{{Short description|Street in Copenhagen, Denmark}} [[Image:Gothersgade ved Adelgade.jpg|thumb|300px|Gothersgade view from [[Kongens Nytorv]] ]] '''Gothersgade''' ({{IPA|da|ˈkoˀtɐsˌkɛːðə}}; see [[#The name|below]]) is a major street in the [[Indre By|City Centre]] of [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. It extends from [[Kongens Nytorv]] to [[The Lakes, Copenhagen|Sortedam Lake]], passing [[Rosenborg Castle]] and [[Rosenborg Castle Gardens|Gardens]], [[Nørreport Station]] and [[University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden|Copenhagen Botanic Gardens]] on the way.
Every day at 11:30 am, the [[Royal Life Guards (Denmark)|Royal Life Guards]], who are based at [[Rosenborg Barracks]], depart from [[Rosenborg Eksercerplads]] and march down Gothersgade and up [[Bredgade]] for the ceremonial changing of the guard at 12 noon at [[Amalienborg Palace|Amalienborg Palace Square]].
==History== Gothersgade runs along the original course of the [[Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century)#Østervold|Eastern Rampart]] of Copenhagen's [[Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century)|former Fortification Ring]]. Originally called Ny Kongensgade, it was established in about 1647 after the Eastern Rampart had been taken in a more northerly direction to expand the fortified city with a large new area known as [[New Copenhagen]]. At his point the street only ran to the site of today's [[Nørreport Station]] where it met the fortifications just north-east of the North City Gate.
In 1870, after the fortifications had been decommissioned and their grounds leveled out, the street was extended to its current length.<ref name=Gyldendal>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_historie/K%C3%B8benhavns_historie/Gothersgade|title=Gothersgade|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=2011-02-10}}</ref>
In 1892, Copenhagen's first public [[power station|electricity plant]], ''Gothersgade elektriske Centralstation'', opened at the corner of Gothergade and Adelsgade. It was installed behind the existing house fronts towards Gothergade and was unusual for its central location.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ing.dk/artikel/78011-stroem-skabte-det-moderne-koebenhavn|title=Strøm skabte det moderne København|publisher=Ingeniøren|access-date=2011-02-11|archive-date=2012-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020003822/http://ing.dk/artikel/78011-stroem-skabte-det-moderne-koebenhavn|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was later expanded and modernized several times. Since 1994, it had only served as a [[Electrical substation|substation]] for distribution of electricity and [[central heating]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starbas.dk/Arkivskaber.php?ID=1908|title=Gothersgade Elektricitetsværk|publisher=Københavns Kommune|access-date=2011-02-11}}</ref>
In 1920–30 the section of Gothersgade from Rosenborg Castle Gardens to Sortedam Lake was widened. In the process, [[Rosenborg Barracks]] was shortened with two bays and the drill house from 1787 and ''Brøndkuranstalten'' in front of Rosenborg Castle were demolished. A planned widening of the section of the street closest to Kongens Nytorv was later abandoned.
==The name== [[Image:Københavns Belysningsvæsen, Gothersgade.jpg|thumb|200px|Copenhagen Lighting Company]] [[Image:Gothersgade - facade detail.jpg|thumb|200px|Facade detail near the Lakes]] The prefix ''Gothers-'' in the street name refers to the [[Goths]] of the title ''[[King of the Goths|King of the Goths and the Wends]]'' which was used by [[List of Danish monarchs|Danish kings]] from the 14th century until 1972. ''Vendersgade'', which is Gothersgade's mirror image on the other side of [[Frederiksborggade]], refers to the [[King of the Wends|Wends]] of the same title.<ref name=Gyldendal/>
==Notable buildings== * [[Baron Boltens Gård]] (8A Gothersgade) * [[Københavns Belysningsvæsen|Copenhagen Lighting Company building]] * [[Cinemateket]], home of the [[Danish Film Institute]] (55 Gothersgade) * King's Gate, one of the entrances to [[Rosenborg Castle Gardens]], located diagonally from Queen's Gate * [[Rosenborg Castle]] (4A Øster Voldgade) * [[Rosenborg Barracks]] (100 Gothersgade) * [[Reformed Church, Copenhagen|Reformed Church]] (109 Gothersgade) * [[Nørreport Station]] * Entrance to [[University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden]] * Faculty Library of Social Sciences (140 Gothersgade) * [[St. Andrew's Church, Copenhagen|St. Andrew's Church]] (148 Gothersgade) * [[Kunstnerhjemmet]]
==See also== * [[Bredgade]] * [[Borgergade]] * [[Gammel Mønt]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Gothersgade (Copenhagen)}} * [http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/gothersgade.html Gothersgade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925131940/http://indenforvoldene.dk/gothersgade.html |date=2016-09-25 }} on indenforvoldene.dk * [https://byogland.dk/documents/fredning_botanisk_laboratorium.pdf Botanisk Laboratorium]
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