History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de l'Eclusier Cogge

In Dutch: Sluismeester Coggestraat

Rue de l'Eclusier Cogge, in Brussels, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 76% 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 – 191313
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 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
1922

La rue doit son nom à Karel Cogge (1855-1922), qui était maitre-éclusier et qui a aidé à ouvrir les écluses de Nieuwport, permettant ainsi aux troupes belges de se réfugier et d'empêcher la progression des Allemands. Ex. rue de l'Yser (doublon) (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives