Krigsråd Mørks Minde,ådMø situated at Lille Kannikestræde 4, is a charity with affordable accommodation for widows and unmarried women from the higher classes in Copenhagen, Denmark, established by Emilie Henriette Mørk (Mørch) in 186465 in memory of her father, , who was awarded the title of krigsråd. The Neoclassical building was constructed by master mason Christian Aagaard in 183031. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950. Notable former residents include actor Ludvig Phister, cookbook writer Anne Marie Mangor, painter Emil Carlsen and Professor Nicolai Christopher Kall Rasmussen.
History
Early history
Store Kannikestræde was formerly dominated by a series of houses available to professors at the University of Copenhagen. Some of these houses, situated at the corner of Store Kannikestræde and Lille Kannikestræde, were in the middle of the 18th century destroyed by fire. Four of the properties were subsequently merged into a single large property, listed in Copenhagen's new cadastre of 1756 as No. 33 in Klædeby Quarter and still described as a fire site at that time. The property comprised what is now Store Kannikestræde 15 and Lille Kannikestræde 4.
A new house was later constructed on the property by the university. The house was put at the disposal of Balthasar Gebhard von Obelitz, a professor of law, Supreme Court justice and the university's rector in 177677. He lived there with his wife Christiane Birgitte Gaarder, two sons from his first marriage (aged 15 and 24), his wife's sister Anne Sophie Gaarder, his youngest son's tutor (hofmester) Jens Worm Begtrup, a male servant, a caretaker, a housekeeper, a female cook and three maids at the time of the 1787 census.
The property was listed as No. 35 in the new cadastre of 1807. It was still occupied by Balthasar Gebhard von Obelits at that time.
The buildings were destroyed by fire during the British bombardment in 1807.
Aagaard and the new building
The property No. 35 was at some point acquired by master mason Christian Aagaard and subsequently divided into two separate properties, from then on referred to as No. 35A and No. 35B. The new corner building (No. 35B) was constructed by Aagaard in 182829. The building in Lille Kannikestræde (No. 35A) was constructed by him in 183031. Aagaard would later also construct the two buildings at Store Kongensgade 2325.
The actor Ludvig Phister and his first wife, Charlotte, daughter of the poet Adam Oehlenschläger, resided in one of the apartments from 1834. Ludvig Phister moved back to his childhood home at Nikolah Plads 30 in 1835, possibly prompted by the death of his wife the same year.
1840 census
The property was home to 49 residents in ten households at the 1840 census. The actress Eline Marie Heger (née Schmidt), who was ill at the moment, resided in one of the ground floor apartments with her daughters Eline Marie Agier (née Heger) and Juliane Sophie Heger and one maid. Christian Michael Skou. a secretary in the Copenhagen Police Force, resided in the other ground floor apartment with his wife Franzisca Sophie Danty, their one-year-old daughter and one maid. Christian Ludvig Qvist, a master mason and lieutenant in the Copenhagen Fire Corps, resided in one of the two first floor apartments with his wife Henriette Evert, one male servant and one maid. Annette Hnut, widow of one customs officer Schmidt, resided in the other first floor apartment wit her daughter Hanne Schmidt, one maid and one lodger (copyist in Rentekammeret). Cecilie Elisabeth Holde, widow of one Cancelliraad Scgmidt, resided in one of the second floor apartments with her daughters Emilie Christine and Emma Gynitta (aged 21 and 25). Pouline Holmm widow of constructor in the Royal Danish Navy Holm, resided in the other second floor apartment with her three children (aged two to 11), one maid, the 28-year-old lodger Andreas Frederik Raasløv (lawyer) and Raasløv's three-year-old son Frederik Emil Constantin Raasløv. Else Kirstine Larsen and Johanne Margrethe Larsentwo sistersresided in one of the third floor apartments with their younger brother Christian Andres Larsen and one maid. Anne Marie Mangor (née Bang), widow of merchant Valentin Nicolai Mangor and herself a successful cookbook writer, resided in the other third floor apartment with her daughter Hanne Mangor, one maid and two lodgers. Franziskus Pjerre, a merchant (grosserer), resided in the basement with his wife Juliane Sophie Henningsen, their four children (aged one to 10) and one maid. Rasmus Christensen, an innkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife Charlotte Lovise Matisen and their five children (aged four to 13).