The street takes its name after Kong Hans' Vingård, a medieval stone house probably built by Eric of Pomerania in about 1450.
In 1541 the Royal Mint relocated to the nearby grounds of the former St. Clare's Monastery, which had been confiscated in 1536 when Denmark officially became a Lutheran nation.
6 traces its history back to the 15th century although little more than the vaulted cellar survives of the original building.
[4] The building was acquired by neighbouring Magasin du Nord in connection with an expansion in the 1970s and now houses a small museum dedicated to the history of the department store.
The one Michelin star restaurant Kong Hans Kælder is located in the cellar.