History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Adolphe Prins

In Dutch: Adolphe Prinsstraat

Rue Adolphe Prins, in Anderlecht, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 59% 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 – 196916
1970 – 19897
1990 – 20093
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: Commemorative name
Theme: Scientists
Named in: 1929

Juriste et criminologue belge, Adolphe Prins (1845-1919) a été professeur à la Faculté de droit de l'Université libre de Bruxelles dont il est devenu le recteur en 1900. Il a été nommé membre de l'Académie royale de Belgique en 1891. (remark in French, as published)

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