Vingprdstræde is a street in the Old Town of

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. The first part of the street passes the south side of the

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department store and the north side of

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's headquarters.

History

The street takes its name after Kong Hans' Vingård, a medieval stone house probably built by

Eric of Pomerania Eric of Pomerania (1381 or 1382 – 24 September 1459) was the ruler of the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439, succeeding his grandaunt, Queen Margaret I. He is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396 ...

in about 1450.

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had a vineyard at the site which in turn gave it its name. It is believed that its cellar was the first home of the

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in Copenhagen. In 1541 the Royal Mint relocated to the nearby grounds of the former St. Clare's Monastery, which had been confiscated in 1536 when Denmark officially became a

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nation. The street was completely destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. The name was spelled Vingårdsstræde until the 1930s. All the buildings at the eastern end of the street were greducally acquired by

and several of them were replaced by modern office buildings in the 1970s.

Notable buildings and residents

Kong Hans Vinhus (King John's Wine House) at No. 6 traces its history back to the 15th century although little more than the vaulted cellar survives of the original building. It was extended with two extra floors in 1783-84,and the current facade dates from 1796. The narrow side wing with the gate dates from 1830-31. The building was acquired by neighbouring

in connection with an expansion in the 1970s and now houses a small museum dedicated to the history of the department store. The one Michelin star restaurant

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is located in the cellar. No. 19 and No. 21 date from the rebuilding of the area in the late 1790s and are both listed. Half a century younger, No. 18, 20 and 22 were all built in 1849–51 to design by

Peter Christoph Hagemann Peter Christoph Hagemann (20 March 1810 – 22 August 1853), often referred to as P. C. Hagemann was a Neoclassical Danish architect who worked in Copenhagen. Early life and education Hagemann was born in Itzehoe in 1810, the son of mason Johann ...

and are also listed. The building at Vingårdstræde 3 and Laksegade 4 is from 1928 and was designed by Carl Brummer

References

External links

Vingårdstræde
at indenforvoldene.dk

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