Bispetorv (
Danish
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
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* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
: ''Bispetorvet'') is a small
public square
A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true square, geometric square, used for community gathe ...
in central
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
,
Denmark
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...
, located on the corner of
Nørregade
Nørregade (literally "North Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Gammeltorv in the south with Nørre Voldgade in the north. Landmarks in the street include Church of Our Lady, Bispegården, St. Peter's Church and Folk ...
and
Studiestræde
Studiestræde is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, running from Bispetorv on Nørregade in the northeast to Axeltorv in the southwest. The oldest section of the street, between Nørregade and Vester Voldgade, is part of Copenhagen's Latin ...
. It takes its name from the
Bishop's House, the official residence of the Bishop of Copenhagen, on the other side of Studiestræde. The square is dominated by the main entrance of
Church of Our Lady which faces it on the other side of Nørregade. The Reformation Memorial which stands in the middle of the square is from 1943.
History
Bispetorv was established in connection with
C. F. Hansen's rebuilding of the
Church of Our Lady after its destruction in the British bombardment of the city during the
Battle of Copenhagen. As properties which occupied the site had also been destroyed, Hansen was successful in having the Establishment take over the lots, and he also designed the surrounding buildings.
Hansen's buildings were sold in 1899 and demolished to make way for a new building for ''Studentersamfundet'', a student society which had been founded in 1882. The new building, was designed by C. F. Jeppesen og Carl Thonning in a
National Romantic
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style at the corner of Studiestræde, topped by a steep pyramidical roof. In 1916 the building was sold and redesigned by
Gotfred Tvede who removed the tower and adapted it to a more sober, Neo-Classical design. In 1949 the building was acquired by the
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...
, which already had a number of buildings in the area, and it became known as the Bispetorv Annex.
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Reformation Memorial
A monument in the centre of the square commemorates the Reformation of Denmark. It was inaugurated on 6 June 1943.
See also
* Parks and open spaces in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is a green city well endowed with open spaces. It has an extensive and well-distributed system of parks that act as venues for a wide array of events and urban life. As a supplement to the regular parks, there are a number of congenial ...
References
External links
Bispetorv
on indenforvoldene.dk
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Squares in Copenhagen
Odonyms referring to religion