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T H E G H E A T E l R E S
Although most o f the streets o f the mediæval town plan are preserved in
spite o f rearrange ments af ter the great fires o f 1728 and 1/95 and other fires,
these nevertheless caused considerable improvem ents to the street system.
The first attempt to create a main road in east-westerly direction in the old
part o f the town was made by the laying out o f Nygade a fter the fire m
1685, and the first conflagration o f 1728 caused a series o f street regulations,
although the proposals o f the reconstruction comm ittee (fig. at page 175)
were not carried out in detail.
In particular the cutting through o f Frederiksberggade and, e. g. the ex -
tension o f Knabrostræde and Kokkegade, together with the laying out o f
Kultorvet, were o f great importance. Several streets were straightened and
widened, and in this connection it was provided that pavements should be
k ep t clear o f any building. The order demanding all wcills to be built of
solid masonry met, how ever, with strong disapproval, and had to be revised,
the result being that a great part o f the new buildings were erected in brick-
and-timber. The figures at pages 181 and 190 illustrate typ ical houses
erected a fter the fire o f 1728, see also the drawing at page 180.
Another fire in 174-9 brought about the widening o f Raadhus stræde,
whereas a large number o f smaller fires in the follow ing period did not
eause any important changes.
In the second great conflagration of 1795, the main part o f those districts
o f the town which were saved in 1728 were com p letely destroyecl. Un-
fortunately, the plans fo r a thorough regulation o f the devastated areas did
not materialize even then.
The most significant results were the clearance o f Højbroplads and the
amalgamation o f Gammel- and Nytorv. As a result o f the new building
code, all corners at street crossings were cut (see fig. page 266). The town
itself changed in character due to new circhitectural standards, but a great
many af the new buildings were nevertheless o f poor quality. The figures
at pages 189, 192, and 266 show streets influenced by arcliitectural standards
a fter the conflagration o f 1795.
By the bombardement in 1807, yet another part af the town was destroyecl,
which caused the laying out o f Hausergade with Hauserplads and Bispe-
torvet.
The figure cd page 193 indicates the quarters destroyed in the 3 great fires.
The fig ure cd page 194 illustrcdes the street regulations in the mediævcd
part o f the town caused by the con f lagrations.
RE-PLANNING AFTER
THE FIRES IN 1685 AND
1728
BUILDING PROVISIONS
THE FIRE OF 1795
REDEVELOPMENT AND
BUILDING CODES
THE FIRE OF 1807
EX TENT OF THE GREAT
FIRES AND REDEVEL
OPMENT CAUSED BY
THEM
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