Lavendelstræde

Lavendelstræde

Lavendelstræde (lit. "Lavender Street") is a street in the old town of Copenhagen, Denmark). It runs from Kattesundet-Hestemøllestræde in the northeast to Vester Voldgade in the west, linking Slutterigade and Nytorv and at Regnbuepladsen and Copenhagen City Hall in the southwest.

History

Lavendelstræde Windmill at the far end of the street in 1775

The street received its name in 1609. It from the area close to the city's central square Gammeltorv to the Fyldenløve Bastion of the West Rampart which followed present-day Vester Voldgade. The name of the street probably refers to the lavender that grew in a small group of herb gardens located next to the rampart.^[1]

The street was completely destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It buildings were rebuilt over the next few years and a new combined city hall and courthouse was built at its beginning, fronting Nytorv.

On the Gyldenløve Bastion stood a stub mill, St. Lucy's Wind,ill (Sankt Lucie Mølle), which was also known as Lavendelstræde Windmill (Lavendelstræde Mølle) after the street. The The rampart survived until 1885. The windmill was dismantled and rebuilt at Enghavevej.

Notable buildings

Centralhjørnet at the corner of Lavendelstræde with Kattesundet

and inaugurated in 1905. One of two Neoclassical skyways that connect Copenhagen Court House with Copenhagen Jailhouse across Slutterigade is visible at the other end of the street.

Lavendelstræde No. 1, 4–6 and 10 are listed. No. 1, located at the corner with Hestemøllestræde, dates from dates from 1806-07. It was expanded with five bays in 1892-93.^[2] The street was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. No. 4–6 is from 1799 and No. 10 is from 1796-97. Taphouse (No. 15) is one of the largest beer bars in the city, offering more than 60 different beers on tap, mainly from Danish and foreign microbreweries.^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lavendelstræde.

• Lavendelstræde at indenforvoldene.dk