History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de l'Hôpital

In Dutch: Gasthuisstraat

Rue de l'Hôpital, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.

See the street on the map Bruxelles Make it a poster

When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19139
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 39: 1907. 2 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings

Cette rue menait vers l'ancien hôpital Saint-Jean, fondé en 1195 par le Duc Henry Ier, et qui fut démoli en 1846 pour être transféré vers l'actuel hôpital Saint-Jean. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives