History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue Guillaume Poels

In Dutch: Guillaume Poelslaan

Avenue Guillaume Poels, in Auderghem, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 42% 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 – 19445
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1985.

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: Commemorative name
Theme: First World War
Named in: 1926

Guillaume Poels (1886-1914), soldat lors de la Grande Guerre. Il était maçon et habitant dans la commune avec sa famille. Il fut incorporé et mourut quatorze jours plus tard à Tienen. (remark in French, as published)

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