Fredericiagade () is a street in central

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 ar ...

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. It runs from

Amaliegade Amaliegade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, which makes up the longer of the two axes on which the Rococo district Frederiksstaden is centred. Amaliegade extends from Sankt Annæ Plads to Esplanaden, passing through the central plaza ...

in the south to

Rigensgade Rigensgade ( lit. "State Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It links Sølvgade in the west with Øster Voldgade in the east. An underpass for pedestrians link the beginning of the street with Rosenborg Castle Gardens on the other ...

in the north.

History

Fredericiagade traces its history back to

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 mona ...

's foundation of

Nyboder Nyboder ( English: New mallHouses) is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal ...

naval barracks in 1631 but different sections of it were then known under individual names. The section from Amaliegade to Bredgade was called Blancogade. The origins of the name are unclear. The section from Bredgade to Store Kongensgade was variously referred to as Akademigade (Academy Street) and Kadetgade (Cadet Street). Both names referred to the Cadet Academy which was located in the street. The sections from Store Kongensgade to Borgergade was called Kaninlængen (The Rabbit Row) and the section from Borgergade to Adelgade was called Bjørnegade (Bear Street). The section from Adelgade to Kronprinsessegade was called Nellikegade. The section from Kronprinsessegade to Rigensgade was called Kokkegade (Cook Street). The name Fredericiagade was introduced in 1869 at the initiative of city engineer

Thorvald Krak Elias Christian Thorvald Krak (12 June 1830 - 6 November 1908) was a Danish road engineer who headed the Department of Physical Planning (''stadskonduktør'') for 40 years in the City of Copenhagen and published the first City directory for Copen ...

to reduce the vast and confusing number of street names in the city. The new name was chosen to honour the town of

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in ...

for its role in the Three Years' War.

Notable buildings and residents

The building at the corner with

Bredgade Bredgade ( lit. "Broad Street") is one of the most prominent streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running in a straight line from Kongens Nytorv for just under one kilometre to the intersection of Esplanaden and Grønningen, it is one of the major str ...

has housed

Østre Landsret The Østre Landsret (the Eastern High Court) is one of Denmark's two High Courts, along with the Vestre Landsret (Western High Court). Both High Courts function as a civil and criminal appellate court for cases from the subordinate courts and furt ...

since 1918. It was originally built as opera house from Frederick IV in 1701-02 and was either designed by W.F. von Platen or J.C. Ernst. It was later used as a Cadet Academy and was also used by Rigsdagen after the fire of

Christiansborg Palace Christiansborg Palace ( da, Christiansborg Slot; ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament ('), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Sup ...

. The

Hansen Mansion The (A. N.) Hansen Mansion (Danish: A. N. Hansens Palæ) is a Neoclassical town house in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1835 to designs by Jørgen Hansen Koch, it now houses a fashion innovation cent ...

(Mo. 21) is a town mansion from 1835 designed by

Jørgen Hansen Koch Jørgen Hansen Koch (4 September 1787 – 30 January 1860) was a Neoclassical Danish architect. He was chief of the national Danish building administration from 1835 and director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1844 to 1849. ...

. The apartment buildings at No. 4, No. 8, No. 12 and No. 14 all date from the first half of the 1850s and are also listed.

References

External links

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