Heinrich (Henry) Emil Charles Wenck (10 March 1851 – 3 February 1936) was a Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed in his capacity of chief architect for the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921. During the years Wenck held the post, the railway network in Denmark experienced a strong expansion and he designed around 150 stations of which 15 are listed today. Among these are Copenhagen Central Station and the Øresund Railway stations which are examples of his National Romantic and Historicist styles. From 1903 he was a titular professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen Central Station with Copenhagen Central Post Building down in left corner.
Copenhagen Central Station with Copenhagen Central Post Building down in center.
Copenhagen Central Post Building (above and below)
Helsingør Station, 1891 (above and below)
Esbjerg Station (above and below)
Holstebro Station (below)
Korsør Station (below)
Østerport Station, 1897 Copenhagen (below)
Gedser Station (below)
Nørresundby Station (above and below)
Viborg Station (below)
Varde Vest Station (above and below)
Espergærde Station (below)
Skodsborg Station (below)
Humlebæk Station (below)
Nørre Åby Station (below)
Gelsted Station (below)
Videbæk Station (below)
The station building has been a model of size 1:87 (HO) from the company Heljan.
Grindsted Station (below)
Hinnerup Station (below)
Rødkærsbro Station (below)
Gilleleje Station (below)
Vejen Station (below)
Valby Station, Copenhagen (below)
Lygten Station, Copenhagen
Frihavnens Station (Free Port of Copenhagen)
Aarhus Goods Station (above and below)
Water towers for trains, near Copenhagen Central Station
Selected works:
- Buildings for Østsjællandske Jernbaneselskab (1879)
- Gribskov Railway stations (1879–80)
- Helsingør Station, Helsingør (1889–91, with N.P.C. Holsøe, listed in 1992)
- Lyngby Station (II) (1890–91, with N.P.C. Holsøe, demolished in 1956)
- Slagelse-Næstved Railway stations (1891–92)
- Skælskør Railway stations (1891–92)
- Frihavnens Station, Copenhagen (1895, extended by Wenck in 1900, restored in 1986, dismantled in 2001 and rebuilt on Amerikas Plads in 2005)
- Øresund Railway stations (1895–97)
- Østerport Station (1894–97
- Copenhagen Goods Station, Copenhagen (1895–1901, demolished in 1968)
- Græsted-Gilleleje Railway stations (1896)
- Holte Station rebuilding (1900)
- Københavns Goods Terminal, Otto Busses Vej (1901 og 1907)
- Villa Søbæk, 394 Strandvejen, Espergærde (1902)
- Esbjerg Banegård (II) (1902–04, fredet)
- Sorø Customs House and Post Office, Sorø (1903)
- Gedser Station (II) (1903)
- Frederiksberg Incineration Plant (now Keddelhallen), Frederiksberg (1903)
- Holstebro Station (II) (1904, listed in 1990)
- Copenhagen Central Station (III) (1904–12, rebuilt several times, including in 1977-80 by Dissing + Weitling, listed in 1983, water tower and signal posts demolished)
- Strømmen Station (1905, nedlagt, listed in 2006)
- Stevnstrup Station (II) (1905, nedrevet 1979)
- Korsør Station (II) and Customs House (1905–06, listed in 1992)
- Vipperød Station (1906)
- Nørresundby Station (1906–07, fredet)
- Amager Railway stations (1906–07): Amagerbro Station (nedrevet 1938), Øresundsvej Trinbræt, Engvej Trinbræt (nedrevet), Kastrup Station, Tømmerup Station (nedrevet 1968), Store Magleby Station (nedrevet), Dragør Station (vandtårn og remise nedrevet)
- Tietgensbroen, Copenhagen (1907–09, rebuilt several times)
- DSBs Central Workshops, Copenhagen (1907–10)
- Herfølge Station (1908, listed)
- Resenbro Station (1908)
- Nørre Åby Station, Nørre Åby (1909, listed)
- Copenhagen Central Post Building, Tietgensgade, Copenhagen (1909–12)
- Administration building for DFDS Central Workshops, Aarhus (1910, with Povl Baumann)
- Vesterfælledvej Station and pedestrian bridge (1911, nedrevet 1984)
- Valby Station (1911, closed pedestrian bridge demolished)
- Stenløse Station, Stenløse (1912)
- Odense Central Station, Odense (II) (1912–14, demolished)
- Stationer på Ørsaa-Asaa-banen (1914): Asaa Station m.fl.
- Engesvang Station (1914)
- Grejsdal Station (II) (1914–15, demolished in 1977)
- Vinderup Station (1915)
- Hornbæk-Gilleleje-banenHornbæk-Gilleleje Railway stations (1915–16)
- Stationerne på Funder-Bramming banen (1915–17)
- Stationerne på Bramming-Grindsted-banen (1916): Grindsted Station m.fl.
- Kokkedal Station (II) på Kystbanen (1916)
- Svendborg Station extension, Svendborg (1916)
- Grindsted-Brande Railway stations (1917)
- Hedehusene Station (1917)
- Taastrup Station (1917–18, demolished in 1979)
- Vejen Station (II) (1917, fredet)
- Gilleleje Station, Gilleleje (1918)
- Glostrup Station (1918–19)
- Aarhus Goods Terminal, Aarhus (1918–23)
- Water tower, Grindsted Station (1919)
- Jernbaneskolen, Hellerup, now Københavns Amts Tale- og Høreinstitut, Rygårds Allé 45 (1919–20, rebuilt)
- Aarhus Goods Station (1920–22) Administration wing towards Bernstoffsgade, Copenhagen Central Station, Copenhagen (1919–23, with K.T. Seest, listed)
- Østerport Goods Station, Copenhagen (1921)
Kastellet and the Fortification Ring, Copenhagen, Denmark
Københavns Toldbod – Copenhagen Custom Tax Buildings
Københavns Frihavn – Copenhagen Freeport
Christiansborg Slot – Christiansborg Castle
Frederiksberg Palace, Frederiksberg City Hall / Command Central
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