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"The Tanner's House") is a half-timbered building complex from circa 1600 situated in Vestergade in Køge, Denmark.

It was one of few houses in the street that survived the great fire of 1633 which destroyed large parts of western and southern Køge.

In 1650, the wealthy widow, aged 53, married the local pastor of St Nicolas' Church, Christian Madsen Tausen.

Those shoemakers who owned property bordering Køge Å were usually also active in tanning and the town became home to several specialized tanneries.

The last tanner to own it was Julius Christensen, who purchased it in 1882 and continued to operate it as a tannery until the early 1920s.