Kronprinsensgade (
lit. "The Crown Prince's Street") is a street in the Old Town of
Copenhagen
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. It links the major shopping street
Købmagergade
Købmagergade is a pedestrian shopping street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It connects Amagertorv on Strøget to Nørreport station, although the last section, north of Kultorvet, is part of Frederiksborggade, which continues on the othe ...
in the west with
Pilestræde
Pilestræde ( lit. English: Willow Alley) is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a side street to the pedestrianized shopping street Strøget and commonly associated with the newspaper publishing house Berlingske Media, which has its hea ...
in the east. The street is known for
A.C. Perch's Rea Store.
History
Kronprinsensgade is one of the younger streets in the Old Town of Copenhagen. The city's first mail house, Postgården, was built at the site from where the street now extends from Købmagergade in 1727 but it was destroyed just one year later in the
Copenhagen Fire of 1728
The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 was the largest fire in the history of Copenhagen, Denmark. It began on the evening of 20 October 1728 and continued to burn until the morning of 23 October. It destroyed approximately 28% of the city (measured by coun ...
.
In 1783, Kronprinsensgade was established at the private initiative of master timber
Johan Peter Boye Junge (1735-1807) after he had acquired a large site between Købmagergade and Pilestræde earlier that same year. The street was named for the later king
Frederick VI. The street was built over in the 1780s and 1790s.
Notable buildings and residents
Johan Peter Boye Junge who created the street was also responsible for the construction of No. 2 (1785), No. 4–6 (1785-1791), No. 11 (1885) and the building at the corner with Pilestræde (Kronprinsensgade 13 / Pilestræde 37) of which the latter is
listed
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. The buildings at No. 14 and No. 16 (Kronprinsensgade 16 / Pilestræde 35a-f ) were both built by
Andreas Hallander Andreas Hallander (13 November 1755 – 3 April 1828) was a Danish master carpenter and architect who made a significant contribution to the city of Copenhagen. Together with the buildings of Johan Martin Quist, his classically styled apartment hous ...
.
The
A.C. Perch's Thehandel tea shop at No. 5 is one of the oldest shops in Copenhagen. The building from 1805, 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 ...
pilaster
In classical architecture
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s flanking the three central bays on the first and second floor, is listed. A. C. Perchs Tehandel opened at the site in 1835. In 2006, Perch's Tea Room opened on the first floor. The neighbouring building at No. 7 was built for the
United Masonic Lodges (De forenede Frimurerloger( to design by the architect Peter Friis. The building was inaugurated on 7 January 1807 and was used by the Freemasons until they moved to their new headquarters on
Klerkegade
Klerkegade ( lit. "Clergy Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The street runs from Borgergade in the east to Rigensgade in the west, passing Adelgade and Kronprinsessegade on the way.
History
Klerkegade originates in the 1649 ...
(No. 2) in 1868. The building was then acquired by Håndværkerforeningen. They had a 2000-volume library reading room and billiard room in the building but moved out after taking over
Moltke's Mansion
The Moltke's Mansion is a town mansion on the corner of Bredgade and Dronningens Tværgade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of several town mansions in Frederiksstaden, although it actually predates the neighbourhood by half a century. It was bui ...
on
Dronningens Tværgade
Dronningens Tværgade ( lit. "The Queen's Cross Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, which runs from Bredgade to Rosenborg Castle Garden. The street originally formed a link between the King's Garden (Rosenborg Castle Gardens) and t ...
in 1930.
Image gallery
Image:Kbh Kronprinsengade.jpg, No. 2: Corner with Købmagergade
Image:Kronprinsens gade 5 København.jpg, No. 5 with the Perch Tea Store
Image:Kronprinsens gade 13 København.jpg, No. 13, corner with Pilestræde
See also
*
Julius Hoffensberg
References
External links
Kronprinsensgade at indenforvoldene.dk
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Streets in Copenhagen