History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Charles Ramaekers

In Dutch: Charles Ramaekersstraat

Rue Charles Ramaekers, in Brussels, has 45 buildings on the Atlas map, for 50 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 73% 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 – 19139
1914 – 194433
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1914. 18 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 figure
Named in: 1905

Charles Ramaekers, secrétaire général au ministère des Chemins de Fer, Postes et Télégraphes, à l’origine du recouvrement ferroviaire de la place Émile Bockstael, effectué en 1905. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives