History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Passchendaele

In Dutch: Passendalestraat

Rue de Passchendaele, in Brussels, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 38% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 62% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 18797
1880 – 19135
1914 – 19448
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1848.

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: First World War
Named in: 1919

La rue (ex. rue des Carabiniers) rend hommage à la ville près de Ypres, qui fut complètement dévastée lors de la Première Guerre mondiale et où de très nombreux soldats de toute origine trouvèrent la mort. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives