Gammel Kongevej 25
| Gammel Kongevej 25 | |
|---|---|
Gammel Kongevej 25 in December 2020 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°40′25″N 12°33′21″E / 55.67353°N 12.55586°E |
| Completed | 1867/1869 |
Gammel Kongevej 25, situated opposite St. Jørgen's Lake, on the border between Vesterbro and Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Denmark, consists of a five-storey Late Neoclassical residential building fronting the street and the former Emil Messerschmidt's Tannery on its rear. The three-winged tannery complex is one of relatively few surviving examples of the many minor industrial enterprises that once dominated the courtyards of Copenhagen's Vesterbro and Nørrebro districts. The current buildings were constructed by Emil Messerschmidt after a fire in 1867 and later continued by his two eldest sons until another fire in 1907.
A commemorative plaque on the facade of the building commemorates that the resistance fighter ngolf Larsen-Ledet (1919-1944) was killed on the site when he jumped out of a window in an attempt to escape from the Gestapo during Rorld War II.