History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue des Boers

In Dutch: Boerenstraat

Rue des Boers, in Etterbeek, has 96 buildings on the Atlas map, for 109 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 89% 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 – 191385
1914 – 194410
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 56: 1905. 24 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: Foreign relations

Les Boers étaient des colons d'Afrique du Sud (des Néerlandais pour la plupart) qui combattirent les Anglais, se disputant ainsi les territoires coloniaux d'Afrique du Sud. La compétition coloniale était forte, y compris pour les projets de Léopold II puis de la Belgique. Cette rue est donc une marque de soutien aux colons néerlandais et un signe d'opposition aux Britanniques. (remark in French, as published)

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