Perlegade 9 – Rute 1864

This town house was one of Sønderborg’s most stately buildings, and the only private building mentioned in J.P. Trap’s description of the town in 1862. It had been built by Duke Ernst Günther in the first half of the 17th century, but in 1864 it was owned by Doctor F.E. Gade.

Like the other buildings around it, the town house was so severely damaged in the bombardment that it was subsequently pulled down. Today, all that remains is that part of the original garden wall facing Mariegade.

<!--:da-->Ruiner af Ernst Günthers set fra nordvest. I forgrunden ses rygende prøjsiske soldater på tomten af Perlegade 11.<!--:-->
<!--:de-->Ruinen vom Ernst Günther-Herrenhaus von Nordwesten gesehen. Im Vordergrund sieht man einen rauchenden preußischen Soldaten auf dem Gelände der Perlegade 11.<!--:-->
<!--:en-->The ruins of Ernst Günther's town house seen from the northwest. In the foreground, Prussian soldiers smoking on the site of Perlegade 11.<!--:-->

The lower end of Perlegade seen from the south; on the left, the remains of Ernst Günther's town house.