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The extension o f Vestervold (W es te rn Ramparts) out into Kallebodstrand
caused the creation o f a new section, built on reclaimed land by those who
w ere willing to pay fo r the reclaim ing w ork themselves. Both this section
and the extension o f the ramparts w ere presum ed in the plan o f 16b9, but the
final execu tion was not quite in accordance with this first plan, nor with
the parcelling plan (fig. page lb 6 ), which provided fo r 22b building sites.
Henrik Riise carried out the final project, according to which only about 80
sites were laid out. Accord ing to the final p ro jec t fou r streets were laid out
connecting the two thoroughfares Frederiksholm s Kanal and the street along
the ramparts, thus linking the quarter with the old town.
Løngangsstræde was constructed on the site o f the old mili pond, and a
new square, Vandkunsten, came into existence, althougli only a fter con-
siderable litigation and other difficulties.
In daily use the name Frederiksholm had to com pete with the more popu
tar name Kalleboderne, and the officia l street names, when finally decided
upon, likewise had some d ifficulty in asserting themselves. Nor did the
developm en t of the section com e o ff smoothly, as late as in 1677 it was still
rather scattered. Fig. page lb7 shows the d evelopm en t on a map from 1757.
South o f Ny Kongensgade the Roya l Material Storehouse was erected , a fter
plans having been considered fo r the rem ova l there o f the Knightly Acad-
em y from Nytorv. Later the Horse Guard’s Barracks were built and in the
I760s Kongens Bryghus (the King’s B rew ery ). Prinsens Palæ (the P rin ce’s
Palace) had already been built 17b3-bb. In the years 1927-1937 it was consi-
derably rem odeled and extend ed when the National Museum was built,
which also caused the demolition o f the private houses in the block between
the palace, Stormgade, Vester Voldgade and Ny Vestergade.
The extension o f the ramparts o f Christianshavn to Kallebodstrand gave
rise to a plan fo r the developm en t o f the area thus gained, the idea o f de-
veloping this part o f Christianshavn being on the whole repeated ly conside
red, and it was i. a. contemp lated to rem ove a part o f the population o f
Nyboder there.
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early as in 167b there were plans fo r extending the ramparts o f Chri
stianshavn north with seven bastions. The p ro je ct fo r this extension was
approved by King Christian the Fifth in the year 1682, and when the building
o f the ramparts had becom e a faet, a building plan fo r the developm en t o f
the territory which would thus be gained was approved in 1691 (fig. page
152), which plan, how ever, was not adhered to.
Flaadens L eje, the Berth o f the Fleet, see fig. page 150. In 1690 Nyholm
was constructed as a badly needed supp lem ent to the navy yard at B rem er
holm which, incidentally, it was planned to extend at an early date, and
during the first half o f the eighteenth century there were several projects
fo r the construction o f a comp lete navy yard in connection with an entirely
new section o f dwellings fo r its personnel, all situated between Flaadens L eje
and the extend ed ramparts. A proposal o f 17bO (fig . page 153) obtained
Royal approval, but was not carried out, ex c ep t in so far as according to it
Flaadens L eje was established in the exten t which it has since had, and the
planned monumental house construction was in part carried out. The pre-
mises o f the navy yard nevertheless gradually came to occupy the greater
part o f the areas gained behind the line o f ramparts, whereas several »Plad
ser« (d ock s) facing the harbour channel were reclaimed and laid out by
private initiative. The residential quarters o f Christianshavn, on the other
hand, were not completed until more recen t times.
FREDERIKSHOLM
Fig. page 145.
EXTENSION OF THE
WESTERN RAMPARTS
THE STREETS
Fig. page 148.
NY-CHRISTIANSHAVN
EXTENSION SOUTH
EXTENSION NORTH
NAVAL BASE AND
NAVY YARD
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