History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Drève de Bonne Odeur

In Dutch: Willeriekendreef

Drève de Bonne Odeur, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 9 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 56% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings

Une chapelle appelée « Onze Lieve Vrouwe tot Welkrieken », la chapelle de Notre-Dame de Bonne-Odeur se situait là et s'appelait ainsi suite aux odeurs agréables qui se dégageaient des fougères qui se trouvaient là en abondance. (remark in French, as published)

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