Overgaden Oven Vandet 50

Overgaden Oven Vandet 50 is a residential property in the Christianshavn neighborhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Brechvoldt and a brother-in-law died in 1744, probably from drowning, leaving Martha Nielsdatter Flesborg Brechtwoldt as the owner of the lumberyard.

[2] Hegelund's house is in a fire insurance policy from January 1756 described as a two-storey, timber-framed building constructed on a brick cellar.

It was via a staircase in oak timber attached to a three-bays-long and three-storeys-tall side wing with kitchen and workshop.

Andreas Hegelund's widow Elisabeth Sophie married Gottfried August Neukammer.

[3] Hans Caspersen sold the property to Oluf Munch shortly after its completion but seems to have kept an apartment in the building.

In 1778, Overgaden Oven Vandet 50 was sold to the Scottish ship captain Arthur Bishop (c. 1742).

His widow Alison Bishop was after his death married to Alexander Malcolm, a sailing master born at Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

In 1789 he served as 1st mate on board the frigate Mette Marie (owned by van Hemmert and Partners) on a voyage to the Danish West Indies.

In 1794–95 he served as captain of Anna og Lowisa (owned by Selby) on another voyage to the Danish West Indies.

[5] Rasmus Fenger, pastor of the Church of Our Saviour, resided in the building with his wife Marthe Helene Meinertz, their two children (aged two and four), a wet nurse and a maid.

In 1807, he was supposed to captain Jøbenhavn on a third expedition to India but it was obstructed by the war with England.He subsequently bought Neppegård at Hørsholm where he then lived with his family until 1815.

[8] Dorothea Catharina Olsen, widow of a distiller, resided on the second floor with her daughter Oline Charlotte Cecilia Olsen, governess Clara Theodora Hansen Gjersing (in wine merchant Hansen's household) and one maid.

[9] Frederik Wind Schneider, a book printer, resided on the third floor with his wife Karen Elisabeth /née Kofoed) and one maid.

He was a member of Folketinget in 1850–1853 and would later serve as secretary for the prime ministers P. G. Bang (1797–1861), C. G. Andræ (1812–1893), and C. C. Hall (1812–1888).

Olsen resided on the two lower floors with his wife Ane Maren Aceline /née Giessing), their three sons (aged 18 to 27), a housekeeper and a maid.

[13] Niels Peter Carl Theodor Bruus, a military officer with rank of captain, resided on the second floor with his wife Cathrine Christine (née Stochfledt) and one maid.

[17] Alfred Olsen resided on the second floor with his wife Thora Mathilde (née Seehusen) and one maid.

The gateway in the left-hand side of the building is topped by a fanlight and the Keystone features a relief of an anchor and an inscription.

No. 177 seen on a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Christianshavn Quarter, 1757.
Caspersen's property seen on a district plan from 1886. The empty lot to its left was a few years later used for the construction of Bimbebøssen .
Thora Mathilde Olsen, née Seehusen.
Overgaden Oven Vandet 50.
The building viewed from across the naval.