Naboløs (literally "Without Neighbours") is a short street in the Old Town of

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. All six properties in the street date from the rebuilding of the city in the years after the

Copenhagen Fire of 1795 The Copenhagen Fire of 1795 (''Københavns brandes 1795'') started on Friday, 5 June 1795, at or around 3 pm by the Navy's old base south east of Kongens Nytorv on Gammelholm, in the Navy's magazine for coal and timber, the so-called Dellehave. A ...

and have been added to the Danish registry of protected buildings and places. Together with Hyskenstræde it provides a direct link between the shopping street

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and the metro station at Gammel Strand.

History

In the Middle Ages the street was considered part of Hyskenstræde. In the 16th century it became known under various names. In 1551 it is thus referred to as "that street where Niels Tommesen lives" (""thet strede som Niels Tommesen wdi boer") and in 1604 as Vejerhusstræde (Weighhouse Street) after the

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(vejerboden) which had been built at Gammel Strand in 1581. The name Naboløs is first seen in 1713, probably because only one house fronted the street at that time. This situation lasted until 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 ...

. The street was again destroyed in the

. The Vejerbod was demolished in 1857.

Notable buildings and residents

All six buildings in the street have been listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places. No. 6 was built for the Jewish merchant Lion Israel in 1796–1797. The area along Gammel Strand was home to Copenhagen's Jewish community. The city's first Synagogue was situated in Læderstræde. The building was from 1861 owned by his grandson Moses Melchior. In his will, Melchior converted the building into charitable housing for widows of artists and scientists, naming the institution Henriette Melchiors Stiftelse in honour of his sister Henriette. No. 1 (1798-1799), No. 3 (1798) and No. 5 (1797-98) were all built by the master builder Hans Christian Ondrup. No. 2 is from 1797 and was built by L. L. Thrane and Frantz Philip Lange. No. 4 is from 1802 and was designed by J. L. Thrane.

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