Gammel Mønt ( en, Old Mint) is a street in central

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, located one block west of

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and Rosenborg Castle Garden.

History

In 1497, a community of

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nuns established the Monastery of St. Clare roughly at the junction of present day Gammel Mønt and Møntergade. In 1541, after the

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, it came into use as the

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. From 1575 to 1593 it was used as a church by a

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congregation but then again as a mint until 1623 when the Royal Mint moved to

Borgergade Borgergade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Gothersgade to Store Kongensgade. As one of relatively few streets in central Copenhagen, the street, in its western part, is dominated by modern buildings. The eastern part pass ...

. The property then became known as ''Gammel Mønt'', Old Mint, and this name was transferred to the street which emerged between 1631 and 1650 as the former monastery gardens were built over. The street was destroyed in the

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Buildings

All except one of the houses on the south side of the street are listed. They are representatives of the so-called fire houses that was built in large numbers in the years after the Great Fire of 1728.

Kvindelig Læseforening Kvindelig Læserforening (English: Women Readers' Association) was a membership-based, private library for women which existed from 1872 until 1945 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former building on Gammel Mønt (No. 1) is designed by Ulrik Plesner ...

's building (No. 1) was built from 1819-1910 to design 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.

References

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Gammel Mønt
on indenforvoldene.dk
Gammel Mønt 41
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gammel Mont Streets in Copenhagen

History

Buildings

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