page_title: Royal Horse Guards Barracks (Copenhagen)
section_title: The Royal Horse Guards Barracks
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Horse Guards Barracks (Copenhagen) / History / The Royal Horse Guards Barracks
caption_attribution_description: English: The Royal Horse Guards' old barracks at Frederiksholms Kanal in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: The Royal Horse Guards Barracks, at 26 Frederiksholms Kanal in Copenhagen, Denmark, served as barracks for the Royal Horse Guards from 1792 until 1866. The building is located along the south side of a gated alleyway which connects Frederiksholm Canal to Vester Voldgade. Together with Civiletatens Materialgård and Fæstningens Materialgård, it forms a cluster of low, yellow-washed buildings all of which are listed, on the Zealand side of the canal, opposite the small island Slotsholmen with Christiansborg Palace. The Hay Storage Building at the end of the barracks building, facing Vester Voldgade, originally stored hay for the King's horses at the Royal Stables but later also served the Royal Horse Guards. Both the Royal Horse Guards Barracks and the Hay Storage building are now used by the Ministry of Education.
context_section_description: The Royal Horse Guards were from 1755 based at Gardergården in Vestergade (No. 18). The complex had room for 77 horses and was privately owned. Garvergården remained in use until it had become too small in 1792 and the building was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 a few years later. The new barracks at Frederiksholms Kanal were designed by court architect Andreas Kirkerup and built on a narrow strip of land which had until then been part of Civiletatens Materialgård's grounds. The new barracks were conveniently situated, close to Christiansborg Palace on the other side of the canal where the regiment served as royal guards. The building was hit by a fire in 1798 but subsequently rebuilt that same year. The composer Hans Christian Lumbye had a residence in the building in about 1842.
caption: Royal Horse Guards photographed at the barracks on 27 July 1908
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