Copenhagen Fire of 1795

Copenhagen Fire of 1795

The Copenhagen Fire of 1795 started Friday the June 5, around 3 p.m. at the Navy’s old base at Gammelholm in the fleets warehouse for coal and barrels. The fire spread, crossing over Holmens Canal to the quarter around Saint Nicholas Church and further along Gammel Strand (Old Beach) to Kompagnistræde (Company Street), Knabrostræde, Rådhusstræde (City Hall Street), Farvergade (Dyer Street), Gammeltorv (Old Square), Nytorv (New Square), Frederikberggade, Vestergade (Western Street) and Sankt Peders Stræde (Saint Peter’s Street).

The fire died out Sunday the June 7, around 4 p.m.. It had destroyed 941 houses and made homeless around 6000 residents.

The fire burned the remaining part of the quarter from the Middle Ages which the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 had left behind, leaving very few houses from before the 18th Century.

The fire had a lasting effect on the economy; Denmark’s first mortgage institution, Kreditkassen for Husejerne i Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen’s Credit Organization for House Owners) was founded in 1797.



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