Rantzausgade is a street in the
Nørrebro
Nørrebro (, ) is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate (''Nørreport''), which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station ...
district of
Copenhagen,
Denmark. It runs from
Ã…boulevard in the southeast to
Jagtvej in the northeast where its name changes to
Borups Allé.
History
Rantzausgade was originally called Nordvestvej ("Northwest Road") and only reached as far as Brohusgade where it ended in a wooden fence. Being located within the so-called Demarcation Line which followed Jagtvej, that is on the
esplanade (in the original military sense of the word) outside Copenhagen's fortifications, only minor buildings could be built in the area. The area on the other side of the fence continued down to the
Ladegård Canal to the south and was used for market gardens. They were particularly known for their production of
rhubarb
Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks ( petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of ''Rheum'' in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. The whole plant – a herbaceous perennial growing from short, thick rhizo ...
. When the area was built over from the 1870s on, developing into a dense working-class neighbourhood, one of the poorest in Copenhagen, it became known as ''Rabarberkvarteret'' ("The Rhubarb Neighbourhood").
The term ''rabarberkvarter'' has in Danish since developed into a derogatory, generic term for a poor, late 19th or early 20th-century working-class neighbourhood with low housing standards.
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The Nordbanen railway line crossed the street from 1894 on its way from Copenhagen's second central station at Axeltorv to Helsingør. The railway crossing disappeared in 1930 when the Boulevard Line opened. Tram line No. 13 operated through the street from 1915 until 1965 on its way from the City Hall Square to Lyngbygade (Now Hillerødgade).
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Notable buildings and residents
Glud & Marstrand's former metal goods factory is located at No. 22-24. It was converted into a combined restaurant, wine store and wine bar by Kenn Husted Kenn or KENN may refer to:
Places
*Kenn, Devon, a village in England
*Kenn, Somerset, a village in England
*Kenn, Germany, a place in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Other uses
*Kenn (Japanese actor)
*KENN (AM), American radio station
See also
*Ken ...
in 2017.
Brorson's Church
Brorson's Church (Danish: ''Brorsons Kirke'') is a church located in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The church is named after Hans Adolph Brorson.
History
Brorson's Church was built from 1898 to 1901 to the design of Thorvald Jørg ...
(No. 49) is from 1901 and was designed by Thorvald Jørgensen, who also designed Christiansborg as well as several other churches in Copenhagen.
Artworks, memorials and urban design
The artwork Secret Garden (''Den hemmelige have'') was designed by Morten Stræd in connection with the creation of three new urban spaces between Rantzausgade and the Agade Cycle Bridge in 2011.
Transport
A bus trap
A bus trap (car trap in the UK) is a metal grate placed over a ditch or pit in the road with tines (sides) spaced far enough apart that small (shorter axle) vehicles fall between the tines but close enough that larger-diameter-wheeled vehicles, ...
is located at the site where the bikeway crosses Rantzausgade. The street is served by bus lines 12, 18 and 66.
Cultural references
In his memoir, ''En rabarberdreng vokser op'' ("A Rhubarb Boy Grows Up"), the writer Christian Christensen describes his childhood, growing up in a working-class family living on Nordvestvej.
References
External links
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streets in Nørrebro