Packhusgränd

Packhusgränd viewed from Benickebrinken in March 2007.

Packhusgränd (Swedish: Warehouse Alley) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching west from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Johannesgränd and Tullgränd.

In 1686, the city bought a site on the south side of the alley to accommodate the customs department, and by the end of that century the latter had the warehouse built which gave the alley its name. The alley was formerly known as Urbansgränden (Urbanus grandhen (1606), "The Alley of Urban") after Urban Michelsson who had an estate here in the late 16th century. Its present name first appears as Packhus gr[änd] in 1733.[1]

The area was being used as a berth by the 13th century when the waterfront was located much further east than today, and a medieval harbour, known as Koggahamnen ("The Cog Harbour"), and a quay, Koggabron ("The Cog Bridge"), was also found here as modern time excavations have shown. During the 15th and 16th centuries, a section of the city wall along with two of its towers were found just south of the alley. The customs house on Skeppsbron, built in the 1780s, replaced the warehouse mentioned above. [2]

The Government Property Department is on number 7.[3] Three rooms and a kitchen, 77 m², in the alley was as of 2007 offered for close to SEK 4 million[4] (~400.000 Euro).

References

  1. ↑ "Innerstaden: Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 64. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
  2. ↑ "Argus 8" (PDF). Stockholm: Stockholm City Museum. 2001. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Projektenheten". Stockholm: Statens Fastighetsverk. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  4. ↑ "Packhusgränd 6". Stockholm: Norling & Partners. Retrieved 2007-01-19.

See also

Coordinates: 59°19′24.3″N 18°04′27.9″E / 59.323417°N 18.074417°E / 59.323417; 18.074417


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, August 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.