Cottageparken
Cottageparken (literally "The Cottage Park") is a public park located on the border between Taarbæk to the north and Klampenborg to the south, adjacent to Jægersborg Dyrehave and Bellevue Beach, on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most notable for Den Røde Cottage (The Red Cottage) and Den Gule Cottage (The Yellow Cottag) which were both built for Klampenborg Spa in the 1840s and are now operated as restaurants. Den Røde Cottage has one star in the Michelin Guide. The park is located within Klampenborg postal district (2930 Klampenborg, mostly in Gentofte Municipality) but in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality.
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History
The area was originally part of Jægersborg Dyrehave. The area was planted with oak trees by the botanist Johann Georg von Langen in 1765. The trees were meant to abate the lack of timber in Denmark.[1]
In 1841, the young Icelandic-Danish physician Jón Hjaltalin stidoed spas in Germany. In 1844, he acquired a corner of the deer park from Christian VIII and obtained permission to build Denmark's first spa in the grounds. The architect Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll was working on the design of Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen was commissioned to design the buildings. Klampenborg Vandkuur-, Brønd- og Søbadeanstalt opened on 15 June 1845.
The facility consisted of a number of residential cottages in English garden style as well as an amusement park with concert hall and various stalls.[2] A new main building was constructed in 1866.
Most of Klampenborg Spa's buildings burned in 1923.[3] The spa was replaced by Arne Jacobsen's new Bellevue beach and bathing facility in 1932 and most of the buildings were demolished when the Danish state took over the site in 1938. The Red Cottage was used as a forest officer house. It was listed in 1973.architect.[clarification needed][4]
Buildings
Four of Klampenborg Spa's buildings have survived. Den Røde Cottage is a former kitchen building.[4]
Den Gule Cottage is a former gatehouse. The building has a thatched roof.The clock on the roof was built by the clockmaker Henrik Kühl who just a few years æater won international recognition for his clocks at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
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