Kringlegangen

Kringlegangen is a passageway linking the square Gråbrødretorv with the street Valkendorfsgade in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The present building complex (Gråbrødretorv 17/ Valkendorfsgade 32) was constructed in 1856-1857 for master joiner Carl Heinrich Winther.

The name Kringlegangen was inspired by a gilded kringle above the entrance from Gråbrødretorv as well as to the twisting and turning course of the passageway.

[2] Paulus Blødel, a tailor, resided in the building with his wife Cesilia Sandel, their two sons (aged four and eight) and one maid.

[3] Maren Brunhold, a widow with a pension from the Danish Asiatic Company (52 skilling weekly), resided in the building with her sister Lene Brønlund.

[4] Hendrick Jochum Holst, a workman, resided in the building with his wife Dorthe Hedevig and their two-year-old son.

[9] Maren Sørens Datter, an 82-year-old woman, married but with no mention of her husband, resided in the building with one maid.

[10] Heiman Isaac, a 40-year-old Jewish man (no mention of profession), resided in the building with his wife Terza Melcher, their five children (aged one to 13) and one maid.

[12] Jacob Rosetzsiy, a master shoemaker, resided in the building with his mother Karen Saling and two apprentices.

Arnholz, who had recently become a widower, resided in the building with his four children (aged one to 13), six bakers, a coachman, a housekeeper, two maids and three lodgers.

[14] Jacob Rosetzky, the shoemaker from the 1787 census, was still residing in the building with his wife Ane Margrethe Balle, their four children (aged one to nine) and one lodger.

[16] The eldest daughter Christine Wilhelmine Magdalene Klenz would later marry founder of Wiibroes Bryggeri in Helsingør Carl Wibroe (1812-1888).

Mariane Cecilie Jensen (née Tüchsen), a widow, resided on the second floor with her 34-year-old unmarried daughter and one maid.

Jonas, a professor of economy, resided on the first floor with his wife Marie Fachau, a house keeper, her two children (aged two and four), one lodger and one maid.

[19] Mariane Cecilie Jensen Fischer, a widow needleworker, resided on the second floor with two of her children (aged 35 and 39).

[21] Luigi Sandri, a manufacturer of macaroni, resided in the side wing with his wife Louise Marie Bangsrand, one maid and one male servant.

[28] Rasmus Christiansen, an innkeeper, resided on the fourth floor with his wife Ane Marie (née Nielsen), their three children (aged two to eight) and one maid.

[29] The bakery was owned by master baker Friderich Adolph Georg Heinricy (1829-) by the time that he joined the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society in 1862.

[1] In the beginning of the 20th century, it was proposed to extend the street Kejsergade to Valkendorfsgade by demolishing Gråbrødretorv 17 and some of the surrounding buildings to create a more obvious link between Skindergade and Strøget.

[34] The facade of Gråbrødretorv 17 is finished with shadow joints, a frieze with acanthus ornamentation above the ground floor and a simple cornice below the roof.

The facade that faces the side wing of Gråbrødretorv 17 is crowned by a wall dormer with a pulley beam and below it is an opening on each floor.

The facade that faces Valkendorfsgade 32 features a large gate topped by a flat triangular pediment.

No. 120 seen on a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Frimand's Quarter, 1757.
Friderich Adolph Georg Heinricy's membership target from the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society .
A view down Valkendorfsgade from Str'get with the Kringlegangen building visible in the background.
Gråbrødretorv 17: Detail of the facade.
Gråbrødretorv 17: The gateway with the main staircase visible to the left..
Valkendrofsgade 32 seen from the street.
Gråbrødretorv 17 A-B with a bit of the warehouse visible to the right.