History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Place Princesse Elisabeth

Name: Place Princesse Elisabeth
Address: Place Princesse Elisabeth, Schaerbeek, Bruxelles-Capitale, 1030, BE

In Dutch: Prinses Elisabethplein

Place Princesse Elisabeth, in Schaerbeek, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 64% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19449
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1906. 4 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: Belgian state
Named in: 1899

Elisabeth de Bavière (1876-1965) est la troisième reine des Belges. 'la place est aménagée en 1880 et dénommée place Nationale. [...] Le nom de la place lui est donné en 1900, honorant la future reine des Belges, Élisabeth de Bavière (Possenhofen, 1876 – Bruxelles, 1965), mariée cette même année au prince Albert, héritier de la Couronne.' (remark in French, as published)

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