History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Rue de la Seigneurie

In Dutch: Heerlijkheidsstraat

Rue de la Seigneurie, in Brussels, has 51 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 49% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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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 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198925
  • 1990 – 200923
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 126: 1957.

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
1922

Nous ne savons pas s'il s'agit d'une référence à une authentique seigneurie située là. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives