History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Caporal Claes

In Dutch: Korporaal Claesstraat

Rue Caporal Claes, in Schaerbeek, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 71% 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 – 19130
1914 – 194412
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
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: 1924

Petrus Josephus Claes (1877-1915) était caporal pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il fut fusillé par les Allemands pour espionnage. (remark in French, as published)

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