History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Anneessens

In Dutch: Anneessensstraat

Rue Anneessens, in Brussels, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187915
1880 – 191310
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1933.

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 figure
Named in: 1851

La rue rend hommage à François Anneessens (1660ca-1719) qui fut exécuté à cause de son rôle dans les émeutes de 1717 contestant les hausses d'impôt que réclamaient le pouvoir autrichien. ex. rue du Moulin. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives