Lade, Trondheim
Lade is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is in the borough of Østbyen in Trondheim Municipality, just northeast of the city centre of Midtbyen and north of the Lademoen neighborhood. Lade is located on a peninsula bordering the Trondheimsfjord, an important waterway dating back to the Viking Age. It is the site of the historic Lade estate and of Lade Church, which dates to around 1190.
History
Historically, the Lade estate was the seat of the Jarls of Lade, a dynasty of rulers of Trøndelag and Hålogaland who were influential from the 9th century to the 11th century. The Lade estate then became crown property and sometime in the Middle Ages passed into the control of Bakke Abbey. After the abbey was dissolved in 1537 during the Reformation, the estate crown property once again.The present farm buildings on the Lade estate were erected in 1811 at the direction of Hilmar Meincke Krohg. The farm was purchased by the city of Trondheim in 1917. From 1922 until 1960, it was the site of the Norwegian College of Teaching in Trondheim, now Norwegian College of General Sciences. In 1992, the farm was acquired by the Reitan Group. The buildings were restored and became their headquarters in 1995.
Another former estate at Lade, Ringve gård, is now the Ringve Museum, the national museum of music. Ringve Botanical Garden is also at Lade.
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology formerly had a campus at Lade; the buildings have been repurposed.
Most of Lade is now suburban housing, superstores, industry, and some recreational areas, and is zoned for high car access. There are two secondary schools: Ladejarlen Secondary School and Ringve Secondary School, and a primary school, Lade School Other institutions located at Lade include the shopping centre City Lade and the Norwegian Geological Survey.
Lade has one of the few beaches in Trondheim. It has become a popular area with high housing prices.