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==Transport==
==Transport==
The [[Copenhagen Super Bikeways|Nørrebro Route]] of Copenhagen's [[Copenhagen Super Bikeways|network of super bikeways]] follows the alignment of the abandoned rail line. A [[bus trap]] is located at the site where the bikeway crosses Rantzausgade. Th street is served by bus lines No. 12, 18 and 66.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsb.dk/Rejseplan/bin/stboard.exe/mn?L=vs_rp4&ml=m&input=1090&boardType=arr&time=now&selectDate=today&maxJourneys=&productsFilter=1111111111111111&start=yes|title=Ankomster på Rantzausgade (København) (21:35 - 22:35)|language=Danish|publisher=Rejseplanen.dk|accessdate=2014-10-26}}</ref>
Nuuks Plads at the junction with Jagtvej will be the site of one of the stations on the [[City Circle Line]] of the [[Copenhagen Metro]].


Nuuks Plads at the junction with Jagtvej will be the site of one of the stations on the [[City Circle Line]] of the [[Copenhagen Metro]].
The [[Copenhagen Super Bikeways|Nørrebro Route]] of Copenhagen's [[Copenhagen Super Bikeways|network of super bikeways]] follows the alignment of the abandoned rail line. A [[bus trap]] is located at the site where the bikeway crosses Rantzausgade.


==Cultural references==
==Cultural references==

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Rantzausgade

Rantzausgade is a street in the Nørrebro distrit of Copenhagen, Denmark, running from Åboulevard in the southeast to Jagtvej where its name changes to Borups Allé.

History

Prinsesse Thyras Asyl , a private kindergarten opened on the street in 1878

Rantzausgade was originally called Nordvestvej ("Northwest Road") and only reached as far as Brohusgade.[1] Being located within the so-called Demarcaton Line which followed Jagtvej, that is on the esplanade (in the original military sense of the word) outside Copenhagen's fortifications, only minor buildings could be built in the area. The area between the road and the Ladegård Canal to the west was dominated by market gardens. They were were particularly known for their production of rhubarb. When te area was built over in the 1870s, developing into a dense working-class neighbourhood, one of the poorest in Copenhagen, it became known as Rabarberkvarteret ("The Rhubarb Neighbourhood").[2] Th term rabarberkvarter has in Danish lter developed into a derogatory, generic term for a poor, late 19th and early 20th century working-class neighbourhood with low housing standards.[2] In 1879, the company Glud & Marstrand opened a factory at No. 22–24.

Brorson's Church in the 1000s

Another extension of Nordvestvej, beyond Jagtvej, began in in 1902 but this section was renamed Borups Allé in 1903. rest of the street was renamed Rantzausgade in 1906 after the Danish-German noble family Rantzau originating in the Duchy of Holstein.

The Nordbanen eailway line crossed the street from 1894 on is way from Copenhagen's second central station at Axeltorv to Helsingør. The railway crossing disappeared in 1930 when [te Boulevard Lineopeed.[3] Trams line No. 13 operated through the street from 1915 until 1965 on its way from City Hal Square to Lyngbygade (Now Hillerødgade).[4]

Notable buildngs and residents

Brorson's Church

Prinsesse Thyras Asyl (now Prinsesse Thyras Børnehus) at No. 48 opened as a private kindergarten on 1 January 1878 wth Princess Thyra of Denmark as protector. It is now owned by the city.

Brorson's Church (No. 49) is from 1901 and was designed by Thorvald Jørgensen, who has also designed Christiansborg as well as several other churches in Copenhagen..[5]

Brohus, viewed from Florsgade

The former building of the Regional Archive for Zealand is located at the northern end of the western end of the street, facing Nuuks Plads. The oldest parts of the complex is from 1893 and was designed by Martin Nyrop in the National Romantic style. It was expanded by Nils Koppel in the 1960s.

The triangular apartment block located between the Regional Archive Building is f called Brohus and is frm 1901. It is bounded by the streets Florsgade.

Artworks, memorials and urban design

The artwork Secret Garden (Den hemmelige have) was designed by by Morten Stræd in connection with the creation of three new urban spaces between Rantzausgade and the Agade Cycle Bridge in 2011.[6]

Transport

The Nørrebro Route of Copenhagen's network of super bikeways follows the alignment of the abandoned rail line. A bus trap is located at the site where the bikeway crosses Rantzausgade. Th street is served by bus lines No. 12, 18 and 66.[7]

Nuuks Plads at the junction with Jagtvej will be the site of one of the stations on the City Circle Line of the Copenhagen Metro.

Cultural references

In his memoir, En rabarberdreng vokser op )"A Rhubarb Boy Grows Up"), the writer Christian Christensen descripes his childhood, growing up in a working-class family living on Nordvestvej.[8]

References

  1. ^ "List om gaden" (in Danis). AB Rantzausgade. Retrieved 2014-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ a b "Rabarberkvarter" (in Danish). Ordbog over det danske Sprog. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  3. ^ "1930" (in Danish). Selskabet or Københavns Histori. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  4. ^ "Gasværket". vognstyrer.dk. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  5. ^ "Brorsons Kirke" (in Danish). nordenskirker.dk. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  6. ^ "Nørrebros nye byrum er mest til gennemfart". Politiken. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  7. ^ "Ankomster på Rantzausgade (København) (21:35 - 22:35)" (in Danish). Rejseplanen.dk. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  8. ^ "Brohus historie". Ejerforeningen Brohus. Retrieved 2014-10-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |languge= ignored (help)

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