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Larsens Plads - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 55°41′05″N 12°35′47″E / 55.6846°N 12.5964°E

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Larsens Plads (Larsen's Place) is a waterfront in Copenhagen, Denmark, which runs along the Zealand side of the Inner Harbour from the Nyhavn canal in the south to the Nordre Toldbod area just south of Langelinie to the north. The name refers to a shipyard which used to occupy the grounds but is now more associated with emigration to America after it became a major hub for trans-Atlantic traffic later in the century. Today, the area is dominated by Amalienborg Palace with the Amalie Garden and a number of late 18th-century warehouses which have been converted to other uses. The buildings facing the waterfront have their address on the parallel street Toldbodgade.

History

Warehouses and ship building

The waterfront was created by extensive land fills which led to the establishment of Ny Toldbodgade in 1719 and expanded the port northwards. The new quay was used for storage of timber that arrived to the city by ship.

When Frederiksstaden was founded and the area along the waterfront came under redevelopment as an elegant new residential district, it was decided to relocate the timberyards from the area due to the risk of fires. They found a temporary home at Greenland, a greenspace next to Nyboder, and were later moved to a filled site south of Lange Bridge, at present day Tietgensgade.^[1] However, in spite of the wealthy new neighbours, the waterfront remained in use for port activities,

In 1802, the site was acquired by a wealthy shipowner, Lars Larsen, who established a shipyard in the grounds which became known simply as Larsen's Place after its founder.^[2]

In 1844, when Larsen died, Larsens Plads was acquired by Jacob Holm, the owner of the largest shipping company in Denmark at the time as well as a shipyard on Christianshavn. He used Larsens Plads for repairing ships.^[3]

Trans-Atlantic hub

In 1870, the shipyard was closed and a new port terminal was established at the site in 1879 by the Thingvalla Line which began operating a direct route between Scandinavian ports and America, offering the growing number of Scandinavian emigrants affordable, comfortable and safe voyages. In 1898, the Thingvalla Line was acquired by DFDS, another Danish-based shipping company, and the Scandinavian-American passenger service was operated under the name Scandinavian America Line.^[2]

Later history

The route to America with Scandinavian America Line was discontinued in 1935. The quay area was later taken over by Oslo Ferries, which started in 1866 and have since relocated to the Free Port Terminal at Amerika Quay further north.

Buildings

West Indies Warehouse (1780–81)
Blue Warehouse (1781–83)
Yellow Warehouse (1777–78)
Double Warehouse (granaries) (1785–87).

Public art

An untitled sculpture by Søren Georg Jensen was installed at the quay in 1979. Outside the West India Warehouse is a replica of Michelangelo's David.^[4]

References

^ "1755" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
^ ^a ^b "Amalie Garden - Amaliehaven". Copenhagen Portal. Archived from the original on 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
^ "Jacob Holm" (in Danish). Dansk Biogradisk Leksikon. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
^ "David". Copenhagen Municipality. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

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v t e Christianshavn, Copenhagen
Localities	Applebys Plads Asiatisk Plads Christiania Christiansbro Christianshavns Vold Grønlandske Handels Plads Holmen Krøyers Plads Refshaleøen Wilders Plads
Streets and squares	Amagergade Bådsmandsstræde Christianshavns Voldgade Christianshavns Torv Dronningensgade Sankt Annæ Gade Sofiegade Strandgade Torvegade Wildersgade
Canals	Christianshavns Kanal Stadsgraven Trangraven Wilders Kanal
Attractions	Danish Architecture Centre Christian's Church Church of Our Saviour Little Mill North Atlantic House Royal Danish Naval Museum
Other landmarks	Andreas Bjørn House Behagen House Bombebøssen Brøste House Christianshavn School Cort Adeler House Gammel Dok Gerling House Heering House Irgens House Jennow House Jacob Holm House Lehn House Mikkel Vibe House Niels Brock House Overgaden Neden Vandet 15 Overgaden Neden Vandet 19 Overgaden Neden Vandet 31 Overgaden Neden Vandet 33 Overgaden Neden Vandet 39 Overgaden Oven Vandet 8 Overgaden Oven Vandet 22 Overgaden Oven Vandet 24 Overgaden Oven Vandet 50 Overgaden Oven Vandet 52 Overgaden Oven Vandet 54–56 Philip de Lange House Princess Marie's Home for Old Seamen Rhode House Schottmann House Sigvert Grubbe House Snorrebroens Pakhus Søkvæsthuset Steinfass House Stanley House Strandgade 24 Torvegade 22 Torvegade 28 Treschows Stiftelse Wildersgade Barracks
History	Andreas Bjørn Burmeister & Wain Jacob Holm Women's Prison, Christianshavn

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Copenhagen	Christianshavn Copenhagen Freeport Larsens Plads Nyhavn
Other	Dragør Grenå Helsingør Marstal (Ærø) Nordby (Fanø)

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Mariners	Ivar Huitfeldt Niels Juel Jørgen Jørgensen Christian Klengenberg Jens Munk Edouard Suenson Peter Tordenskjold
Marine artists	Carl Dahl Holger Drachmann C. W. Eckersberg Frederik Theodor Kloss Emanuel Larsen Carl Locher Anton Melbye Fritz Melbye Vilhelm Melbye Christian Mølsted Carl Neumann Emil Normann C. F. Sørensen

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Naval bases	Arsenal Harbour Bremerholm Holmen
Naval battles	Battle of Copenhagen Battle of Heligoland Battle of Køge Bay Frederik Theodor Kloss Emanuel Larsen Carl Locher Anton Melbye Fritz Melbye Vilhelm Melbye Christian Mølsted Carl Neumann Emil Normann C. F. Sørensen

Museums

Museums	Danish Maritime Museum Royal Danish Naval Museum Viking Ship Museum
Museum ships	HDMS Peder Skram HDMS Sælen Jylland Lightvessel Gedser Rev Emanuel Larsen

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55°41′05″N 12°35′47″E / 55.6846°N 12.5964°E / 55.6846; 12.5964

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