- Svartmangatan
Svartmangatan (Swedish: (literally)) "Black Man Street") is a
street inGamla stan , the old town ofStockholm ,Sweden . Stretching south-east from the central square Stortorget toSödra Benickebrinken andNorra Benickebrinken leading to the eastern main streetÖsterlånggatan , it is intercepted byKindstugatan ,Tyska Skolgränd ,Tyska Brunnsplan ,Själagårdsgatan ,Tyska Stallplan , andBaggensgatan , while forming a parallel street toSkomakargatan andPrästgatan . The name refers to theBlackfriar monastery once located in the southern end of the street.Mentioned as early as 1437 and thus one of the oldest streets of Stockholm, Svartmangatan was once also one of its main streets, leading from the central square to the abbey of the Blackfriars. Until the 17th century it was called "Svartmunka-" or "Svartbrödra-" ("black monks/brothers"), and, as there are no records of the Dominican monks being referred to as "black men", the only reasonable explanation to the present name of the street is an attempt to create an analogy to
Köpmangatan ("The Merchant's Street", or literally "buyer-man-street"), a street also leading from Stortorget.cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn | language = Swedish
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 75-76 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan]References
See also
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List of streets and squares in Gamla stan External links
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