 It runs from Pilestræde in the west to Gothersgade in the east.Møntergade has probably existed since the Middle Ages but the first reference to the street is from 1528 when it is referred to as "the city's street which runs to the rampart ("byes stræde, som løuer till wollen"), a reference to the city's East Rampart which then followed the course of present-day Gothersgade.The current name of the street is firs recorded in 1623.