Rue de Moortebeek
In Dutch: Moortebeekstraat
Rue de Moortebeek, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 58% 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 – 19690
- 1970 – 19897
- 1990 – 20094
- since 20101
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
- Places and destinations
Le nom du hameau fut d'abord Mortenbeke (1280), avant d'être désigné par Mortembeek (1406) et enfin on lui donnera le nom de Mortelbeek (1850). Le premier élément de ce nom signifie « terre meuble ». (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.