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| Length | 53 m (174 ft) |
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| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Quarter | Indre By |
| Postal code | 1062 |
| Nearest metro station | Gammel Strand |
| Coordinates | 55°40′38.3″N12°34′54.6″E / 55.677306°N 12.581833°E |
| Southwest end | Ved Stranden |
| Northeast end | Admiralgade |
Boldhusgade (lit. "Ball House Street) is a short, cobbled street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Ved Stranden in the southwest to Admiralgade in the northeast from where it continues as Laksegade.
The street was original called Adelstredet. The 20-year-old king Christian IV constructed a so-called ball house on the south side of the street in 1597. It was used for ball play and other recreational activities.
The area was then part of Bremerholm. Skipperboderne, a development of naval barracks, was built close to the ball house in circa 1614. A new ball house was then built on Slotsholmen but the old one is still mentioned in the middle of the century and it is therefore unclear when it was demolished. Boldhusgade was created in 1624. The street was completely destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. [1]
All the buildings in the street were built in the years just after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 and have all been listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places.
The north west side of the street (even numbers) consists of four properties. Studenterforeningen was for a while based at No. 2 in the first half of the 19th century. It was later home to a theatre, Boldhus Teatret.
The southeast side of the street consists of just two properties. Boldhusgade 1/Admiralgade 28 is from 1798-1799 and was built by Frantz Phillip Lange (1756-1805) and Lauritz Thrane (1757-1809). The high cellar and ground floor are dressed while the upper floors stand in exposed, red brick. Ved Stranden 8, with nine bays towards Boldhusgade, was built for the goldsmith Christian Nielsen Lindbach in 1796–1797.
Johan Martin Quist or Qvist was a Danish architect who made a significant contribution to the city of Copenhagen. Together with those of Andreas Hallander, his classically styled buildings form part of the legacy of 19th-century Danish Golden Age architects who reconstructed areas of the old town which had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795.
Ved Stranden is a canal side public space and street which runs along a short section of the Zealand side of Slotsholmen Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It begins at Holmens Kanal, opposite the Church of Holmen, and runs west along the canal for one and a half blocks before widening into a small, triangular space adjacent to Højbro Bridge and Højbro Plads. The name of the street refers to Gammel Strand, 'Old Beach', which it formed part of until 1961.
The Gustmeyer House is a historic property on Ved Stranden, opposite Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1797 to a Neoclassical design by Johan Martin Quist. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr was born in the building. McKinsey & Company is now based in the building.
Ploug House is a listed Neoclassical property on the corner of Højbro Plads and Ved Stranden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It dates from the building boom which followed after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but takes its name from the poet, publisher and politician Carl Ploug who lived there in the 1860s and 1870s and also published the newspaper Fædrelandet from the premises.
The Sundorph House is a Neoclassical property at Ved Stranden 10 in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The property has since the late 17th century been owned by members of the Sundorph family. The current building was constructed for tea merchant Mette Christine Sundorph after the previous building at the site had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
Admiralgården is a converted warehouse located at Admiralgade 17 in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built for the same company as the nearby Sundorph House and was originally used for storing tea. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 5 March 1945 and is now owned by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre and his two sons through the real estate company Metorion..
Ved Stranden 8 is a Neoclassical property located at the corner of Ved Stranden and Boldhusgade, opposite Christiansborg Palace, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1932.
Laksegade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Kongens Nytorv in the northeast to Admiralgade in the southwest from where it continues as Boldhusgade to Ved Stranden.
Ved Stranden 16 is a narrow, mid18th-century property]] located opposite Christiansborg Palace in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. It is flanked by the former Hotel Royal to the left and the Gustmeyer House to the right.
Ved Stranden 12 is a town house located opposite Christiansborg Palace in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1932. The building is flanked by the Gustmeyer House to the left and the Sundorph to the right.
Johann Gottfried Grund was a German-Danish sculptor. He created the sculptures in Nordmandsdalen at Fredensborg Palace. The sculptures in Nordmandsdalen have been replaced by replicas while Grund's original works have been moved to Christian IV's Brewhouse in Copenhagen.
Boldhusgade 4 is a Neoclassical property off the Ved Stranden canalfront in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was like most of the other buildings in the area constructed in the years after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1959.
Boldhusgade 6 is a Neoclassical property off the Ved Stranden canalfront in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was like most of the other buildings in the area constructed in the years after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1959.
Admiralgade 23 is a Neoclassical property situated at the corner of Admiralgade and Dybensgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was together with the adjacent building at Dybensgade 21 constructed for goldsmith Christian Nielsen Lindbach after the previous buildings at the site had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. The two properties were merged into a single property in 1981. They were jointly listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945.
Fortunstræde 1 is a Neoclassical property situated at the corner of Fortunstræde and Admiralgade, opposite the former St. Nicolas' Church, now Kunsthallen Nikolaj, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was like most of the other buildings in the area constructed after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was shortly thereafter acquired by the bookseller Abraham Soldin who in partnership with his brother Salomon Soldin ran a bookshop and publishing business from the premises. The venture was later continued by his son Ferdinand Vilhelm Soldenfeldt as F. V. Soldenfeldt. The building is today owned by Borgervennen, a fraternal society founded in 1788, now based in the apartment on the first floor. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945.
Nikolaj Plads 27 is a Neoclassical property situated at the corner of Nikolaj Plads and Admiralgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was like most of the other buildings in the area constructed as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and plac es in 1945.
Admiralgade 25/Laksegade 32 is a Neoclassical property situated at the corner of Admiralgade and Laksegade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed for goldsmith Christian Nielsen Lindbach after his previous building on the site had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1939.
Boldhusgade 2/Admiralgade 26 is a Neoclassical apartment building situated at the corner of Boldhusgade and Admiralgade in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building, like most of the other buildings in the area, was constructed as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. Notable former residents include the army officer Bernhard Ditlef von Staffeldt. The building was later home to first the restaurant and bar venue Admiral-Krien and then the experimental theatre Boldhus Teatret. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1939.
Admiralgade 28 is a Neoclassical building situated at the corner of Admiralgade and Boldhusgade in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed in 1798–99 by the prolific master builders Philip Lange and Lauritz Laurberg Thrane as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795., it is now part of a large complex of ministerial buildings which comprises the entire block. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950. Copenhagen's Student Association (Studenterforeningen) was based in the building from 1824 to 1831 and again from 1741 to 1863. Other notable former residents include the music retailers and publishers CCarl Christian Lose den ældre, merchant and Cherry Heering-manufacturer Peter Heering and the graphical studio Pacht & Crone.
Admiralgade 22 is a Neoclassical apartment building situated close to Nikolaj Plads in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed in 1845–46 for a wholesale merchant named Harboe for whom Ved Stranden 16 on the other side of the block was also heightened by one storey. The two buildings was at the same time divided into two separate properties. Admiralgade 22 was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1959. The scope of the heritage listing was extended in 1988. Notable former residents include the ballet dancer Adolph Stramboe.
