Assessor Bachmann House

The Assessor Bachmann House (Danish: Assessor Bachmanns Gård) is a historic property located at Gammeltorv 18 in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It houses the private equity fund Maj Invest.

Early history
The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as No. 6 in Northern Quarter, owned by Hans Knudsen Viborg. In the new cadastre of 1756, it was again listed as No. 7 in Northern Quarter. It belonged to brewer Diderich Bichmann at that time.

Bachmann and the new building
The building was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, together with most of the other buildings in the area. The present building on the site was completed in 1796–1797 for Assessor C. Fr. Bachmann, The neighbouring building at No. 5 (now Gammeltorv was also built for C. Fr. Bachmann and his widow Anna Dorothea Bachmann in 1800–1801.

1800–1840
Bechmann died not long after the building was completed. His widow Anne Dorthe Bechmann sold the property to smith Georg Ditlev Friderich Koes.

The property was home to 40 residents in six households at the 1801 census. Georg Ditlev Friderich Koes, a smith, resided on the ground floor with five of his children (aged six to 29), a housekeeper, a husjomfru, two male servants, a maid and a female cook. Anne Dorthe Beckmand resided in the building with her three children (aged one to eight), a male servant, a wet murse, a maid and a female cook. Holger Stampe, a kammerjunker, resided in the building with his wife Kirsten Kaas, their two children (aged four and seven), two maids, a nanny, a female cook, two male servants and a coachman. Peder Jensen Rold, a barkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Martha Maria Rold and one maid. Hans Pedersen Krog, another barkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Johanne Marie [Krog]. Conradt Friderichsen and Christopher Thortsen, two brewery workers, resided in another dwelling with the building's caretaker Hans Christian Jensen.

The medical doctor and later vice mayor of Copenhagen Niels Bang and the naval officer Lorentz Fjelderup Lassen both lived in the building in 1802–03.

In the new cadastre of 1806, the property was listed as No. 6 in Northern Quarter. It belonged to one Koss at that time.

Former bishop and professor of theology N. E. Balle (1744–1816) lived in the building from 1813 to 1816.The politician Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860) lived in the building from 1837 to 1859. In the 19th century, the rear wing housed an akvavit distillery.

1840 census
The property was again home to 33 residents in six households at the 1840 census. Andreas Christian Raolovson, a councilman with title of justitsråd, resided on the ground floor with husjomfru Andrea Christiane Heibroch, one male servant and one maid. Anders Sandøe Ørsted resided on the first floor with his sons Anders and Sophus, the widow Vilhelmine Marie Rogert, husjomfru 	Elisabeth Kirstine Bohn, a servant and a maid. Vilhelm Burchard Dahl, a 	Landsraad samt Hof og Stadsrets lawyer, resided on the second floor with his wife Andrea Cevilie Marie Dahl, their three children (aged eight to 21), one male servant and two maids. Anders Larsen, a barkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife 	Ane Magrethe Povelsen, their three children (aged four to 15) and one maid. Jens Larsen. a man with means, resided on the first floor of the rear wing with his wife 	Ane Kirstine Larsen and a maid. Lars Nannestad, a clerk (kammerskriver) in Generaltoldkammeret, resided on the second and third floors of the rear wing with his wife 	Anna Nicoline Nannestad, two students (aged 20 and 22) and a maid.

1860 census
The property was home to six households at the 1860 census. Andreas Hansen Bjerre (1795-1864), a brewer and captain in the Student Corps, resided on the ground floor with three of his children (aged 15 to 30), a housekeeper and a maid. Samuel Jacob Ballin (1802-1868), a professor of medicine, resided on the first floor with his wife Dorthea Ballin (née Trier), two daughters (aged 20 and 23) and two maids. Frederik Ludvig Frantz d' Auchamp )191+-1872), a lawyer, resided on the second floor with his wife Frederikke *d'Auchampm their son Francois Louis d'Auchamp, one male servant and two maids. Anders Christensen, a grocer (køker), resided in the basement with his wife Nielsine Christine Christensen and one maid. Two servants and an apprentice, all associated one wine merchant Jensen, resided in another part of the basement. Marie Christine Høst, a widow, resided on the first floor of the rear wing with three unmarried children (aged 42 to 46). The youngest of them was the bookdealer and writer Alvild Theodor Høst (1818-1867). Karen Margrethe Jessen, another widow, resided on the second floor of the rear wing with her daughter Louise Wilhelmine Jessen, a maid and the lodger Wilhelm von Wickede. The daughter operated a private school service on the site. Bernhardt Otto Hansen, a wallpaperer, resided on the third floor of the rear wing with his wife Ingeborg Cecilia Christine Hansen, their three children (aged one to six), an apprentice and three lodgers.

20th century
Brødrene Bendix acquired the building in 1917 and was based in the ground floor of the main building but the last private apartments did not disappear until the 1970s. Danske Vognmænds Arbejdsgiversammenslutning (now Dansk Transport of Logistik) purchased the building in 1975.

Architecture


The building is designed in the Neoclassical style. The façade is decorated with Ionic order pilasters and a large triangular pediment. A gateway in the left side of the building opens to a long, narrow courtyard. The complex also comprises an 11-nay side wing and a five-bay rear wing at the bottom of the courtyard. It was listed in 1918.