History of a street · 1020 Brussels
Rue Drootbeek
In Dutch: Drootbeekstraat
Rue Drootbeek, in Brussels, has 74 buildings on the Atlas map, for 85 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 64% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 191347
- 1914 – 194427
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 143: 1897. 10 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
- 1879
Le nom de la rue provient d'un ruisseau qui passait à l'origine dans la rue. Drootbeek signifie un ruisseau qui passe par un endroit défriché (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives