Jagtvej

It runs from Ågade on the border with Frederiksberg in the southwest to Østerbrogade in the northeast, linking Falkoner Allé with Strandboulevarden.

The road originates in a track which was established in the 1660s to enable royal hunting parties to travel more easily from Frederiksberg Palace to Jægersborg Deer Garden and Frederiksborg Castle in North Zealand.

The so-called Demarcation Line, which enforced a no-built zone outside Copenhagen's fortifications, was moved to the track in 1682.

The Demarcation Line was moved to The Lakes in 1852 and Jagtvej was subsequently built over in second half of the 19th century.

The oldest part of the complex was built in the National Romantic style by Martin Nyrop in 1891–93.

[5] Fogedgården and Fogedmarken are residential developments for senior citizens built in the 1940s to design by Kay Fisker and C. F. Møller.

The complex also contained a convent which now houses Niels Steensens Gymnasium, a Catholic upper secondary school, and a hall of residence.

[8] The listed housing block Kanslergården (Borgmester Jensens Allé 1-5/Jagtvej 200/Serridslevvej/Kanslergade) is from 1918 to 1919 and was designed by Henning Hansen.

Meyer Hertz' former shoeware factory was demolished in 1987 and replaced by a Postmodern housing development called Garvergården (No.

The wide, northern part of Jagtvej
Jagtvej viewed from the same bridge in about 1880
Meyer Hertz' tannery and shoeware factory
Jagtvej viewed from present-day Nuuks Plads in the 1900s
Fogedgården
St. Augustine's Church