Nybrogade 10
Nybrogade 10 is a Late Neoclassical property on the Gammel Strand-Nybrogade canalfront, opposite Thorvaldsens Museum and Christiansborg Palace, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The narrow property comprises the building at Snaregade 7 on the other side of the block as well as a perpendicular side wing that connects the two buildings along the northeast side of a small courtyard. The building on Nybrogade was constructed as a Baroque style townhouse but owes its current appearance to a major renovation in the 1850s. The complex was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. The church historian Frederik Hammerich and the philologist and educator Martin Hammerich grew up in the building. Former city engineer and publisher of the city directory Kraks Vejviser Thorvald Krak (1830-1908) resided in the apartment on the third floor from 1899 until his death. History Early history The property was in 1689 as No. 6 in Snaren's Quarter owned by lawyer Jørgen Simonsen. The buildings were together with most of the other buildings in the area destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. The current building in Nybrogade, then known as Imod Kanalen, literally "Towards the Canal", was constructed in 1740. In 1756, it