History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue Marnix

In Dutch: Marnixlaan

Avenue Marnix, in Brussels, has 9 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 44% 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 – 19444
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1936.

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: Local notables
Named in: 1877

Il s'agit probablement de Philippe de Marnix de Sainte-Algedonde (1538c – 1598), Bruxellois, “politicien” de l'époque et écrivain. ex. rue Marnix (changement en avenue en 1877- (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives