History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Boulevard Anspach

In Dutch: Anspachlaan

Boulevard Anspach, in Brussels, has 73 buildings on the Atlas map, for 170 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 37% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 53% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187927
1880 – 191312
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19898
1990 – 200910
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 159: 1872. 33 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: Local notables
Named in: 1879

Jules Victor Anspach (1829 – 1879), bourgmestre de Bruxelles entre 1863 et 1879. Ex. boulevard Central (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives