History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue de la Magnanerie

In Dutch: Zijdeteeltstraat

Rue de la Magnanerie, in Uccle, has 42 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 79% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198933
  • 1990 – 20099
  • 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1933

Une magnanerie est un local ou un bâtiment où se fait l'élevage du ver à soie. Cela s'appelle de la Sériciculture. Les vers à soie se nourrissent principalement de feuilles de mûriers ; on en voit encore quelques uns dans les environs. (remark in French, as published)

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