749 obliged.
To fill the new district with life, the king offered the Ruins various noble families. Under the condition that the plans would be implemented Eigtveds, builders 40 years tax abatement received assurances. The work began in 1750. First House, the palace was completed for Adam Gottlob Moltke Moltke in 1754, followed in 1757, the palace of posts originating from Holstein Countess Schack. 1760 the work on the houses of Baron and Count Brockdorff Levetzau were terminated. The four palaces were, as was customary, inhabited only sporadically, as the noble families owned large residences on the land adjacent to the townhouses.
1794 broke in Copenhagen in Christiansborg Palace from a devastating fire that almost completely destroyed the building and King Christian VII made temporarily homeless. The Moltke family set her Palace at Amalienborg Borger place it available to the king, because they owned large estates on Funen and was not necessarily dependent on the townhouse. Gradually the royal family purchased add the remaining houses and established their residence here. The new building, Christiansborg Palace was only used for representative purposes and later for the Danish parliament and the Supreme Court.
The present castle Amalienborg
Description
The four - outwardly almost identical - Palais grouped around the Amalienborg Palace Square Borger, whose center is an equestrian statue of Frederick V.
All palaces consist of a large, square-shaped central block with angled side wings and various outbuildings which were originally used as farm buildings and sheds. The facades of the houses are decorated with colossal columns and pilasters and are generally regarded as the culmination of the Danish Baroque. The Palais Moltke and Schack were joined in the 19th century by a neoclassical gatehouse, which serves as a representative passage to Amaliegade. The roof terrace was an opportunity to move from one to another palace, without having to go through the public square.
The floor plans of the houses were designed all the same, but adapted to the different needs of the residents over the past 250 years, and today are slightly different in each palace. On the conversion work late 18th century and early 19th century Caspar Frederik Harsdorff Christian Frederik Hansen were involved.
Behind the palace there are small angular gardens that were originally created in the French style.
Of buildings
Schack
The Schack, and Palais Christian IX. called, was originally commissioned for the Norwegian nobles Løvenskiold in order, but acquired prior to the completion in 1757 already in 1754 by the Countess Schack. The castle was the residence of Frederick VI. and Christian IX. , who lived here for almost 50 years.
Today this palace is the official residence of Queen Margrethe II Copenhagen The Schack is preferably used by her as a winter residence, it inhabits mainly the location outside Copenhagen Fredensborg Palace and in the summer a few weeks Gravenstein Castle near Sønderborg.
Palais Moltke
The Palais Moltke, also called Palais Christian VII, 1754 was ready and was endowed by his wealthy First- particularly complex. The so-called Knights' Hall of the Palais is one of the most beautiful rooms of the Rococo in Denmark. The angular garden behind the palace largely corresponds to the original state.
The palace served after the fire of Christiansborg 1794 Christian VII as a residence. After his death, it was mainly used as a guest house of the royal family, this feature takes true today regularly. The state rooms can during guided tours - provided that the royal family is absent, and there are no state guests in the house - to the public.
Palais Brockdorff
The, also called Palais Brockdorff Palace Frederik VIII, was first referred to in 1760 and acquired in 1765 by the royal house, that here was to establish a military school. It was not until 1828, the castle was used as a residence and served as the residence for Frederick VIII and later Frederick IX.
The palace housed the city apartment of Dowager Queen Ingrid, who lived there until her death in 2000. It was renovated and rebuilt in the following years as the official residence of the heir to the throne Copenhagen Frederik and his wife Mary of Denmark.
Palais Levetzau
The, also called Palais Palais Levetzau Christian VIII, 1760 was ready for occupancy. It was acquired in 1794 by the royal family - the family Levetzau decreed that the family crest should not be removed - and served Christian VIII and Christian X as a residence. Today is in the castle is a museum that is dedicated to the Danish royal family. The museum inventory, for example, to include the study of the two kings, is complemented by regularly changing exhibitions. Among other things, a collection of party dresses Queen Ingrid was issued here in 2007.
About the museum was the former city residence of the heir to the throne Frederik. Today there is the Copenhagen Apartment of Joachim and his wife Marie of Denmark.
Area
From the Schlossplatz led a straight line of sight to the Frederik Church, the so-called marble church, which was scheduled at the same time with the new district, but not completed until almost 150 years later. In the same run, on the other side of the harbor, is the construction of the new Royal Opera House opened in 2005.
Are the green spaces Amalie Have, a donation of the shipowner AP Møller in the city of Copenhagen between the castle area and the port facility.