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Garrison Church, Copenhagen

Garrison Church, Copenhagen
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nameGarnison Church
native_nameGarnisons Kirke
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locationCopenhagen
countryDenmark
denominationChurch of Denmark
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websiteChurch website
founded date18th century
founderFrederick IV of Denmark
consecrated date24 March 1706
statusActive
functional statusParish Church
completed date1706
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dioceseCopenhagen
bishopPeter Skov-Jakobsen
vicarClaus Oldenburg
organistHans F. Westenholz

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The Garnison Church (Garnisons Kirke) is a church at Sankt Annæ Plads in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Baroque church was erected as a church primarily intended for military personnel stationed in the city.

History

Illustration from Pontopidan's Danish Atlas from 1767

In the 17th century, Copenhagen had become home to a sizeable garrison. A military church was built at Kastellet in 1670, but its modest size only allowed it to serve the personnel at the fortress. The rest of the troops in the city had to use Church of Holmen, a former anchor forge which had been converted into a naval church in 1619.

When Sophie Amalienborg burned down in 1689, its chapel survived the flames and was subsequently put at the disposal of the Army. However, the small building which had been built for members of the royal court only served as a temporary solution. King Christian V therefore provided a tract of land at Dronningens Tværgade for the construction of a new church for the Army and military engineer Georg Philip Müller (ca 1684-ca 1706) completed a set of renderings in 1697. In order to keep down the costs of building the church, materials from Sophie Amalienborg were used. This also applied to the church chapel's furniture.

When King Frederick IV ascended the throne in 1699, he moved the project to a site in the southernmost section of Sophie Amalienborg's former gardens. Construction began in 1703, still to Müller's design but under the supervision of Domenico Pelli (1657–1728). The following year it was decided to build the church to a larger and somewhat modified design and the project was taken over by Danish architect Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen (1667–1732). The church was inaugurated on 24 March 1706.

The church underwent restoration in 1885 under the direction of architect Ludvig Knudsen (1843–1924). At that time, a burial chapel was built following drawings by Ludvig Knudsen as a free-standing building in the former cemetery. The interior of the church has been changed, repaired and renewed many times. The interior appearance of the church primarily stems from the renovation of 1954–1961 as it sought to revert to a more original appearance.

Monuments and memorials

Title / individual commemoratedImageSculptorInstalledRef.Carl Wilder MemorialChristian Frederik Brorson MemorialFriderich GiesemannGeorg Christopher von StyrupHeinrich Ludwig von Schimmelmann MemorialIndecipherable memorialJ.Th. Lundbye MemorialJörgen Valentin Sonne MemorialMathias Pedersen Nostrup MemorialOlfert Ricard MemorialChristian August Lorentzen MemorialChristoffer Wilhelm EckersbergOne Of The Many
[[File:Carl Wilder memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07811.JPG75px]]
[[File:Christian Frederik Brorson memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07798.JPG75px]]
[[File:Friderich Giesemann memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07796.JPG75px]]
[[File:Georg Christopher v. Styrup - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07791.JPG75px]]
[[File:Heinrich Ludwig von Schimmelmann - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07792.JPG75px]]
[[File:Indecipherable memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07795.JPG75px]]
[[File:J.Th. Lundbye plaque at Garnisons Kirke.JPG75px]]
[[File:Jörgen Valentin Sonne memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07810.JPG75px]]
[[File:Mathias Pedersen Nostrup memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07797.JPG75px]]
[[File:Olfert Ricard memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07793.JPG75px]]
[[File:Christian August Lorentzen memorial - Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen - DSC07794.JPG75px]]
[[File:Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg plaque at Garnisons Kirke.JPG75px]]
[[File:En af de mange 1.JPG75px]]Ausa Hofman-Bang

Burials

  • Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900), composer
  • Christian August Lorentzen (1729–1828), painter
  • lfert Ricard (1872–1929), writer and priest

References

References

  1. "Garnisons Kirke". Gyldendal.
  2. "Sophie Amalienborg".
  3. "Georg Philip Müller".
  4. "Kirkens historie".
  5. "Domenico Pelli".
  6. "Ludvig Knudsen".
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