Rådmandsgade () is a street in the Outer Nørrebro district of
Copenhagen
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,
Denmark
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. It runs from Dagmarsgade in the southwest to Lersø Parkallé in the northeast and crosses
Tagensvej
Tagensvej is a major street in the northwestern part of inner Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Blegdamsvej on the border between Nørrebro and Østerbro in the southeast to Frederiksborgvej and Bispebjerg Cemetery in the northwest.
History Orig ...
on the way. Rådmandsgade School, a public primary school, is located in the street.
History
The street is named after Rådmandsmarken (The Councilman Fielf), whose crops belonged to the councilmen of Copenhagen. The street, which then ended at Tagensvej, was load out when the building restrictions outside Copenhagen's fortifications were abandoned in the 1850s. It was named in 1860.Lauritz Rasmussen's Zinc and Bronze Foundry opened at No. 15 in 1890. Many monuments, memorials and public artworks that were installed in Copenhagen over the next decades cast at the site in 1890.
Bardings Farveri og Tøjrensningsetablissement, which grew to become the largest
dyeing
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and
dry cleaning
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company in
Scandinavia
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, was from around at the turn of the century based at the southern end of the street. The plant included administrative offices, route delivery racks, and room for the dry cleaning, spotting, finishing, and dyeing departments.
After the end of the
First World War
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, Rådmandsgade was extended from Tagensvej to Lersøparkallé. The sculptor
Astrid Noack
Astrid Noack (30 January 1888 – 26 December 1954) was a Danish sculptor who specialized in the human figure, creating works such as the statue of Anna Ancher in Skagen, and her '' Standing Woman'' which was included in the Danish Culture Canon ...
lived and worked in the courtyard at No. 34 in the period 1936–50.
Notable buildings and residents
Rådmandsgade School (No. 22) is a public primary school. It was built in 1889 to design by city architect
Ludvig Fenger
Ludvig Peter Fenger (7 July 1833 – 9 March 1905) was a Danish architect. He was a proponent of the Historicist style, and from 1886 to 1904 he held the title of City Architect in Copenhagen.
Among his works are several churches, the Centr ...
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No. 45 is a former liver peté factory. The block at Jagtvej 157 A-G/Skrivergangen/Lersø Parkallé/Rådmandsgade 84 was built by the City in 1928. It was designed by Louis Hygom.
City Circle Line
The M3 line or City Circle Line is a loop line of the Copenhagen Metro. It has been claimed by COWI A/S that the line is the largest construction project to have taken place in Copenhagen during the last 400 years.Heimdalsgade