Spektens Gränd

Spektens Gränd (Swedish: "Alley of Spekten") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. With its location just west of church Storkyrkan, it connects the streets Trångsund and Prästgatan. It is a parallel street to Storkyrkobrinken, Ankargränd, Solgränd and Kåkbrinken.

The alley was created when the block between Ankargränd and Kåkbrinken was split in two in 1675. One of the houses built at the occasion was sold to the merchant Gert Specht in 1685, from whom the alley got its unintelligible name.cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 71 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan] A Gert Specht said to be a resident on Norrmalm is also mentioned in the reccords in 1594, probably the father or grandfather of the former.cite web
first = Fredrik Ulrik | last = Wrangel
title = Stockholmiana I-IV
publisher = Projekt Runeberg
date = 1912
url = http://runeberg.org/wrangsto/0089.html
accessdate = 2007-01-17]

In the alley are two indeed small courtyards. One featuring cast iron decorations, including a lion head, a fence decorated with the star of David, and a small gate flanked by two lampposts The other has a portal carrying the inscription ISSH MDP 1667.cite book | language = Swedish
title = Gamla stan med Slottet och Riddarholmen | pages = 56
author = Béatrice Glase, Gösta Glase | chapter = Inre Stadsholmen
edition = 3rd ed. | year = 1988 | id = ISBN 91 7160 823 0
publisher = Bokförlaget Trevi | location = Stockholm]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

External links

* [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/index.php?sokning=1&action=visaPost&countPlace=0&mediaId=7536&start=0&fritext=Spektens+Gr%E4nd Stockholmskällan - Historical photos]
* [http://www.hitta.se/SearchCombi.aspx?SearchType=4&UCSB%3aWflWhite=1a1b&UCSB%3aWflPink=4a&UCSB%3aTextBoxWho=&UCSB%3aTextBoxWhere=Spektens+gr%e4nd hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk]
* [http://www.ssa.stockholm.se/english/content/art_gsbuild_ajax.html Stockholm City Archive] - A brief article on the building in the northern corner between Prästgatan and Spektens Gränd. en icon