History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Place Docteur Schweitzer

In Dutch: Dokter Schweitzerplein

Place Docteur Schweitzer, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 40% 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 – 19696
  • 1970 – 19896
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 12: 1968.

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 relations
Named in
1966

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) est un médecin alsacien connu pour être un précurseur de l'aide humanitaire lorsqu'il fit bâtir l'hôpital de Lambaréné, au Congo de l'époque et au Gabon actuel. Il reçut le prix Nobel de la paix en 1952. (remark in French, as published)

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