History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine

In Dutch: Elzas-Lotharingenstraat

Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine, in Ixelles, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 41 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 49% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 51% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18796
  • 1880 – 191312
  • 1914 – 194417
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • 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
1918

A la suite de la Première Guerre mondiale, la rue de Berlin fut débaptisée et renommée rue d'Alsace-Lorraine (en 1918). (remark in French, as published)

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