Streets of Svendborg
The old Goose sqaure - 1916
Gåsetorvet (The goos square) has actually been a marked place with gees. It's the very old marked place of the city where there were tradings of fish and poultry. Before it became a marked place it has supposably been a marked place with fish in the 11th century.
The goose sqaure today

 
THe old Hulgade - about 1900.
Hulgade (hollow street) is a fitting name. A street in a hollow or cleft. It is first mentioned in old documents from 1498. The buildings in the front was torn down to gave space for the present printing house.
Hulgade today

 
Old Kullinggade - 1896

Kullinggade (kulling street) commes fro the old danish word kulle which means hill. A hill one had to pass over to get to this gate in this part of the city - The Skatter gate at Skatter street (skattergade). This hill has olmost vanished completely. Actually the street lies very low compared to what it did many years ago. It has been dated back to the middle ages. The houses seen on the left on the photo where torn down in 1931 when it was straightened.
Kullinggade today

 

Grubbemøllevej (grubbe mill road): Here lied a grubbe mill which was a sort of mill that could separate the shells from the corn.

Dronningholmsvej (queens hill road) should also be mentioned as it has its namefrom the hill which was a pinensula in Dronningmaen(a road). According to old traditions queen Margrethe 1st. had set ancor here when she visited svendborg in 1388.

Kattesundet (cat sound) is first known from 1667 and the does originally mean ditch with cat carcasses.

Kyseborgstræde has its name after the old danish word kyse which means a narrow passage between barriers or fences and borg means nuilding. The street is believed to have been made in 1481.

Pjentemøllestræde (pjente mill alley) is named like that because here lied a pjente mill (water mill). It was torn down in 1899. It got its name in 19th century after being called pindemølle (stick mill). The word pinde possibly refers to the sticks or poles which was used in constructing a wall or barrier to dam up the stream with support from the rampart.

Find more on the old streets of Svendborg in books like (they are in danish):
'Det gamle Svendborg i fotos 1865-1900' by Henrik M. Jansen, 'Svendborg og Troense fotograferet 1916' by Hugo Matthiessen and 'Bevaringsværdige huse i Svendborg' by foreningen for bygnings- og landskabskultur for sydfyn. Herein are more streets described plus many of the houses.

Thanking Svendborg og omegns museum for permission to use these old photos.

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