Ryvangen or Ryvangskvarteret (
English: The Ryvang neighbourhood) is a neighbourhood of
single-family detached home
A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling.
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s in the northern part of
Østerbro
Østerbro () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day ...
, on the border with
Hellerup
Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It compr ...
, in
Copenhagen
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,
Denmark
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.
History
The name Ryvangen translates to "The Rye Field". The portion located to the west of the
north-bound railway line was ceded to the
Army
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in 1893 and used for the construction of the Svanemøllen Barracks. The area on the east side of the railway tracks was used for the establishment of a new residential neighbourhood of single-family, detached houses in a successful attempt to keep wealthy tax-payers in the municipality. With improved infrastructure, they had increasingly been settling in either
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...
or the northern suburbs. The new neighbourhood attracted a mixture of businessmen, editors, lawyers and artists.
A local plan for the area was adopted in 1995.
Notable buildings and residents
One of Denmark's leading artists of the day,
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, built a combined home and studio to his own design at Strandagervej 28. The painter
Johan Rohde lived at Norgesmindevej 16. The sculptor
Anders Bundgaard's home and studio was built in 1907 to a design by Aage Langeland-Mathiesen at Svanemøllevej 11.
Image gallery
Image:Ryvangskvarteret 3.JPG,
Image:Ryvangs Allé 54, Kbh 2012.jpg,
Image:Ryvangskvarteret 1.JPG,
See also
Ryvangen Memorial Park
Ryvangen Memorial Park () is a memorial park in Ryvangen officially inaugurated on 5 May 1950 to commemorate fallen members of the Danish resistance to the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.
The location in ''Ryvangen'', which m ...
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Østerbro