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
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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.
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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. Trams line No. 13 operated through the street from 1915 until 1965.
Notable buildngs and residents
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..[3]
Artworks, memorials and urban design
The artwork Secret Garden (Den hemmelige have) was designed by by Morte Stræd in connection with the creation of three new urban spaces between Rantzausgade and the Agade Cycle Bridge in 2011.[4]
Transport
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.
References
- ^ "List om gaden" (in Danis). AB Rantzausgade. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ a b "Rabarberkvarter" (in Danish). Ordbog over det danske Sprog. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
- ^ "Brorsons Kirke" (in Danish). nordenskirker.dk. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ "Nørrebros nye byrum er mest til gennemfart". Politiken. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
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