Wildersgade

Wildersgade is a street in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs along the length of the neighbourhood, parallel to Christianshavn Canal, one block to the east, from the Christiansbro development in the south(west) to Wilder's Canal in the north(east). The street is bisected by Torvegade, Christianshavn's principal thoroughfare, but is otherwise a quiet mainly residential street with cobbling and many old townhouses and storages from the 18th and 19th century.

The history of Wildersgade dates back to the foundation of Christianshavn as an independent market town in 1617-22. The street was originally called Kongensgade (King's Street), complementing Dronningensgade (Queen's Street) and Prinsensgade (Prince's Street; now Prinsessegade, Princess Street) on the other side of the canal. The section to the north of Torvegade was known as Store Kongensgade (Large King's Street) while the section to the south of Torvegade was called Lille Kongensgade (Small King's Street). The current name was introduced in 1859 when the much larger street Ny Kongensgade (New King's Street) on the other side of the harbor took over the name Store Kongensgade). The rectory of Christian's Church was originally located at No. 5. In 1795, the building was taken over by a branch of Borgerdyd School which shortly thereafter was Borgerdyd School on Nørregade in the city centre. Its name was later changed to Vestre Borgerdyd School and it is now called Københavns Åbne Gymnasium. In 1890, the building in Wildersgade was acquired by Burmeister & Wain while the school relocated to a new building on in Østerbro.

No. 60 is the former Wildersgade Barracks. The main building was built by Jørgen Henrich Rawert and Andreas Hallander in 1802. The long, one-storey building to the left is the barracks' former stables. The yellow building on the other side of the street is the rear side of the Irgens House complex which served as artillery barracks from 1789. Many other houses in the street are also listed. They consist mostly of townhouses and former warehouses. Thelarge building at No. 70, on the corner of Cjristianshavn Canal and Wilder's Canal, is Princess Marie's Home for Old Seamen and Their Widows and also houses the Seamen's Association of 1856. The oldest part of the building is from 1874 while an extension dates from 1921.

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