Christianshavn is a neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. Part of the Indre By District, it is located on several artificial islands between the islands of Zealand and Amager and separated from the rest of the city centre by the Inner Harbour. It was founded in the early 17th century by Christian IV as part of his extension of the fortifications of Copenhagen. Originally, it was laid out as an independent privileged merchant's town with inspiration from Dutch cities but it was soon incorporated into Copenhagen proper. Dominated by canals, it is the part of Copenhagen with the most nautical atmosphere.
Christianshavns Vold is a former rampart which was part of the bastioned fortification ring which used to surround Copenhagen, Denmark. Running along the full south-eastern perimeter of Christianshavn and Holmen, it used to form a protective barrier towards the island of Amager. It consists of earthworks with 12 bastions and in front of it ran a moat, Stadsgraven, now forming a broad canal which separates Christianshavn from the rest of Amager. On the other side of Stadsgraven. on Amager, was a lower system of outworks called Christianshavns Enveloppe of which only the northern half survives. Along with Kastellet on the other side of the harbour, it is the only intact part of the fortification system.
The Heering House is a Neoclassical house overlooking Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name from Peter Frederik Suhm Heering (1792-1875) who owned it from 1838 until his death in 1875 and it continued to serve as headquarters for his company, Peter Heering, until 1977. The building is now home to the Nordea Foundation and a museum dedicated to banks and saving banks, as well as six residences available to foreign researchers and specialists.
The Irgens House, also known as the Old Artillery Barracks, is a heritage listed building complex situated on Strandgade in the Christianshavn district of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name after Joachim Irgens, one of its first owners. The property was later owned by the wealthy general trader Peter Borre. The karge building complex was later adapted for use as artillery barracks. It was kater joined by Wildersgade Barracks and Bpdsmandsgade Barracks on nearby sites. The army left the buildings in 1923. The complex has since been converted into apartments.
Christianshavns Torv is the central public square of the Christianshavn neighborhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is situated at the intersection of Torvegade and Christianshavn Canal, roughly at the center of the area.
Sankt Annæ Gade is a street in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It connects the main harbourfront at Asiatisk Plads in the west to Christianshavn Rampart in the east via the Snorrebroen bridge. Church of Our Saviour is located in the street.
Torvegade is the central thoroughfare of Christianshavn in Copenhagen, Denmark, linking the city centre by way of Knippel Bridge with Amagerside Copenhagen at Christmas Møllers Plads. The street crosses Christianshavn Canal at Christianshavns Torv, the central square of the neighbourhood. The last section of the street runs on the embankment that across Stadsgraven.
Wildersgade Barracks was a barracks which existed from 1802 until 1822 in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former premises, which include a purpose-built main building on Wildersgade and converted warehouses, two of them facing Christianshavn Canal, are now listed. They surround a central courtyard which has been converted into a community garden.
Dronningensgade is a street in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark, running parallel to Christianshavn Canal one block to the east, from Christianshavn Rampart in the south to Bådsmandsstræde in the north.
Strandgade 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, from Christian's Church in the south-west to Grønlandske Handels Plads in the north.
Store Kongensgade is the longest street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends northeast from Kongens Nytorv to Esplanaden, running parallel to Bredgade, where it breaks left, continuing northwest to Grønningen.
The Seamen's Association of 1856 was founded in Copenhagen in 1856. It runs Princess Marie's Home for Old Seamen and Seamen's Widows in Christianshavn where the association is also based.
The Niels Brock House is a historic property located at Strandgade 36 in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The property comprises the former warehouse at Wildersgade 51 on the other side of the block as well as a number of side wings in the yard. The building takes its name after the businessman Niels Brock for whom it was adapted in the 1780s. Other notable former residents include the historian Peter Vilhelm Jacobsen (1799–1848) and the businessman Christian August Broberg. The entire complex was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
The Snorrebroens Pakhus, located at Overgaden Neden Vandet 45–47, is a former warehouse overlooking Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of what was originally two individual but almost identical warehouses from circa 1800 which were merged into one building in the 1860s and has now been converted into apartments. The name, which is of modern origins, refers to Snorrebroen, the bridge that carries nearby Sankt Annæ Gade across the canal.
Lille Kongensgade is a back street located south of and roughly parallel with the Østergade section of Strøget in central Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Kongens Nytorv in the east with Nikolaj Plads in the west. The entire south side of the first part of the street is occupied by the Magasin du Nord department store.
Kvæsthusgade is a short street in the Nyhavn Quarter of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from the mouth of the Nyhavn canal in the south to Ofelia Plads in the north. The rear side of the Royal Danish Playhouse dominates the east side of the street.
Sankt Annæ Gade 4 is a historic property on Sankt Annæ Gade in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. Built as a warehouse in the 1620s, in 1757 it was converted into a two-storey residential building by anchor smith Hans Caspersen. The first of a number of construction projects undertaken by Caspersen in the neighborhood, he would later also build or significantly expand the buildings at Overgaden Neden Vandet 39, Overgaden Neden Vandet 33 and Overgaden Oven Vandet 50. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950.
Torvegade 28/Wildersgade 26 is an 18th-century building complex situated on the corner of Torvegade and Wildersgade in the Christianshavn neighborhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of a four-storey corner building and an adjacent three-storey former warehouse in Wildersgade. The two buildings were both heightened with one storey in 1852. The property was for almost two hundred years—from 1727 until 1917—owned by bakers. Their bakery was located in a side wing. A sandstone tablet with a relief of a crowned kringle and a cartouche with the initials of a former owner and the year ""Anno 1770" can still be seen above the shop entrance in Torvegade. The entire complex was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1982.
The Sigvert Grubbe House is a Renaissance style townhouse situated at Strandgade 28 in the Chrstianshavn neighborhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The property comprises the building at Wildersgade 41 on the other side of the block as well as a half-timbered building separating two central courtyards from each other. The apartment on the first floor features a number of murals attributed to Nicolai Abildgaard. The entire complex was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. It takes its name after its first owner, Sigbert Grubbe, a favourite of ChristianIV. It was later owned by Jacob Benjamin Italiaender, a Sphardi Jew, who established a tobacco manufactory as well as a private sunagogue in the yard. The painter Peder Severin Krøyer grew up in the building in the 1860s.
Overgaden Neden Vandet 31 is an 18th-century canal house overlooking Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
