Sankt Pauls Gade
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Sankt Pauls Gade (lit. St. Paul's Street) is a street in the Nyboder Quarters of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The street passes St. Paul's Church from which it takes its name. The space in front of the church is called Sankt Pauls Plads (St. Paul's Square).
Olfert Fischers Gade traces its history back to Christian IV's foundation of Nyboder naval barracks in 1931 but different sections of it were then known under individual names. The section from Store Kongensgade to Borgergade was called Pindsvinegade (Hedgehog Street), the section from Borgergade to Kronprinsessegade was called Enhjørningsgade (Unicorn Street) and the section from Kronprinsessegade to Rigensgade was called Salviegade (Sage Street). The street names followed the general naming practive in Nyboder where the streets in the eastern part of the area were named after animal species and the streets in the western part of the area were named after herbs and medical plants.
The Nyboder area was located outside Copenhagen's city until the area known as New Copenhagen was incorporated into the fortified city by moving the East Rampart. This had been the plan from before Nyboder was planned but had been delayed due to lack of funding.
The Nyboder terraces in Pindsvinegade were replaced by taller buildings in the 1850s. Several of the buildings were built by a wealthy merchant named H. P. Lorentzens and the street was renamed Lorentzensgade in 1855. In 1891, Lorentzensgade, Enhjørningsgade and Salviegade were renamed Sankt Pauls Gade after St. Paul's Church.[1]
