Strandgade

{{Short description|Street in Copenhagen, Denmark}} {{Infobox street | name = Strandgade | native_name = | image = Strandgade København.jpg | image_size = 320px | caption = Strandgade seen from [[Torvegade]] | former_names = | postal_code = 1416 | length_m = 494 | width = | location = [[Christianshavn]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] | coordinates = {{coord|55|40|28.92|N|12|35|26.88|E}} }}

'''Strandgade''' ({{lit|Strand Street}}) is one of the principal streets in the [[Christianshavn]] district of [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. It runs along the full length of the neighbourhood, following the waterfront of the [[Inner Harbour, Copenhagen|Inner Harbour]], from [[Christian's Church, Copenhagen|Christian's Church]] in the south-west to [[Grønlandske Handels Plads]] in the north.

The northern part of the street is a [[cul-de-sac]] for motor vehicles while a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists across [[Trangraven]] is currently under construction.

==History==

===Origins=== Strandgade is one of the streets seen in [[Johan Semp]]'s plan for Christianshavn from 1617. The original intention was only to build along the south-east side of the street, away from the water, while the beach provided private harbour facilities for the lot owners, who could easily transfer goods from ships to their warehouses and storage cellars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ef-enhjoerningen.dk/filer/DetHistoriskeHjoerne.pdf|title=Det historiske hjørne|publisher=Jørgen Villadsen W2C3|accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> This solution was repeated along both sides of [[Christianshavns Kanal|Christianshavn Canal]]. The lots along the street did not sell well and in the end the king gave them away to wealthy citizens from Copenhagen on condition that they built "good commerce houses" on them.

===Development along the west side=== [[File:PTP Strandgade - Asiatisk Kompagnis Bygning.jpg|thumb|160px|Danish Asia Company seen from Strandgade]] [[Danish East India Company]] and [[Danish West India Company]] established their headquarters north and south of [[Torvegade]]/[[Knippelsbro|Knippels Bridge]] respectively. In 1730, the site on the north side of Torvegade was taken over by Danish Asia Company, a reconstruction of Danish East India Company. They completed a new head office on the site in 1738. Denmark's first dry dock, later known as [[Gammel Dok (building)|Old Dock]], opened just north of there in 1739.

===Extension of the street=== Originally Strandstræde only reached as far north as [[Bådsmandsstræde]]. The area north of [[Wilders Plads|Wilder's Bridge]] was not reclaimed until Andreas Bjørn established a shipyard there in 1735. Strandgade was later extended through the area after it had been divided into [[Wilders Plads]], Krøyers Plads and Grønlandske Handels Plads.

===Later history===

==Architecture== The east side of the oldest section of the street is still completely dominated by the historic townhouses, although many have been altered, extended or replaced over the years. Dating from the 1620s, the house row at No. 28-32 has some of the oldest houses in Christianshavn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade.html|title=Strandgade|language=Danish|publisher=indenforvoldene.dk|accessdate=2013-03-22}}</ref> The [[Mikkel Vibe House]] at No. 32 was built by Mikkel Vibe who was mayor of Copenhagen. Other notable houses along this stretch of the street are the [[Lehn House]] at No. 6, [[Rhode House]] at No. 14, Behagen House at No. 26, [[Sigvert Grubbe House]] at No. 28-30 and [[Andreas Bjørn House]] at No. 46.

==Today== The most notable visitor attractions in the street are [[Danish Architecture Centre]], [[North Atlantic House]] and Christian's Church.

Other institutions in the street include the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], the Environmental Agency and [[Architects' Association of Denmark]]. [[Nordea]]'s Danish headquarters occupy the entire waterfront south of Torvegade.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Strandgade (Christianshavn)}} * [http://indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade.html Strandgade] on indenforvoldene.dk {{Christianshavn, Copenhagen}} * [https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/910369.pdf Source] * [https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1801/sogn2879 1801 census] * [https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1840/sogn2879/placenamelist/ 1840 census] * [https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1880/sogn2879/surnamelist 1880 census] * [https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/931172.pdf Strandgade]

[[Category:Streets in Christianshavn]]