Østbanegade

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Østbanegade
Ostbanegade (Copenhagen) 01.jpg
Østbanegade with a glimpse of Glacisgården at the corner of Trondhjems Plads.
Length1,320 m (4,330 ft)
Location Copenhagen, Denmark
Postal code2100
Coordinates 55°42′6.48″N12°35′28.32″E / 55.7018000°N 12.5912000°E / 55.7018000; 12.5912000

Østbanegade is a street in Copenhagen, Denmark. It begins at Østerport Station on Oslo Plads and continues north along the west side of the railway tracks for about 2 kilometres to Aarhusgade where an underpass connects the street to the other side of the railway line. A second underpass is situated at Nordre Frihavnsgade, just south of Nordhavn station, while a foot and cycle bridge is found at Mandalsgade near the beginning of the street.

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Trondhjems Plads (English: Trondheim Square) is a garden square occupying a triangular space between Østbanegade and Trondhjemsgade.

History

The Beach Promenade, now Ostbanegade, 1896 Strandpromenaden (1896).jpg
The Beach Promenade, now Østbanegade, 1896
The block No. 5-9 seen on a photo by Peter Rlfelt, 10+3- Ostbanegade 5-9 (1903).jpg
The block No. 5-9 seen on a photo by Peter Rlfelt, 10+3-

The layout of the street was decided in connection with the plans for the new Coast Line in 1893. It was named after Østbanegården (English: The East Station), now Østerport station, which opened in 1897. [1] The new Free Port was inaugurated on reclaimed land on the other side of the planned railway in November 1894. Construction of the street began in 1895. The street first crossed the former glacis outside Kastellet and then followed the old coast line to the Old Limery. [2] Further it passed Øresund Chemical Factories which had opened in 1859 after professor Hans Peter Jørgen and Julius Thomsen had established a process for manufacturing soda from cryolite, obtained from the west coast of Greenland. The plant existed until 1990.

Notable buildings and residents

Glacispalæet (No. 1, literally "The Glacis Mansion") was built between 1900 and 1903 to a design by Andreas Clemmesen. It formerly served as headquarters of the engineering company Monberg & Thorsen. No. 57 (Glacispalais, 1903) and No. 9 are stately residential buildings. The street then passes Trondhjems Plads, a garden square which occupies a rectangular space between Østbanegade and Trondhjemsgade. It affords views of the rear side of Domus Medica. Glacisgården at No. 11 was designed by Aage Langelannd-Mathiesen and completed in 1904. It is a rare example of influence from vienese Jugendstyle on Danish architecture. [3] Gefion and Gylfe (No. 19 and 21) are two apartment buildings connected by am archway across Mandalsgade. It was completed in 1902 to a design by Philip Smidth. [4]

Østerbro Fire Station (No. 99) was designed by Ludvig Fenger and completed in 1901.

Public art

Diana on Horseback by Carl J. Bonnesen Diana on Horseback 01.jpg
Diana on Horseback by Carl J. Bonnesen

In the garden complex on Trondhjems Plads is Carl Johan Bonnesen's equestrian statue of Diana. It was installed on the square in 1909 as a gift from Carl Jacobsen. [5] The underpass and outer wall of the raised railway at the end of Nordre Frihavnsgade is decorated with Ib Spand Olsen's illustrations from his childhood memoirs from Østerbro.

Transport

The S-train stations Østerport station and Nordhavn station are located on the street. Østerport Station will also be the site of a station on the City Circle Line of the Copenhagen Metro.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glacisgården</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gefion and Gylfe</span> Listed buildings in Copenhagen

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References

  1. "Strandpromenaden - nu Østbanegade, 1896" (in Danish). Museum of Copenhagen. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. "1895" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. "Sag: Glacisgaarden" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  4. "Sag: Gylfe" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  5. "Diana til hest" (in Danish). Københavns Kommune. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

Coordinates: 55°42′06″N12°35′28″E / 55.7018°N 12.5912°E / 55.7018; 12.5912