History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue Auguste De Cock

In Dutch: Auguste De Cockstraat

Rue Auguste De Cock, in Ganshoren, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 41% 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 – 19699
  • 1970 – 19899
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20100

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
First World War
Named in
1920

August de Cock (1891-1918), ouvrier maroquinier, soldat, affecté à la forteresse de Namur. Capturé le 24/8/1914. Détenu à Soltau où il décède. (remark in French, as published)

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