Kronhuset
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Kronhuset ('the Crown House' in English), formerly known as Giötheborgz Tyghuhs ('Gothenburg's Arsenal'),[1] is a redbrick building in Västra Nordstaden in Gothenburg.[2] It was constructed during the years 1643–1654 in a Dutch style, and is Gothenburg's joint-oldest secular building along with the Torstenson Palace (constructed 1648–1650). The royal architect Simon de la Vallée is believed to have designed the building.[3] The Kronhus was originally used as an arsenal for the city garrison and as a granary to store food reserves so that the city could survive a siege.[3] On December 9, 1927, the ownership of Kronhuset passed from the Swedish state to Gothenburg Municipality.[4] It has been a byggnadsminne, a listed building, since 24 October 1968.[5]
History
After the foundation of Gothenburg in 1621, the cannons and other equipment required for the defence of the city were initially kept in storehouses built into the bastions of the municipal fortifications, but it soon became clear that these were not of sufficient capacity. The decision to build an additional military storehouse was made in February 1640, and in May 1642 the order was issued to begin construction as soon as the ordered brick from Holland had arrived. The construction work was led by the garrison commander Olof Hansson Swart, later knighted Örnehufvud, who also happened to be the son of the mayor of Lödöse.[3]
By 1643 the Kronhus had been built to a height of one storey, but at that point construction was halted due to lack of money. The work resumed around 1648, this time using Swedish bricks rather than imported Dutch ones, and with Johan Wärnschiöldh , the Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army, taking personal charge of the project.[3] The building was finally completed in 1654.[3][6]
The
In 1669 the Gothenburg German Church burned down, and the congregation was permitted to hold services in the Rikssal until the German Church was rebuilt in 1672.[3] In 1680, the bottom floor of Kronhuset was again transformed into a church, this time on a permanent basis in order to act as a chapel for the garrison, which was recognised soon afterward by the Church of Sweden as an independent congregation with the name of 'Garrison Parish'. In 1895, the First Göta Artillery Regiment moved to newly built barracks in Kviberg, and the Second Göta Artillery Regiment moved to Jönköping in 1898, thus dissolving the Gothenburg garrison altogether and making the chapel redundant. The last service was held in the chapel on 25 March 1898, but the Garrison Parish was not abolished until 1927.[8]
In that same year of 1927, the Kronhus was sold by the Swedish state to
From 1957 to 1996, the ground floor of Kronhuset housed the Gothenburg City Museum.[10][11] To commemorate the 300th anniversary of Karl X's death, the Museum held an exhibition in the Kronhus in February 1960, displaying various artefacts related to the king's death, including contemporary pamphlets from Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands, and a model of the house in Gothenburg that Per Brahe the Younger and Beata de la Gardie owned and used as their private hospital during the 1660 Riksdag.[12] The museum has since relocated to the former Swedish East India Company headquarters at Norra Hamngatan 12.
The Gothenburg Wind Orchestra was based at the Kronhus from 1997 to 2020.[13]
The Building
The outer dimensions of the house are 80
In the 18th century walled some windows were rebuilt and the others were fitted with shutters. In the 19th century, a couple of wooden emblems were erected on the south side of the house, which most likely came from the demolished Kungsporten.[15]
Kronhusbodarna
Kronhusbodarna ('the Crown House sheds') are a collection of eighteenth-century buildings, all painted bright yellow, which ring the courtyard in front of the Kronhus. They have also been recognised as
The eastern Kronhus sheds were built in 1756-59 and at that time there was a
Kronhusparken
Kronhusparken is a small park at the back of Kronhusbodarna, laid out in 1930 and renovated in 1964 after the city acquired the property.
References
- ^ Göteborg genom tre sekler, doktor Maja Kjellin, Bokförlaget Forum AB, Stockholm 1950 p.24
- ^ Kronhuset, map from Lantmäteriet.
- ^ a b c d e f Antologia Gothoburgensis: det är en bok i ord och bilder om Göteborg genom tiderna skildrad av samtida författare och konstnärer jämte kronologiska anteckningar om viktigare händelser i staden från dess grundläggning, Folke Persson, Agne Rundqvist, Arvid Flygare, Maja Kjellin, Stig Roth, Rundqvists Boktryckeri, Göteborg 1953 pp. 52-55
- ^ Svenska Dagbladets årsbok : 1927, red. Erik Rudberg & Edvin Hellblom, Stockholm 1928, p. 45
- Riksantikvarieämbetet.
- ^ Göteborg förr och nu - Kronhusområdet, Ralph Scander, Göteborgs Hembygdsförbund 1980 pp.138-139
- ^ Kronologiska anteckningar om viktigare händelser i Göteborg 1619-1982, A. Rundqvist/R. Scander/A. Bothén 1982 pp.6-7
- ISBN 91-7029-576-Xpp.58-60
- ^ http://www.goteborgshembygdsforbund.se/ Göteborgs Hembygdsförbund
- ISBN 978-91-85488-78-0p.26
- ^ Kronhuset, H.W. , Rundqvists tryckeri, [folder u.å.], p. 3.
- ^ GP, 13 februari 1960, "Karl X-utställning i Kronhuset."
- ^ "About Us". Göteborgs Wind Orchestra. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ Göteborg förr och nu - Kronhusområdet, Ralph Scander, Göteborgs Hembygdsförbund 1980 p.139 + p.142
- ^ Göteborg genom tre sekler, doktor Maja Kjellin, Bokförlaget Forum AB, Stockholm 1950 p.25
- ^ Kronhusbodarna, Bebyggelseregistret, Riksantikvarieämbetet.
- ^ ISBN 91-630-1016-X.
- ^ Charles Felix Lindbergs Donationsfond: Utdelningar ur Donationsfonden 1912 - 1937, Axel L Romdahl, Henning Beyer, Göteborg 1937, p. 18.
- ^ Turistkarta över Göteborg : Med historik, utgiven av Stadsbyggnadskontoret i Göteborg, Orviks Tryckeri AB, Göteborg 1967 p. 9.
Sources
Websites
- Kronhuset, map from Lantmäteriet. Accessed 7 July 2014.
- Kronhuset, Bebyggelseregistret, Riksantikvarieämbetet. Accessed 7 July 2014.
- Kronhusbodarna, Bebyggelseregistret, Riksantikvarieämbetet. Accessed 5 November 2016.
- Kontorshus, Postgatan 4, Kronhuset, Bebyggelseregistret, Riksantikvarieämbetet. Accessed 9 December 2016.
- Lagskydd, Kontorshus, Postgatan 4, Kvarteret Kronhuset,] Bebyggelseregistret, Riksantikvarieämbetet. Accessed 9 December 2016.
Written Sources
- 100 utmärkta hus i Göteborg. [Arkitekten och staden] ; [3]. Göteborg: Manne Ekman & Margareta Rydbo, Göteborgs stadsmuseum i samarbete med Göteborgs-posten. 2001. pp. 24–27. ISBN 91-85488-54-2.
- Mattsson, Britt-Marie (1992). Franks Jeremy, Nagel Hillevi (ed.). Parkernas Göteborg. Göteborg: AB Långedrag. p. 34. ISBN 91-630-1016-X.
- Göteborg, Sven Schånberg 1981
- Göteborg berättar, Bengt A. Öhnander 1991
- Göteborg före grävskoporna, Robert Garellick 1997
Further reading
- Björkman Eva; Emanuelsson Lena; Overland Viveka, eds. (2016). Hus, människor, minnen. Skrifter utgivna av Bohusläns museum och Bohusläns hembygdsförbund, 0280-4174 ; nr 93 (in Swedish). Gothenburg: Länsstyrelsen i Västra Götalands län. pp. 297–298. ISBN 9789176862742.
- Fredberg, Carl Rudolf Anderson (1921–1922). Det gamla Göteborg: lokalhistoriska skildringar, personalia och kulturdrag (in Swedish). Vol. 2. Göteborg. pp. 382–388.
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