Gothersgade is a major street in the City Centre of

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. It extends from

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to Sortedam Lake, passing

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and

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and Copenhagen Botanic Gardens on the way. Every day at 11:30 am, the Royal Life Guards, who are based at

Rosenborg Barracks Rosenborg Barracks (Danish: ''Livgardens Kaserne ved Rosenborg''), one of two barracks of the Royal Danish Life Guard, is located next to Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its address is Gothersgade but it has a long facade along Øster Vo ...

, depart from Rosenborg Eksercerplads and march down Gothersgade and up Bredgade for the ceremonial changing of the guard at 12 noon at Amalienborg Palace Square.

History

Gothersgade runs along the original course of the Eastern Rampart of Copenhagen's former Fortification Ring. Originally called Ny Kongensgade, it was established in about 1647 after the Eastern Rampart had been taken in a more northerly direction to expand the fortified city with a large new area known as

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. At his point the street only ran to the site of today's

where it met the fortifications just north-east of the North City Gate. In 1870, after the fortifications had been decommissioned and their grounds leveled out, the street was extended to its current length. In 1892, Copenhagen's first public electricity plant, ''Gothersgade elektriske Centralstation'', opened at the corner of Gothergade and Adelsgade. It was installed behind the existing house fronts towards Gothergade and was unusual for its central location. It was later expanded and modernized several times. Since 1994, it had only served as a substation for distribution of electricity and

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. In 1920–30 the section of Gothersgade from Rosenborg Castle Gardens to Sortedam Lake was widened. In the process,

was shortened with two bays and the drill house from 1787 and ''Brøndkuranstalten'' in front of Rosenborg Castle were demolished. A planned widening of the section of the street closest to Kongens Nytorv was later abandoned.

The name

The prefix ''Gothers-'' in the street name refers to the

Goths The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe ...

of the title '' King of the Goths and the Wends'' which was used by Danish kings from the 14th century until 1972. ''Vendersgade'', which is Gothersgade's mirror image on the other side of

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, refers to the

Wends Wends ( ang, Winedas ; non, Vindar; german: Wenden , ; da, vendere; sv, vender; pl, Wendowie, cz, Wendové) is a historical name for Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas. It refers not to a homogeneous people, but to various people ...

of the same title.

Notable buildings

Baron Boltens Gård Baron Boltens Gård is a historic house at 8 Gothersgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as a passageway that connects Gothersgade to Store Kongensgade. In recent years the name has also referred to an entertainment cluster located at the ...

(8A Gothersgade) * Copenhagen Lighting Company building * Cinemateket, home of the

Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute ( da, Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. Also known as ''Filmhuset'' ("the film ...

(55 Gothersgade) * King's Gate, one of the entrances to

Rosenborg Castle Gardens Rosenborg Castle Gardens (Danish: Kongens Have literally The King's Garden) is the oldest and most visited park in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in the early 17th century as the private gardens of King Christian IV's Rosenborg Castle, th ...

, located diagonally from Queen's Gate *

(4A Øster Voldgade) *

(100 Gothersgade) * Reformed Church (109 Gothersgade) *

* Entrance to

University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden ( da, Botanisk have), usually referred to simply as Copenhagen Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 10 hectares and is particularly ...

* Faculty Library of Social Sciences (140 Gothersgade) * St. Andrew's Church (148 Gothersgade) *

Kunstnerhjemmet Kunstnerhjemmet (literally "The Artists' Home") on Gothersgade, opposite the Botanical Garden, in Copenhagen, Denmark, was built in the 1870s to provide affordable accommodation and studio facilities for artists. Founded at the initiative of Ferdi ...

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