Ingerslevs Boulevard is a street in

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. It is 500 meters long and runs west to east from ''Harald Jensen's Plads'' to ''Skt. Anna Gade''. The street is situated in the

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neighborhood where it is functionally the main street but parts of it also acts as a public green space owing to width and central lawn. Ingerslevs Boulevard is home to St. Luke's Church and two schools, N.J. Fjordgade's School and Frederiksbjerg School. It is a mostly residential area but the street itself hosts a

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s twice a week. Ingerslevs Boulevard was developed in the early 20th century as a main component of Frederiksbjerg when the neighborhood was created based on a unified urban planning design.

History

Ingerslevs Boulevard was named in 1899 and developed between 1899 and 1912. The boulevard is named for

Hans Peter Ingerslev Hans Peter Ingerslev (3 May 1831 – 20 April 1896) was a Danish politician and minister. He was born in 1831 on Marselisborg Manor in Aarhus, owned by his parents Caspar Peder Rothe Ingerslev and Marie Meulengracht. Hans Peter Ingerslev gradua ...

(1821-1896) who owned Marselisborg Manor until it was bought by

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in 1896. The boulevard was a part of urban planning designs by city engineer Charles Ambt and architect

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who originally envisioned the boulevard extend all the way from St. Luke's Church square to Hans Broge's Street. The city council proved skeptical of the plans due to concerns over the amount of land needed. The eastern section of the boulevard was narrowed and instead became the present ''Odensegade''. Ambt and Kampmann's original idea had been a wide boulevard flanked by prominent buildings on either side with a public, monumental building capping the street at the west end so Ingerslevs Boulevard would function as a point-de-vue. In 1912 Aarhus city council enacted changes to the original plans, extending Ingerslevs Boulevard to ''de Mezas Vej'' while the alignment of ''Horsensgade'' and ''Vejlegade'' along with the area by St. Luke's Church was determined.

Architecture

The buildings at the east end of the boulevard, on the north side, consists of the new '' Frederiksbjerg School'' and between ''Kroghsgade'' and ''Lundingsgades'' one block of 4½ story picturesque buildings with

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s and towers in the corners. On the south side are N.J. Fjordsgade School and Ingerslevs Boulevard School. Along the western end of the boulevard, on the south side, are 3 city blocks built between 1928 and 1930 which marked the end of revivalism in Aarhus. The north side is characterized by the Neoclassical St. Luke's Church and a

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city block by

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. The boulevard is defined by two rows of

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s ( ulmus hollandica from 1913) planted along the wide midsection.

Gallery

File:Ingerslevs Boulevard 1.jpg, Western end File:Ingerslevs Boulevard 6.jpg, St. Luke's Church File:Ingerslevs Boulevard (maj) 02.jpg, Green area File:Torvedag Ingerslev Boulevard - 2.jpg, Market day File:Ingerslevs Boulevard 02.jpg, Car park File:N.J. Fjordsgades Skole 3.jpg, N.J. Fjordsgades School

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