History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Croix de Fer

In Dutch: IJzerenkruisstraat

Rue de la Croix de Fer, in Brussels, has 48 buildings on the Atlas map, for 79 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 56% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187927
1880 – 191313
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19895
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 5: 1876. 22 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 state
Named in: 1874

La croix de fer honore les citoyens ayant pris part au soulèvement de 1830 qui aboutit à l'indépendance de la Belgique. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives