History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Wynants

In Dutch: de Wynantsstraat

Rue de Wynants, in Brussels, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 76% 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 – 191313
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 2: 1883. 5 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Local notables
Named in
1879

Le comte Pierre-Goswin de Wynants (1660-1732) est un jurisconsulte et habitait à proximité. Ex. rue des Sabots (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives