1864 - 1865
Bådsmandsstræde 79, Christianshavn
Ludvig Hintze had run his match stick factory first in the town
of Schleswig and then in Flensburg since 1846 and have had a
great sale for the rest of Denmark (at that time the county of
Schleswig and the city of Flensburg was a part of Denmark).
But when Dybboel fell in 1864 and Jutland was occupied by the
Austrians and Prussians Hintze decided to move his factory
to Copenhagen .
He sent his traveling salesman Heinrich Eduard Gosch to
Copenhagen to find a suitable place to build the factory and on
the outer Christianshavn in Caspersen's old anchor forge in
Bådsmandsstræde 79 he found what he sought.
A location by the canal and into comfortable distance from
dwellings .
Hintze sent his financier Jacob Jout to Copenhagen and he
quickly signed an agreement with Isaac Wulf Heymann , who owned
the property and got approval from Copenhagen Health Commission
who ho demanded him to increase the chimney.
The factory was, however, affected by the different security
requirements from the authorities , so it took almost a year
before it could get started.
Gosch , who had settled in the street Overgaden neden Vandet in
Christianshavn visited among others
the outlets of Jens and Anders Sørensen in Frederiksberg and in
August 1865 he made an agreement with Anders Sørensen buying
Ludvig Hintzes machines and taking over the lease in
Bådsmandsstræde . On the 7th of
September the same year he added " Louis Hintzes successor " to
the company name.
While Anders Sørensen built new buildings on his site in
Falconer Alle , he ran the factory in Bådsmandsstræde and the
15th of
October 1866 , he moved the machines to Frederiksberg and
terminated the lease on Christianshavn.
Until now it has been believed that Gosch was sent to Copenhagen
to sell Hintzes machines, but in the research for our book we
found records that showed that Ludvig Hintze actually
established himself in Christianshavn and that
Sørensen bought the factory after the factory was designed and
installed engines .
