Badstuestræde is a street in the Old Town of
Copenhagen,
Denmark, linking the pedestrian street
Strøget in the north with
Kompagnistræde in the south.
Brolæggerstræde
Brolæggerstræde (literally "Cobble-Layer Alley) is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Nytorv in the west with Badstuestræde in the east. Most of the buildings in the street date from the years after the Copenhagen Fire of ...
end in the street. Most of the buildings in the street date from the years after the
Copenhagen Fire of 1795.
History
Badstuestræde is first mentioned in the Toskilde Bishops' Census Book from 1377. It was home to a row of market stalls that were moved to
Købmagergade in about 1400. The street was named for a public bath house located at its southern end. It was one of three such public bath houses in the city at that time. The two others were located in
Vestergade and at
St Nicolas' Church. The
House of the Holy Ghost in Niels Hemmingsens Gade had its own, private bath house. In 1496, the street was referred to as Strandbadstræde ("Beach Bath Alley"). The bath house was closed in 1509 but the street kept its name which was shortened to Badstuestræde in the 1740s.
The street was completely destroyed in the
Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but rebuilt over the next few years.
Notable buildings and structures
Most of the buildings in the street date from the late 1790s or early 1800s. The Frederik Tutein House on the corner with Strøget (Badstuestræde 2 / Vimmelskaftet 47) was built for Frederik Tutein in 1801 to design by
Johan Martin Quist
Johan Martin Quist or Qvist (3 September 1755 – 25 April 1818) was a Danish architect who made a significant contribution to the city of Copenhagen. Together with those of Andreas Hallander, his classically styled buildings form part of the ...
. The rounded corner is typical of Quist's works from the period. The newspaper
Kristeligt Dagblad is based in the building on the first and second floor.
Mp. 8 (1797-1798), No. 10 (1798-1799), No. 12 (1799-1800), Bo. 15 (1798-1802), No. 16 (1797), No. 17 (1829-1832), No. 18 (1796-1797) and No. 20 (1796-1797) are all
listed. No. 18 is decorated with
Ionic order
The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
pilasters.
Margrethe-Skolen, a school of fashion and design, is located on the second floor at No. 1-3.
Commemorative plaque
A plaque on No. 17 commemorates that the linguist
Rasmus Rask died in the building on 15 November 1843.
References
External links
Source194+ census
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Streets in Copenhagen
Former public baths in Denmark