Sølvgade (
lit. "Silver Street") is a street in central
Copenhagen,
Denmark, extending north-west from
Borgergade
Borgergade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Gothersgade to Store Kongensgade. As one of relatively few streets in central Copenhagen, the street, in its western part, is dominated by modern buildings. The eastern part passe ...
to
The Lakes where Fredens Bro connects it to Fredensgade. The section from
Kronprinsessegade
Kronprinsessegade ( lit. "Crown Princess Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Noted for its fine Neoclassical houses, it extends from Gothersgade and runs along the southern boundary of Rosenborg Castle Garden, passing Sølvgade ...
to
Øster Voldgade follows the walled north-eastern margin of
Rosenborg Castle Garden and the next section, from Øster Voldgade to the intersection with
Farimagsgade, named Sølvtorvet (English: "Silver Square") although it is little more than a busy street junction, separates
Copenhagen Botanical Garden
The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden ( da, Botanisk have), usually referred to simply as Copenhagen Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 10 hectares and is particularly ...
from
Østre Anlæg
Østre Anlæg is a public park in Copenhagen. Once it was a part of the old city fortifications. The park was designed by landscape architect H.A. Flindt who also designed Ørstedsparken and Copenhagen Botanical Garden on the old fortification ...
.
History
Like the other streets in the area, Sølvgade originates in the masterplan for
New Copenhagen which was created in 1649. The street was one in a series of streets in the
Nyboder neighbourhood that were named after minerals. All of the other streets have now disappeared.
The original street only ran from Adelgade to the East Rampart at present day Øster Voldgade. St. Ann's Graveyard was from the beginning located at the northern end of the street, opposite Rosenborg Castle Gardem. St. Ann's Rotunda, which had commenced construction in 1640 but never been completed, was blown up in 1668. Still known as St. Ann's Graveyard, the site was then used as a drill ground until it was finally built over with buildings such as the
Gold House, the
Stocks House and
Sølvgade Barracks which was completed in 1771.
When Copenhagen's fortifications were decommissioned and removed in the 1860s, Sølvgade was extended all the way to The Lakes. The first Fredens Bro, the bridge at the end of the street, then a relatively narrow wooden structure, was built in 1878. It was replaced by the current, broad embankment in 1977.
Sølvtorvet was created in connection with the establishment of Stockholmsgade in the 1880s. The new buildings for the
College of Advanced Technology (now DTU) opened on the square in 1890. It was built to a design by
Johan Daniel Herholdt, who had been teaching at the institution from 1860 to 1875. The institution later moved to a new building on Øster Voldgade in the 1930s.
In the 1940s, when Adelgade and Borgergade underwent extensive urban renewal, Sølvgade saw another extension, now in its other end, to Borgergade.
The Parks Museums
There are currently plans to build a new home of the
Natural History Museum along the Botanical Garden's boundary on Sølvgade, incorporating the former College of Advanced Technology's old complex as well as the Museum of Geology at the other corner.
The Natural History Museum and the
National Gallery are together with a number of other museums in the area around Rosenborg Castle Garden, Botanical Garden and Østre Anlæg collectively called The Park Museums. The other museums in the collaboration are the
David Collection in
Kronprinsessegade
Kronprinsessegade ( lit. "Crown Princess Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Noted for its fine Neoclassical houses, it extends from Gothersgade and runs along the southern boundary of Rosenborg Castle Garden, passing Sølvgade ...
, the
Hirschsprung Collection in
Stockholmsgade and the
Danish Film Institute in
Gothersgade
Gothersgade is a major street in the City Centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends from Kongens Nytorv to Sortedam Lake, passing Rosenborg Castle and Gardens, Nørreport Station and Copenhagen Botanic Gardens on the way.
Every day at 11:30 am, ...
.
Notable buildings and residents
The most prominent building in the street is
Sølvgade Barracks, a large
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
complex completed in 1771 to a design by the French architect
Nicolas-Henri Jardin. One of the two main wings is visible from Rosenborg Castle Garden.
Built in 1847, Sølvgade School at No. 16 was Denmark's first public school. It was designed by Peter Heinrich Christoph Hagemann.
The Holmblad House at No. 38 was built by Jacob Holmblad in 1776.
No. 22 is (from 1831) and No. 30 (from 1853) and No. 34 (from 1834) are also listed.
Image:Sølvgade Barracks from Østre Anlæg.jpg, Sølvgade Barracks
Image:Sølvgade wall.JPG, View from Rosenborg Castle Garden
Image:Sølvgade - facade detail.jpg, Buildings in a courtyard
Image:Wall - Kongens Have - Copenhagen - DSC08333.JPG, The low Jakob Holmblad House seen to the left
See also
*
Sølvgade 20–22
References
External links
Sølvgadeon indenforvoldene.dk
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Streets in Copenhagen