History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Ruysbroeck

In Dutch: Ruisbroekstraat

Rue de Ruysbroeck, in Brussels, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 35 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 48% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 28% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19136
1914 – 194412
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 47: 1867. 3 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Relief and landscape
Named in: 1881

Un cours d'eau portant ce nom coulait là. Il s'agit d'une des voies les plus anciennes de la ville. Le toponyme signifie 'bruire' en ancien néerlandais, c'est-à-dire faire un léger bruit. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives