Jarmers Plads is a road junction and public space 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 ...

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. It takes its name after

Jarmers Tower Jarmer's Tower ( da, Jarmers Tårn) is an old ruined tower in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was once part of the Copenhagen moat. Jarmers Tower represents the remains of the original eleven towers which were once joined together as a part of the city’s ...

, the ruin of a Medieval tower which used to be part of the Fortification Ring which surrounded the city until the mid 19th century.

History

When Copenhagen's fortifications were decommissioned in the second half of the 19th century, the ramparts were leveled and the moat filled in. Jarmer's Tower was long gone but the site was excavated in connection with the

Nordic Exhibition of 1888 The Nordic exhibition of Industry, Agriculture, and Art of 1888 (''Den Nordiske Industri-, Landbrugs- og Kunstudstilling i Kjøbenhavn 1888'') was an exhibition that aimed to feature the best of art, industry, and agriculture from the five Nordi ...

and the remains of the tower were afterwards restored as a ruin to commemorate the city's past as a fortified city. Østifternes Kreditforening, 2nd HQ, front

Østifternes Kreditforening, 2nd HQ, front

Im 1913, it was decided to built a new head office for Østifternes Kreditforening at the site. An architectural competition for the design of the building was won 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 Valdemar Dan[ and the building was completed in 1916. Ot was demolished in 1954 when H. C. Andersens Boulevard was connected to Gyldenløvesgade">html" ;"title="Valdemar Dan[">Valdemar Dan[ and the building was completed in 1916. Ot was demolished in 1954 when H. C. Andersens Boulevard was connected to Gyldenløvesgade. The only connection between the two streets had until then been the relatively narrow street Jarmersgade. The area outside Realkredit Danmark's building at 2 Jarmers Plads was redesigned by Hansted Holscher Arkitekter in 1996–97.

Today

Jarmers Plads is divided in two by road lanes. The largest area is located adjacent to Ørsted Park. A grassy area with the ruin of Jarmer's Tower is located at the corner of H. C. Andersens Boulevard and Nørregade. A copy of Auguste Cain sculpture ''Lion and Lioness'' (French: ''Lion et lionne se disputant un sanglier'') stands next to the ruin. As indicated by the name, it shows a lion and a lioness fighting over a wild boar. The sculpture was created in 1879 and the copy was installed at the site in 1889 as a gift from

Carl Jacobsen Carl Christian Hillman Jacobsen (2 March 1842 – 11 January 1914) was a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist. Though often preoccupied with his cultural interests, Jacobsen was a shrewd and visionary businessman and initiated the tra ...

's Albertina Foundation.

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