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Nansensgade
Nansensgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Gyldenløvesgade in the southwest with Gothersgade in the northeast. The street is known for its abundance of cafés and trendy shops , and plays host to an annual street festival. Charlotte Ammundsens Plads, located in front of the local community centre, is an urban space which connects Nansensgade to Nørre Søgade History Nansensgade is one of several new streets that were created on the former glacis outside the North Rampart after Copenhagen's Bastioned Fortifications were decommissioned. The area was released by the military and purchased by the government in 1864. The new streets in the area was named after people who played a role during the Swedish siege of Copenhagen in the 1650s. The street is named after Hans Nansen, mayor of Copenhagen and a close of king Frederick III. Nansensgade was completed along with Nørre Søgade, Nørre Farimagsgade in August 1873. A couple of industrial buildings were o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyldenløvesgade
Gyldenløvesgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Jarmers Plads in the south east to a Y junction at the western side of The Lakes, linking H. C. Andersens Boulevard with Aaboulevarden and Rosenørns Allé. The last section of the street runs on an embankment which separates Peblinge Lake to the north from Sankt Jørgen's Lake to the south. The Lake Pavilion overlooks Peblinge Lake on the north side of the street. History Gyldenløvesgade replaced the old Ladegårdsvej to Ladegården. It was proposed in the 1872 Development Plan for the Fortification Ring. It provided a new link between the city centre and the fast-growing Frederiksberg and Nørrebro districts. It received its name after Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve. The railway tracks of the new railway line to Klampenborg opened at the street in 1863. A new Central Station opened next to it in 1864. The railway continued across the embankment between Peblinge Lake and St. Jørgen's Lake. The cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemar Ingemann
Valdemar Ingemann (21 February 1840 – 10 October 1911) was a prolific Danish architect active during the late 19th and early 20th century. His works include the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactury (now Porcelænshaven) in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. Early life and career Valdemar Ingemann was born in Copenhagen, the son of merchant and perfume manufacturer Søren Edvard Joachim Ingemann, nephew of the author Bernhard Severin Ingemann, and Mariane Aurelia Laurentine née Lauritzen. He completed a mason's apprenticeship and was prior to that, in October 1856, admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he won the large silver medal (1863) before graduating in 1866. Career Ingemann then worked as a draughtsman for H. C. Stilling and Johan Henrik Nebelong before setting up his own practice. He taught at the Technical Society's School from 1877 to 1900. Ingemann also served on the Copenhagen City Council from 1894 to 1900. Selected works * Chapel, Assistens Cem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan area has 2,057,142 people. Copenhagen is on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences, and armed forces. During the Renaissance the city served as the de facto capital of the Kalmar Union, being the seat of monarchy, governing the majority of the present day Nordic region in a personal union with Sweden and Norway ruled by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Nansen
Hans Nansen (28 November 1598 – 12 November 1667) was a Danish statesman. Biography The son of a burgher, Evert Nansen, he was born at Flensburg. He made several voyages to the White Sea and to places in northern Russia, and in 1621 entered the service of the thriving Danish Icelandic Company. For many years the whole trade of Iceland, which he frequently visited, passed through his hands, and he soon became equally well known at Glückstadt, the centre of the Iceland trade, and at Copenhagen. In February 1644, at the express desire of King Christian IV of Denmark, the Copenhagen burgesses elected him burgomaster. During his northern voyages he had learned Russian, and was employed as interpreter at court whenever Muscovite embassies visited Copenhagen. His travels had begotten in him a love of geography, and he published in 1633 a ''Kosmografi'', previously revised by the astronomer Longomontanus. During the siege of Copenhagen by the Swedes in 1658 Nansen became promine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Rasmussen
Louise Christine Rasmussen, also known as ''Countess Danner'' (21 April 1815 – 6 March 1874), was a Danish ballet dancer and stage actor. She was the mistress and later the morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark. She was not a queen consort, but officially styled Countess Danner. Biography Louise Rasmussen was the daughter of the unmarried maid Juliane Caroline Rasmussen and the merchant Gotthilf L. Køppen. She was a student of the ballet school of the Opera in Copenhagen in 1826, was contracted in 1830 and a figurante ballerina in 1835. In 1841, she had a child with the print maker Carl Berling, who was the heir of the paper ''Berlingske Tidende'', one of the most important Danish newspapers. She retired from the ballet in 1842 and opened a fashion shop. She got to know Crown Prince Frederick through Berling in the 1830s and had a relationship with him during the 1840s. Frederick became king in 1848. He wanted to marry Louise, but the government forbade it, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Sigfred Nebelong
Niels Sigfred Nebelong (14 October 1806 – 9 October 1871) was a Danish architect who worked in the Historicist style. He was city architect in Copenhagen from 1863 and also designed many lighthouses around Denmark in his capacity as resident architect for the Danish lighthouse authority.Gertrud With: Biography Early life and education Niels Sigfred Nebelong was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Henrik Nebelong and Anna Christine Schreyber. He was the brother of architect Johan Henrik Nebelong. In 1819 he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under German-born, Danish architect Gustav Friedrich Hetsch and won both the small and large gold medal, in 1833 and 1837 respectively. Nebelong taught at the Academy for several years before he went abroad on its travel scholarship from 1839 to 1842. He first studied with Henri Labrouste in Paris and then continued to Italy and Greece. After a few years as a teacher at the Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hintz & Co
Hintz may refer to: Places * Hintz, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in USA * Cluj-Napoca Hintz House, a historic building in Romania People * Andrew Hintz (1963–2016), New Zealand cricketer * Gordon Hintz (born 1973), Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Johannes Hintz (1898–1944), highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II * Joy Alice Hintz (1926–2009), American writer * Mathew Hintz (1976–2017), American painter * Miiko Hintz (born 1992), Finnish ice hockey player * Mike Hintz (born 1965), former defensive back in the National Football League * Orton Sutherland Hintz (1907–1985), New Zealand journalist * Pat Hintz (1914–2004), American basketball player * Roope Hintz (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player * Viktor Hintz (1888–1972), Finnish politician Fictional characters * Terry Hintz, a character in the 2014 video game '' Lisa: The Painful'' See also * Hint (other) * Hinz (other) * Hinz ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick III Of Denmark
Frederick III ( da, Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bishop) of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden (1623–29 and again 1634–44), and the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1635–45). The second-eldest son of Christian IV and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Frederick was only considered an heir to the throne after the death of his older brother Prince Christian in 1647. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark-Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in Western historiography. He also ordered the creation of the Throne Chair of Denmark. In order to be elected king after the death of his father, Frederick conceded significant influence to the nobility. As king, he fought two wars against Sweden. He was defeated in the Dano-Swedish War of 1657–1658, but attained great popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortifications Of Copenhagen (17th Century)
The fortifications of Copenhagen underwent a comprehensive modernization and expansion in the 17th century. The project was commenced and was largely the masterplan of Christian IV in the early 17th century but was continued and completed by his successors. The new fortifications relied on the existing, medieval fortifications of the city but the fortified area was extended and a defensive ring around the city completed particularly with new edifices facing the sea. The ring fortification consisted of four bastioned ramparts and an annexed citadel as well as various outworks. Though largely developed to a final form in the 17th century, the fortifications remained in use until the second half of the 19th century, when they finally, a long time overdue, were decommissioned. Today only the Christianshavn Rampart and the citadel Kastellet remain intact, while the rest of the fortifications were dismantled in the years after its demise. The grounds were to a large extent laid out as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assault On Copenhagen (1659)
The Battle of Copenhagen also known as the Assault on Copenhagen on 11 February 1659 was a major battle during the Second Northern War, taking place during the siege of Copenhagen by the Swedish army. Background During the Northern Wars, the Swedish army under Charles X Gustav of Sweden, after invading the Danish mainland of Jutland, swiftly crossed the frozen straits and occupied most of the Danish island of Zealand, with the invasion beginning on 11 February 1658. This forced the Danes to sue for peace. A preliminary treaty, the Treaty of Taastrup, was signed on 18 February 1658, with the final treaty, the Treaty of Roskilde, signed on 26 February 1658, granting Sweden major territorial gains. The Swedish king, however, was not content with his stunning victory, and at the Privy Council held at Gottorp on 7 July Charles X Gustav resolved to wipe his inconvenient rival from the map of Europe. Without any warning, in defiance of international treaty, he ordered his troop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
