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D esp ite his g rand io se schem es, T re llu n d w e n t b a n k ru p t and to avoid m e e t
ing his c om m itm en ts he fled across th e f ro n tie r, and to o k up re sid en c e in w h a t
was at th a t tim e th e in d ep en d an t D uchy o f Slesw ig, w h e re a fte r gaining a
n o to rie ty as a ch a rle tan , he la te r d ied . His C h ristian shavn p ro p e rtie s w e re
d istra in ed up on by th e C row n .
P a rt o f th e g ro u n d invo lved was, fo r a tim e , in te n d e d to be used as a site
fo r th e bu ilding o f a c h u rc h . This p lo t is m a rk e d A on a p ic to ria l m ap o f C o p e n
hagen pub lished in
1674
(ill. p .
47).
This plan lapsed as d id y e t a n o th e r w h ich
in c lu d ed a schem e fo r bu ild in g o f barracks as w ell (ill. p .
49),
and th e site
was even tually handed ov er as p riv ate p ro p e rty to th e comm and an t o f th e
n e igh bou ring b arracks.
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A D A N G E R O U S N E I G H B O U R H O O D
Field Marshall Hans Schack (ill. p. 3 1) , the commander of the Danish forces
during the Swedish siege o f the capital owned property adjoining Gronne-
gaards Havn and in the
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s
, after the site had reverted to the Crown, a
factory was built here for the production o f priming and similar materials for
the Danish defense forces. In addition to the factory, barracks were built on
an adjoining site to accomodate the workers (ill. p. 33) who were in fact
enlisted artillery-men. The powder works was an ill fated venture - it blew up
in 1679 and in doing so wrecked the barracks. After rebuilding, a similar
disaster occured some few years later.
It is o f in te re s t to n o te th a t b o th b arracks and p ow d e r w o rk s w e re in
w h a t w o u ld n ow b e d e sc rib ed as a »b u ilt-up « area, and th e re w e re in fact
several dw elling houses la te r p u t up alm o st adjoining th em .
N E W P R O C E S S E S A N D A N E W B A N K R U P T
The question of building a church in the neighbourhood of Gronnegaards Havn
was a constantly recurring one in the 160 0 ’ s, but it was many years before
anything concrete was done about it. The original plans were abandoned when
war broke out with the Swedes in 163-7. Some years later an Officer of the
Royal Engineers, Gottfred Hoffmann, produced a scheme for the building of
a church and even a series o f streets in an area to be reclaimed within the
ramparts (ill. p. 3-9). This piece of town-planning met with the same fate as an
earlier scheme that had proposed a rational development of the area and in
cluded barracks and married quarters for officers and ratings of the Navy.
At a later date Hoffmann was responsible for what is now the only extant
plan of Gronnegaards Havn and environs as it was in the 17th century. This
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