page_title: Christians Brygge
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Christians Brygge / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Langebro with Druknehuset (right) in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Christians Brygge is a waterfront and street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from the mouth of Slotsholmen Cabal in the north to Langebro Bridge in the south where it turns into Kalvebod Brygge. Its northern end, which is located on the small isle of Slotsholmen, is connected to Niels Juels Gade and then Holmens Kanal by Christian IV's Bridge. Christians Brygge The road section is part of Ring 2. The name refers to Christian IV, king of Denmark during the first half of the 17th century, who constructed several buildings at the site, including the Arsenal and Christian IV's Brewhouse as well as nearby Børsen. Other landmarks along the quay include the Royal Danish Library and the mixed-use building BLOX, home to the Danish Architecture Centre.
context_section_description: Christians Brygge was built in connection with the filling of the Arsenal Dock in 1868. The street was then called  Christiansgade. The street only continued to present-day Vester Voldgade where the Rysensteen Bastion of Copenhagen's old West Rampart had still not been removed.
  Back when the new quay was constructed, Langebro Bridge was located at the end of Vester Voldgade.  Next to the bridge stood the House of the Drowned (Druknehuset). Built in 1806, it was used for storing of unidentified victims of drowning while they awaited identification. Rysensteen Public Sea Bath was located at Rysensteen Bastion. Another building located at the new street was the royal brewery, Kongens Bryghus, which had originally been based in a former military structure on Slotsholmen but moved to a new building on the other side of Frederiksholms Kanal in 1771.
  Christiansgade was extended when the Western Rampart was removed and connected to the new West Boulevard (now H. C. Andersens Boulevard) which was laid out in 1890. Langebro Bridge was moved to the West Boulevard in 1902. The House of the Drowned was demolished in 1902 while the Rysensteen Public Sea Bath was dismantled and partly rebuilt on the other side of the harbor in 1905.
  The new Langebro Bridge, which opened in 1954, passed over Christiansgade, turning Kalvebod Brygge-Christiansgade into an uninterrupted thoroughfare. The street name was changed from Christiansgade to Christians Brygge in connection with the construction of Christian IV's Bridge in 1963.
caption: Langebro with the House of the Drowned to the right seen on a drawing by Eckersberg from 1809
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