Møntergade

Møntergade with the Møntergården office building in the middle of the picture

Møntergade (lit. "Minter Street") is a street in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Pilestræde in the west to Gothersgade in the east.

History

Area cleared in connection with urban renewal in the 1900s, watching from Store Regnegade in the direction of Møntergade

Møntergade has probably existed since the Middle Ages but the first reference to the street is from 1528 when it is referred to as "the city's street which runs to the rampart ("byes stræde, som løuer till wollen"(, a reference to the city's East Rampart which then followed the course pf present-day Gothersgade.^[1] First recorded in 1623, the street recived its current name after the Royal Mint which took over St. Clare's Monastery following the Reformation.^[2] In 15659, most of the residents in the street were craftsmen such as timbers, weaversm coopers, wood carvers, wheelwrights, glove makers and basket makers.^[1] Poul Fechtel, who had been Royal Mint Master from 1536 until 1765, created a charitable housing development on a lot granted by the king in 1570. It became known as Poul Fechtels Hospital and was destroued along with the rest of the street in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 but rebuilt. Poul Fechtels Hospital moved to a new building on Frederikssundsvej in 1908 and its old buildings were demolished the following year when the street Christian IX2 Gade was created.

The so-called Brøndstræde Quarter, a run-down and crowded area between Møntergade and Landemærket to the north, was demolished in 1910 in the first åublic urban regeneration programme of its kind in the city.^[3]

Notable buildings and residents

Møntergade 6

The even numbered house row at No. 4–16 date from the 1730s and the houses are all listed. The houses were originally examples of the so-called "Copenhagen Fire of 1728#The fire housesfire houses" (Danish: Ildebrandshuse) that were built in large numbers after the Fire of 1728.^[1] Most of the houses have later been altered with the addition of extra floors and changes to the facades but the building on the corner of Gammel Mønt shows the original design.^[4] The red-brick building on the corner with Pilestræde is from the 1880s.

The Danish fashion brand Rabens Saloner opened a flagship store over three storeys in No. 10 in 2015.^[5]

The corner of Christian IXs Gade (left) and Møntergade (right), just off Gothersgade

Egmont Group 's Guttenberghus Complex(No. 1-5) occupies the entire block on the other side of the street between Pilestræde and Vognmagergade. The wing on Møntergade is from 1962–64 and was designed by Preben Hansen Poul Andreasen. A colonnade runs along the full length of the block.^[6] Møntergården (), a monumental office block located on the other side of the Vognmagergade, was built in 1915–16 to design by H. P. Jacobsen for A. C. Illum. Jacobsen also worked for Illum on the expansion of the Illum department store. The furniture and design brand GUBI has a flagship store in the ground floor at No. 19.^[7]

The triangular block on the other side of Møntergade, opposite Møntergården, is from 1909 and was designed by Eugen Jørgensen.

References

1. "Møntergade". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. "Møntergade". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
3. "Byens berygtede stræder". Berlingske. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
4. "København, Gammel Mønt 41". arkark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
5. "Dansk modefirma åbner flagskib i Møntergade". AOK (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
6. "Møntergade 1-5/Pilestræde 56-60 / Landemærket 8-12/Vognmagergade 5-11". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
7. . Berlingske Store http://www.aok.dk/shopping/gubi-storetitle=ByGUBI Store Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 14 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Møntergade at indenforvoldene.dk

Coordinates: 55°40′56″N 12°34′48″E / 55.6822°N 12.5801°E