page_title: Blegdamsvej
section_title: The bleaching ponds and Blegdam Common
hierarchical_section_title: Blegdamsvej / History / The bleaching ponds and Blegdam Common
caption_attribution_description: English: The bleeching ponds along Sortedam Lake in Copenhagen seen on a map detail from 1784.
context_page_description: Blegdamsvej is a street in Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Sankt Hans Torv in Nørrebro to Trianglen in Østerbro. The busy artery Fredensgade separates the Nørrebro and Østerbro sections of the street from each other. The north side of the street is dominated by the Panum Building and Rigshospitalet, located on either side of Tagensvej.
context_section_description: Blegdamsvej is first mentioned in 1694 and takes its name after the 24 ponds on the west side of Sortedam and Peblinge Lake, which was used for textile bleaching. They were established in about 1772 and had numbers from south to north, beginning at present day Sankt Hans Torv. On the other side of the ponds was Blegedam Common, the oldest of Copenhagen's commons, where the bleachers left the cloth to bleach in the sun.  lined with trees on both sides, mainly horse chestnut, willow and lime trees.
caption: The narrow bleaching ponds along Sortedam Lake seen on a map detail from 1784
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