Ved Stranden

A flea market at Ved Stranden

Ved Stranden (lit. "At the Beach") is a canal side public space and street which runs along or short section of the Zealand side of Slotsholmen Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It begins at Holmens Kanal, opposite 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.[1]

Buildings

Ved Stranden at Gustmeyer House

Most of the buildings in the street date from the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 and are listed. No. 10 and 12 were built in 1796-1797 to the design of unknown architects.[2][3] Gustmeyer House at No. 14 was designed by Johan Martin Quist and completed in 1797. It is one of Copenhagen's first bourgeois residences with free-standing columns.[4] No. 18 is from 1798 and was designed by Jørgen Henrich Rawert. Ploug House at No. 20 was designed by Andreas Hallander and built 1798-1799 for the merchant C. F. Friderici but takes its name after the writer and politician Carl Ploug who acquired it in 1862. Its facade is decorated with pilasters.[5]

Ploug House viewed from the other side of the canal

The only building in the street which predates the Great Fire of 1795 is No. 16 which was built by Philip de Lange for General War Commissioner Stephen Hansen in 1748.[6] The only building of younger date is No. 2 at the corner of Holmens Kanal, the former headquarters of Nordisk Genforsikring, an insurance company, which replaced several older properties when it was built between 1932 and 1938. It was designed by N. P. P. Gundstrup 18 bays facing VedStranden, five bays facing Holemns Kanal and 18 bays facing Admiralgade on the other side of the block.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ved Stranden". indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Ved Stranden 10" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  3. ↑ "Ved Stranden 12" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  4. ↑ "Ved Stranden 14/Admiralgade 24" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  5. ↑ "Ved Stranden 20/Højbro Plads 21-21a-b" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  6. ↑ "Ved Stranden 16" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  7. ↑ "Ved Stranden 2-8 / Boldhusgade 1 / Admiralgade 28/Holmens Kanal 42" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 2012-09-15.

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Coordinates: 55°40′39″N 12°34′52″E / 55.6774°N 12.5812°E