Copenhagen

Background History

Copenhagen House is named after the horse which carried the Duke of Wellington throughout the day at Waterloo. “ In 1838 a proposal to build a statue of The Duke of Wellington resulted in the building of a giant statue of him on his horse Copenhagen, placed above the Arch at Constitution Hill in London directly outside Apsley House, his former London home, in 1846. The enormous scale of the 40 ton, 30 feet high monument resulted in its removal in 1883 and the following year it was transported to Aldershot where it still stands near the Royal Garrison Church.”¹

Copenhagen House at Wynberg

Today, the house colour of Copenhagen is red, and House Co-ordinator is Mrs A Coetzee.

Class tutors within the house are

• Mrs N Moerat
• Ms B Franke
• Ms L Wills
• Ms S Furstenburg

Footnotes

¹Â  Information obtained from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington