History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Jean Sobieski

In Dutch: Jan Sobieskilaan

Avenue Jean Sobieski, in Brussels, has 45 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 51% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 22% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191310
1914 – 194423
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19896
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 66: 1906. 17 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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: Foreign figure
Named in: 1934

Jean Sobieski fut le roi de Pologne (Jean III Philippe) (1629 – 1696) et est connu pour avoir levé le siège que les Ottomans tenaient autour de Vienne en 1683. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives