Vodroffsvej is a street in the

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 ...

district of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. It follows the western shore of St. Jørgen's Lake, linking

Gammel Kongevej Gammel Kongevej (literally "Old King's Road) is the principal shopping street of Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running roughly parallel to Frederiksberg Allé and Vesterbrogade, it extends from Vesterport station at the southern end of ...

in the south with Rosenørns Allé in the north. The embankment and lakeside path on the east side of the street is called Svineryggen (English: The Hog's Back).

History

Vodroffsgård industrial complex

The area west of St. Jørgen's Lake was the site of some

outworks An outwork is a minor fortification built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. Outworks such as ravelins, lunettes (demilunes), flèches and caponiers to shield bastions and fortification curtains ...

before it was ceded to

quartermaster Quartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service. In land army, armies, a quartermaster is an officer who supervises military logistics, logistics and requisitions, manages stores or barracks, and distri ...

Georg Julius Wodroff in 1698 as a result of the Mercantilistic policies of the time. He established the Vodroffgård watermill at the mouth of the Ladegård Canal. It was originally built as a

fulling mill Fulling, also known as tucking or walking ( Scots: ''waukin'', hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate (lanolin) oils, dirt, ...

but was soon adapted for other use. In 1802, he obtained a 12-year monopoly on the manufacture of rolled barley and

snus Snus (, ; ) is a Swedish smokeless tobacco, tobacco product. It is consumed by placing a pouch of powdered tobacco leaves under the lip for nicotine to be absorbed through the Mucous membrane, oral mucosa. Snus, not to be confused with Nicoti ...

as well as on operating sharpening and polishing mills within a distance of three Danish miles from Copenhagen. From 1733, Vodroffgård was used for manufacturing ship sails with a monopoly on deliveries to the

Danish navy The Royal Danish Navy (, ) is the Naval warfare, sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Denmark, Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and ...

. Hartvig Marcus Frisch, director of the Royal Danish Greenland Company, owned the property from 1794 to 1803, whereupon he sold it to Carl Ludvig Zinn. The industrial activities ended in the 1790s and the estate was then used as a summer retreat for changing owners until it was transformed into an entertainment venue under the name I Vodrofflund in 1868.

The new street

The street was created when the so-called Demarcation Line was moved to the lakes in the 1850s. The brewery Marstrands Bryggeri was established at No. 25 im 1865 and soon developed into one of the largest producers of

small beer Small beer (also known as small ale or table beer) is a lager or ale that contains a lower amount of alcohol by volume than most others, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%. Sometimes unfiltered and porridge-like, it was a favoured drink in Medieval ...

in the country. It merged with several other breweries under the name De Forenede Bryggerier in 1891. The buildings were demolished in 1976.

Notable buildings and residents

The functionalist residential complex at No. 2 was built in 1929 as the first result of a long collaboration between the architects

Kay Fisker Kay Otto Fisker (14 February 1893 – 21 June 1965) was a Danish architect, designer and educator. He is mostly known for his many housing projects, mainly in the Copenhagen area, and is considered a leading exponent of Danish Functionalism. ...

and C.F. Møller. The two houses at No. 8 and No. 10 are from 1865 and were both designed by Jacob Wilhelm Frohne . They were listed in 1980 and 1981. The apartment buildings at No. 5, 7 and 9 are from the second half of the 1960s and were designed by Vilhelm Friederichsen. HORESTA—a trade association and employers' organization for the hotel, restaurant and tourism industry—is based at No. 32. The building at No. 34 was built for Det Kongelige Klasselotteri by

Emil Jørgensen Emil Ludvig Peter Jørgensen (7 February 1882 in Gentofte – 23 March 1947 in Gentofte) was a Danish amateur football player and administrator. He played four games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summ ...

in 1897. The two identical buildings that flank Danasvej (No. 37-39 and No. 41-43) are from 1905 to 1909 and were designed by

Ulrik Plesner Ulrik Adolph Plesner, usually known as Ulrik Plesner (17 May 1861 in Vedersø – 22 November 1933 in Skagen) was an innovative Danish architect who designed in a National Romantic style at the beginning of the 20th century. He is remembered in p ...

and

Aage Langeland-Mathiesen Aage Langeland-Mathiesen (22 May 1868 – 19 June 1933) was a Danish architect. He was active both in building design and restoration, and was associated with the National Museum for many years. His building designs are strongly influenced b ...

with decorations by

Thorvald Bindesbøll Thorvald Bindesbøll (21 July 1846 – 27 August 1908) was a Denmark, Danish National romantic architect, sculptor and ornamental artist. He designed the Dragon Fountain, Copenhagen (''Dragespringvandet'') and is perhaps best known as the cre ...

. The Gotved Institute's building at No. 51 was completed in 1908 to design by

Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (21 June 1853 – 1 December 1930) was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist, best known for designing Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, generally considered to be one of the most import ...

. It was listed in 1989.

Cultural references

The protagonist Jastrau visits the street in

Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen (born 7 July 1967) is a Danish former racing driver. He holds the record for the most wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six of which were consecutive (from 2000 to 2005). In 1997, he won the race with the Joest Racing te ...

's novel ''Hærværk''.

References

External links

Source

Source

Source

Source
{{coord, 55.6777, N, 12.5543, E, source:wikidata, display=title Streets in Copenhagen Streets in Frederiksberg