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28-540: Christians Brygge was built in connection with the filling of the Arsenal Dock in 1868. The street was then called Christiansgade. The street only continued to present-day Vester Voldgade where the Rysensteen Bastion of Copenhagen's old West Rampart had still not been removed. Back when the new quay was constructed, Langebro Bridge was located at the end of Vester Voldgade. Next to the bridge stood

56-426: A new naval harbour at Slotsholmen next to Copenhagen Castle which used to be located where Christiansborg Palace stands today. There had been an arsenal on the site for half a century but it was a fairly small, half-timbered building, one of several such arsenals spread across the city, and it was now outdated. In 1598, the king charged Bernt Petersen who had just completed the large tower at Koldinghus , with

84-522: A tall column constructed on a sandbar known as the Mermaid Bar because sightings of mermaids were supposed to be particularly common there. The sculpture served as a landmark for the city until it was dismantled in 1795 to make more room for the increasing ship traffic in the harbour. As ships grew larger, the Royal Fleet moved to Bremerholm and, in turn, to Nyholm which was created in

112-486: Is a pier , promenade and park in central Copenhagen , Denmark , and home of The Little Mermaid statue. The area has for centuries been a popular destination for excursions and strolls in Copenhagen. Most cruise ships arriving in Copenhagen also berth at Langelinie Pier. The name Langelinie goes back to the middle of the 17th century where it referred to an idyllic path along the Øresund coast that rounded

140-429: Is a historic building on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen , Denmark . It was built by Christian IV of Denmark in 1604 as part of a grand scheme for the construction of a new naval harbour. The arsenal , along with several other buildings, surrounded the harbour basin which was connected to the main harbour by a narrow canal. Later, when ships became too large to enter the harbour, the fleet moved to Bremerholm and

168-704: Is also the site of a water feature by Mogens Møller . A bronze cast of Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen 's 1921 sculpture Mermaid was installed on the waterfront outside the Black Diamond in 2009. The location was once known as the Mermaid Bank . The cast was a gift to the Royal Danish Library from the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Foundation. The Royal Danish Library contains all Carl Nielsen's musical scores and letters including

196-592: The 1680s by a series of land reclamations north of Christianshavn on the other side of the main harbour. Christian IV's Arsenal remained in use until the 19th century. In the 1880s a new arsenal was constructed on reclaimed land on the other side of the harbour at along the coast of Amager in what is now known as the Islands Brygge district. 55°40′28″N 12°34′49″E  /  55.67444°N 12.58028°E  / 55.67444; 12.58028 Langelinie Langelinie ( English : Long Line)

224-590: The 1890s in connection with the foundation of the Free Port and the Langelinie Quat. Its purpose was to provide the workers from the construction site as well as those from the Burmeister & Wain shipyard on the other side of the harbour with a chance to have a small boat, enabling them to supplement their incomes with a bit of fishing. Copenhagen rowing clubs have for many years had their base at

252-553: The Galley House and the Sulphor House, were constructed on either side of the canal, each serving other practical purposes relating to the new naval complex. The entire complex was completed around 1610. Ships could berth along either the arsenal or the supply depot and be loded and unloaded through gates facing the water. The complex also had its own bakery and brewery today known as Christian IV's Brewhouse even though

280-514: The House of the Drowned (Druknehuset). Built in 1806, it was used for storing of unidentified victims of drowning while they awaited identification. Rysensteen Public Sea Bath was located at Rysensteen Bastion. Another building located at the new street was the royal brewery, Kongens Bryghus , which had originally been based in a former military structure on Slotsholmen but moved to a new building on

308-478: The almost 500 letters from his wife Anne Marie. Carl-Nielsen depicts her mermaid in a more dramatic pose than that of Edvard Eriksen 's far more famous and nine years older Little Mermaid at the Langelinie promenade further to the north. A bronze cast of a Greek statue of Demosthenes stands outside the gate to Proviantgårdspassagen. Herman Wilhelm Bissen 's Isted Lion was formerly located in front of

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336-412: The building outdates him and originally served defensive purposes. When the brewhouse was completed, the brewer was provided with a large number of discarded mail sleeves for the scrubbing of brew kettles. Mail armour was no longer of practical use in the event of war and might just as well find new applications. Outside the entrance to the new harbour, a sculpture of Leda and the swan was mounted on

364-481: The citadel Kastellet and continued towards a lime kiln north of the city. For a long time, the stretch was a military area where civilians were not granted unrestricted access. Under a general order from 1819, soldiers were required to "throw water in the head and on the breast and to cool their feet in the water". Eventually a beach promenade and a park for the Bourgeoisie were made but with access only on

392-414: The commission. Six years later a huge new arsenal was completed, 163 metres (535 ft) long and 24 metres (79 ft) wide with walls three metres (9.8 ft) thick at the base. Next to it, Proviantgården , a supply depot was built with the same length and design but a bit narrower. It was between these two buildings that the new harbour was to be constructed. A local contractor, Melchior Spangenberg,

420-642: The decommissioned naval harbour was later filled in. Today Christian IV's Arsenal houses the Tøjhus Museum , a museum of weapons and military history, while the site of the former naval harbour has become the Royal Library Garden . Shortly after King Christian IV was crowned, he decided to re-arm. The rivalry with Sweden for control over the Baltic Sea called for a strong fleet with a well protected base. He therefore decided to build

448-641: The gable of the Royal Arsenal Museum but it was returned to its original location in Flensburg Cemetery in 2011. A new bicycle path is as of 2015 under construction along the quay. It will be part of Havneringen (The Harbour Circle), a 13-kilometre cycling and footpath around the central part of Copenhagen Harbour. It is expected to open in 2016. A new underpass, which is part of the BLOX project, will make it easier for pedestrians to access

476-541: The harbor in 1905. The new Langebro Bridge, which opened in 1954, passed over Christiansgade, turning Kalvebod Brygge -Christiansgade into an uninterrupted thoroughfare. The street name was changed from Christiansgade to Christians Brygge in connection with the construction of Christian IV's Bridge in 1963. The Black Diamond , designed by schmidt hammer lassen is a modern extension for the Royal Danish Library which opened in 1999. Two glazed skyways span

504-562: The largest ocean-going vessels and use the materials removed for land fills along the coast. A suggestion to make all of Amager into a duty-free zone was abolished and instead it was decided to create a free port in the area north of Kastellet at the site of the Langelinie promenade. The beginning of the work was prompted by Germany 's construction of the Kiel Canal that was begun in 1887 and threatened Copenhagen's position. In 1894

532-440: The marina. Today only B&Ws and DFDS' are left after ØK 's passed their premises to Langelinie Marina's Boat Huild. The Langelinie Pier (Danish: Langeliniekajen) has a water depth allowing big ocean-going vessels to tie up. The area has a number of statues and memorials. These include a cast bronze sculpture polar bear with cubs and memorials for MS Jutlandia , Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen . The polar bear has some bullet holes at

560-640: The occupants is the American Chamber of Commerce. BLOX, a mixed-use building designed by Rem Koolhaas , is currently (2016) under construction on the so-called Brewhouse Site. The building spans the street and is built by Realdania to create more activity in the area. It will house the Danish Architecture Centre and Realdania as well as restaurants and apartments. On Søren Kierkegårds Plads stands Elisabeth Toubro 's non-figurative sculpture Urban Fractal from 2000. The square

588-624: The other side of Frederiksholms Kanal in 1771. Christiansgade was extended when the Western Rampart was removed and connected to the new West Boulevard (now H. C. Andersens Boulevard ) which was laid out in 1890. Langebro Bridge was moved to the West Boulevard in 1902. The House of the Drowned was demolished in 1902 while the Rysensteen Public Sea Bath was dismantled and partly rebuilt on the other side of

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616-411: The payment of a toll to keep the more common people out. Not until a public uprising in 1848 did the area become open to everybody. The expansion of the city and the increasing industrialization soon made it clear that the city's harbour was becoming too small and in the same time old plans to create a free port were revived. In a plan from 1862 it was decided to dig out the area to allow access for

644-604: The south to Langelinie Marina and the base of the Langelinie Pier in the north. Formally, it includes Kastellet although this site is generally referred to under its own name. The park contains numerous monuments , buildings, a marina, statues and a playground . Among these are the Gefion Fountain , the Ivar Huitfeldt Column and The Little Mermaid . Langelinie Marina was established in

672-587: The street Tøjhusgade. They are accessed through a gate on each side of the Black Diamond. The one to the right is called Proviantgårdspassagen after Proviantgården . Christian IV's Arsenal (Christians Brygge 12) on the other side of the Royal Library Garden, is now home to the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum . The Historicist office building Ny Christiansborg (No. 26) is from 1907 and was designed by Knud Arne Petersen . One of

700-462: The street. The complex known as Tjæreborg, lit. tar castle/fortress from its dark appearance with a facade of green marble and copper, (Christians Brygge 6) was built by the architects Thomas Havning and Svenn Eske Kristensen from 1961 to 1968. It houses the Ministry of Justice . Two cobbled alleys, one on each side of the Royal Library Garden , connect Christiansbrygge to Christiansborg and

728-433: The waterfront. The Copenhagen Harbour Buses have stops both at the Black Diamond and at Christian IV's Bridge. Druknehuset is the title of a 2008 historical crime novel by Maria Helleberg  [ de ; da ] . 55°40′23″N 12°34′52″E  /  55.6731°N 12.5811°E  / 55.6731; 12.5811 Christian IV%27s Arsenal Christian IV's Arsenal ( Danish : Christian IV's Tøjhus),

756-483: The work was completed and Copenhagen had got an entirely new harbourfront. The old beach promenade with Bourgeois mansions had turned into the heavily trafficated street Strandboullevarden located several hundred metres inland and the beach where the soldiers had been required to cool their feet had turned into harbour basins. Langelinie became now a pier on the other side of that harbour basin. The Langelinie Park (Danish: Langelinieparken) stretches from Esplanaden in

784-422: Was commissioned to dig out the harbour for a price of 1,800 thaler , a load of rye , a load of barley and a barrel of butter. The harbour basin was to have an area of more than one-half hectare (1.2 acres) and a depth of four metres (13 ft). A canal, 125 metres (410 ft) long and also four metres (13 ft) deep, was to connect it to the coast. To protect the mouth of the harbour, two more buildings,

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