History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Colline

In Dutch: Heuvelstraat

Rue de la Colline, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 47% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 53% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16995
1700 – 17991
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 24: 1697. 9 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: Relief and landscape

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives