Boldhusgade (
lit. "Ball House Street) is a short, cobbled street in the Old Town of
Copenhagen
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. It runs from
Ved Stranden
Ved Stranden ( lit. "At the Beach") is a canal side public space and street which runs along a short section of the Zealand side of Slotsholmen Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It begins at Holmens Kanal, opposite the Church of Holmen, and ru ...
in the southwest to
Admiralgade in the northeast from where it continues as
Laksegade
Laksegade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Kongens Nytorv in the northeast to Admiralgade in the southwest from where it continues as Boldhusgade to Ved Stranden.
History
A shallow-watered area known as Dybet was in the ...
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History
The street was original called Adelstredet. The 20-year-old king
Christian IV
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monar ...
constructed a so-called ball house on the south side of the street in 1597. It was used for ball play and other recreational activities.
The area was then part of
Bremerholm
Gammelholm ( lit. "Old Islet") is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in the city centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is bounded by the Nyhavn canal, Kongens Nytorv, Holmens Kanal, Niels Juels Gade and the waterfront along Havnegade. For centu ...
. Skipperboderne, a development of naval barracks, was built close to the ball house in circa 1614. A new ball house was then built on
Slotsholmen
Slotsholmen (English: The Castle Islet) is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, and part of Copenhagen Inner City. The name is taken from the successive castles and palaces located on the island since Bishop Absalon constructed the ci ...
but the old one is still mentioned in the middle of the century and it is therefore unclear when it was demolished. Boldhusgade was created in 1624. The street was completely destroyed in the
Copenhagen Fire of 1795
The Copenhagen Fire of 1795 (''Københavns brandes 1795'') started on Friday, 5 June 1795, at or around 3 pm by the Navy's old base south east of Kongens Nytorv on Gammelholm, in the Navy's magazine for coal and timber, the so-called Dellehave. A ...
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Buildings and residents
All the buildings in the street were built in the years just after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 and have all been listed on the
Danish registry of protected buildings and places.
The north west side of the street (even numbers) consists of four properties. Studenterforeningen was for a while based at No. 2 in the first half of the 19th century. It was later home to a theatre, Boldhus Teatret.
The southeast side of the street consists of just two properties. Boldhusgade 1/Admiralgade 28 is from 1798-1799 and was built by Frantz Phillip Lange (1756-1805) and Lauritz Thrane (1757-1809). The high cellar and ground floor are dressed while the upper floors stand in exposed, red brick.
Ved Stranden 8, with nine bays towards Boldhusgade, was built for the goldsmith Christian Nielsen Lindbach in 1796–1797.
Gallery
File:Boldhusgade 2.jpg, No. 2
File:Boldhusgade 4.jpg, No. 4
File:Boldhusgade 6.jpg, No. 6
File:Ved Stranden 10.jpg, Sundorph House
File:Admiralgade 28 (Copenhagen).jpg, No. 1 (Admiralgade 28)
File:Beskæftigelsesministeriet.jpg, Ved Stranden 8
References
External links
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Boldhusgadeat indenforvoldene.dk
Streets in Copenhagen