History of a street · 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

Avenue van der Meerschen

In Dutch: van der Meerschenlaan

Avenue van der Meerschen, in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, has 127 buildings on the Atlas map, for 132 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 45% 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 – 194438
  • 1945 – 196957
  • 1970 – 198927
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 94: 1937.

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

Famille propriétaire du lotissement de l'ancienne piste d'entraînement du champ de courses de Stockel (remark in French, as published)

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