Viktoriagade
{{Short description|Street in Copenhagen, Denmark}}
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| name = Viktoriagade
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| image = Viktoriagade, Copenhagen.jpg
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| location = Copenhagen, Denmark
| quarter = Vesterbro
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| metro = Copenhagen Central Station
| coordinates = {{coord|55|40|16.36|N|12|33|30.37|E}}
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = Vesterbrogade
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = Halmtorvet
| junction = Istedgade
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Viktoriagade is a street in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Vesterbrogade in the northwest to Halmtorvet in the southeast and is intersected by Istedgade. The three buildings at No. 8-12 have been listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places.
History
File:Skrædernes Stiftelse (Viktoriagade).png
In the 1620s a fortification known as Retrenchementet was constructed at the site by Christian IV.{{cite web|url=http://tyra.dk/byvandringer-%20Vesterbro.htm|title=Byvandringer med bid, ben og humor|language=da|website=tyra.dk|access-date=24 November 2017}} In front of the rampart ran a moat known as Rosenåen.
File:J. W. Heyman og Hustrues Stiftelse for Officeersenker.png
The area came under redevelopment in the 1950s. Two large lots adjacent to the planned street Gasværksvej were sold to carpenter and developer Jensen. He sold them to the trading house Larsen og Co. in 1854. The company wanted an access road directly to Vesterbrogade and the city engineer's office wanted to get rid of Rosenåen which had developed into an open sewer. Viktoriagade was therefore established on top of the former moat. The land along the street was sold off in lots from 1856.{{cite web|url=http://dengang.dk/artikler/2279|title=Et sted på Vesterbro|language=da|website=dengang.dk|access-date=24 November 2017}}
A number of the early buildings in the new street were built as charitable housing complexes. Skrædernes Stiftelse (No. 18) was built for old tailors in circa 1858. J. V. Heymans Stiftelse for officers' widows (No. 19) was founded in 1869 at the initiative of J. V. Heyman. The building had been completed in 1868 and contained five residents for widows as well as a residence for the inspector. The building was demolished in 1895.
Notable buildings and residents
Viktoriagade No. 8 (1860), No. 10 (1862) and No. 12 are listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places.{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=3100666|title=Sag: Viktoriagade 8|language=da|website=dengang.dk|access-date=24 November 2017}}
Konferensråd J.H. Mundts Stiftelse (No. 20) is from 1863. No. 16 (1867) and No. 14 (1885) were designed by Vilhelm Friederichsen.
Public art
At the pointed corner of Viktoriagade and Abel Cathrines Gade stands a large heart in black corten steel. It was designed by Fin Christiansen and installed in 2000.
Gallery
image:Viktoriagade 8 (Copenhagen).jpg|Viktoriagade 8
Image:Viktoriagade 10.jpg|Viktoriagade 10
Image:Viktoriagade 12, Kbh 2016.jpg|Viktoriagade 12
Image:Konferensråd J.H. Mundts Stiftelse (Viktoriagade 20).jpg|No. 20: Konferensråd J.H. Mundts Stiftelsejunction
Image:Viktoriagade - Abel Cathrines Gade.jpg|Viktoriagade-Abel Cathrines Gade
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- [https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/910430.pdf Source]
{{Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave}}