Ryvangen or Ryvangskvarteret (
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: The Ryvang neighbourhood) is a neighbourhood of
single-family detached home
A stand-alone house (also called a single-detached dwelling, detached residence or detached house) is a free-standing residential building. It is sometimes referred to as a single-family home, as opposed to a multi-family residential dwelling ...
s in the northern part of
Østerbro, on the border with
Hellerup
Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It compri ...
, in
Copenhagen
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Denmark
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History
The name Ryvangen translates to "The Rye Field". The portion located to the west of the
north-bound railway line was ceded to the
Army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
in 1893 and used for the construction of the Svanemøllen Barracks. The area on the east side of the railway tracks was used for the establishment of a new residential neighbourhood of single-family, detached houses in a successful attempt to keep wealthy tax-payers in the municipality. With improved infrastructure, they had increasingly been settling in either
Frederiksberg or the northern suburbs. The new neighbourhood attracted a mixture of businessmen, editors, lawyers and artists.
A local plan for the area was adopted in 1995.
Notable buildings and residents
One of Denmark's leading artists of the day,
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (7 September 1863 – 4 April 1958) was a Danish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, architect and photographer. He became associated with the movements of Symbolism and Expressionism.
Biography
J. F. Willumsen was born i ...
, built a combined home and studio to his own design at Strandagervej 28. The painter
Johan Rohde lived at Norgesmindevej 16. The sculptor
's home and studio was built in 1907 to a design by Aage Langeland-Mathiesen at Svanemøllevej 11.
Image gallery
Image:Ryvangskvarteret 3.JPG,
Image:Ryvangskvarteret 5.JPG,
Image:Ryvangskvarteret 1.JPG,
See also
Ryvangen Memorial Park
Ryvangen Memorial Park ( da, Mindelunden i Ryvangen) is a memorial park in Ryvangen officially inaugurated on 5 May 1950 to commemorate fallen members of the Danish resistance to the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.
The locatio ...
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External links
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