Ribe Warehouse

Ribe Pakhus – Varehuset, Pakhuset, Ribe Godsbanegård, “Godset” – at Ribe station.

The building at Rosen Alle 2 was designed by DSB architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (November 27, 1826 – January 1, 1895) and was built in 1875 and extended in 1887.

Most of the building at Rosen Alle 2 in Ribe was put into use in 1875 at the same time as the opening of the Bramming-Ribe line. The building was divided into a 4.5 m long section with dispatch offices and a 15.5 m long freight room, which means that the building was approximately 20 m long in total. The distance between the gates facing the track matched the length of the newest freight wagons of the time, so the gates matched the doors of the freight wagons, and the wagons ran right up to the outer wall as there was no platform at the building.

In 1887, the Ribebanen was extended to the new border station Vedsted/Hviding, and there was then cross-border traffic towards Tønder and Husum. Instead of building a customs warehouse in Vedsted, it was decided to extend the warehouse in Ribe to the north with premises for the customs service. The extension consists of a 5m section with offices for customs and an 8m section with a customs warehouse, entrance and stairs.

Around 1962, the customs offices were moved and the area is now part of the goods room. The northernmost gate of the goods room has been moved a good 2 m to the north, because the freight cars have become larger. At the same time, the freight room has a third gate to the street side next to the former office area. There are now three gates at a distance of approximately 10.5 m from the track, corresponding to three modern freight cars.

Perhaps in 1962, maybe later, the customs area was reduced even further and is now only half the depth of the building on the street side. It is unclear when customs will completely leave the building.

In 1982, DSB’s warehouse was closed down as an independent company and was then leased to DSB wagon owner Trip from Skærbæk, who used it as a base for delivering general cargo in Ribe for a few years.

In the early 1990s, Ribe Municipality had purchased the western side of the station area, incl. The warehouse, by DSB.

The warehouse was declared a listed building in 1993.

Visual artists Lis Andersen and Ole Videbæk had a workshop in the building from around 1994 to 2006.

Lars Christiansen bought the building in 2008 and rented it out to the Sudan Mission, which ran a second-hand shop in the building.

Kristian Rasmussen bought the building from Lars Christiansen in 2022, and has since worked to renovate it to run a cafe and cultural center.

Image from 1971 – Collection Jens Bruun Petersen