History of a street · 1040 Brussels

Avenue de Cortenbergh

In Dutch: Kortenberglaan

Avenue de Cortenbergh, in Brussels, has 5 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations
Named in: 1861

Cortenbergh (ou Kortenberg) est une commune située en Flandres et qui fut à l'origine du Duché du Brabant. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives